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US regulators to revise Basel I this summer, says Greenspan
This summer, US financial regulators will propose simple revisions to the current Basel capital rules (Basel I) that would mitigate any unintended and undesired competitive distortions created by Basell II, according to Federal Reserve chairman Alan…
The Compliance Dance
CIOs and CCOs are working more closely together than ever before in these jittery compliance days. Waters asks, what’s the working relationship really like?
The swap terminator
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Opec split over increasing oil production
Ministers of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) arriving in the Iranian city of Esfahan Tuesday sent out mixed messages over the expected outcome of Wednesday’s meeting.
Standard Bank Launches Credit Risk Project
The Standard Bank Group , based in South Africa, is using the Adaptiv Credit Risk solution from SunGard Trading and Risk Systems (Stars) to build a common platform for credit risk processing for all its wholesale corporate and investment banking…
Wealth by Health
A full checkup of your IT systems by external consultants is preferable to trusting inside sources, says a head of technology at a major French banking group.
The FSA’s quest for respect
Hector Sants, head of wholesale markets at the Financial Services Authority, talks to Nicholas Dunbar about his plans for increased regulatory focus on fixed-income structured products and hedge funds
Banks leapfrog the rating agencies
European banks are cutting rating agencies down to size with a new loan data pooling initiative. Dutch bank NIB is leading the initiative. By Nicholas Dunbar
CSFB/Tremont set to add credit to its index series
Hedge fund index provider CSFB/Tremont says it is looking to introduce a dedicated credit component to its index, possibly later this year.
Thames River reaches Peak for Asia
London hedge fund manager Thames River has enlisted the services of a third party to help sell its hedge fund products in Asia
Credit managers hope for new accounting blueprint
Mark-to-market accounting has frustrated credit portfolio managers at the largest international banks. It’s made their loan books more volatile and their derivatives hedges less efficient. But accounting standards setters may be ready to review the rules…
Credit risk stress tests need more work, says BIS
Leading banks have yet to develop a solid framework for credit risk stress tests that deals with all the likely effects stress events would have on their businesses, according to the latest report by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS).
Dynamic benchmarks
One of the biggest challenges in effective risk reporting is avoiding the trap of mind-numbing routine. David Rowe argues that dynamic benchmarks and exception highlighting are ways of keeping such reports relevant and useful, thereby maintaining…
Forex gets naturalized
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Has foreign exchange got 'rithm?
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