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SG creates flow-trading team
SG, the investment banking arm of French bank Société Générale, has created a flow-trading team, appointing Peter Lindsey as its head.
Finding the perfect fit
With the implementation of Basel II firmly on the agenda for Japan's banks, Shunsuke Shirakawa of the Financial Services Agency talks about how the Japanese regulator will approach the challenges posed by the new Accord.
Sponsor's Article > What are loan loss reserves?
Few things are more frustrating to businesses than to be subjected to contradictory requirements by multiple authorities. Modest inconsistencies are glossed over with little or no harm. David Rowe argues, however, that conflicting definitions of loan…
Taking on the big boys
Sean Egan, co-founder of Egan-Jones Ratings, talks to Dalia Fahmy about his frustration at the restrictive structure of the credit rating industry and his plans to turn Egan-Jones into a serious contender to rival established players, Moody's, S&P and…
Delivery failure
Perturbed by last year's spike in settlement failures on the May 2013 Treasury note, investors have been assessing the likelihood of a repeat scenario. So what causes these fails situations, and how can they be avoided?
Extensive revisions expected for EU CAD in July draft
Substantial changes in content will have occurred to the EU Capital Adequacy Directive (CAD) when the final EU Commission draft is published in July. And domestic European regulators are warning that further alterations will take place to the document…
Cutting capital
Across the banking spectrum, new technology is being used to help financial institutions reduce their capital requirements, writes Clive Davidson.
TCV market risk system upgrade prepares for credit risk and Basel II
Treasury Corporation of Victoria (TCV), the central financing authority of the State of Victoria in Australia, has implemented a system to improve its market risk management, which it plans to extend to cover credit risk and that should help it meet…
Regulators remain fuzzy on practicalities of AMA group allocation approach
Both US and UK regulators offered only clues about how the various controversies surrounding the group allocation issue would be resolved at OpRisk Europe and OpRisk USA, hosted by Incisive Media in March.
Regulators put credit risk transfer in the spotlight
Leading financial services regulators have placed the credit risk transfer market under scrutiny to establish if instruments such as credit derivatives and synthetic collateralised debt obligations (CDOs) pose a threat to financial stability.
Risk Into Value
Investment firms have plenty to consider in the race to achieve Basel II and operational risk mandates.