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How to survive a mortgage meltdown
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Credit risk catches up
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Job moves
People
SSgA looks to credit volatility
New Angles
CROs mean more debt, says study
New Angles
German banks plan op loss data consortium
New Angles
Mind the gap
Credit Risk
Global hedge funds return
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A shortage of buyers
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Compressing Asian spreads
CDS market
Trema survey highlights poor operational risk controls
Trema, the Sophia Antipolis-based provider of asset management technology, has released the results of its Asset Management STP Survey conducted between June and August this year.
Putting the European regulatory framework in place
Hedge fund regulation high on European parliament agenda
Operational risk biggest threat to hedge funds
LONDON - Operational risk is the biggest threat to hedge funds in both start-ups and established firms, speakers told the Pan-European Hedge Funds Summit held in London on October 23 and 24.
Industry KRI study takes off
PHILADELPHIA - A new financial industry initiative to study and define key risk indicators (KRIs) is gathering momentum. The results of the first stage of the process and the simultaneous launch of the second phase were announced in late October.
Fraud is here to stay, say industry experts
The SEC could not stamp out fraud even if regulation of advisers comes to pass, according to industry experts.
The ultimate stress-test: modelling the next liquidity crisis
What would happen if one of the world's largest investment banks pulled out of derivatives? Risk managers at Deutsche Bank and JP Morgan Chase are already building this scenario into their stress-tests, and regulators want other banks to do the same.
Tri-party repo push for Europe
Europe's tri-party repo market may be ready to take off, thanks to the combination of tighter credit conditions and the provision under Basel II, the new Accord on bank regulatory capital, for lower charges on collateralised financing.
Despite concerns, banks act on Basel II
Jörg Behrens and Peter Davis of the Ernst & Young Global Financial Services Risk Management Practice, present the results of a global survey of financial services managers'opinions about the future of the Basel II process and its effects on their…
Self-regulation: Speak no evil
In an effort to head off any attempts by regulators to mount Spitzer-style investigations into credit research, banks under the aegis of the BMA are formulating proposals to self-regulate.
Sponsor's article > When is best practice good enough?
A dramatic change in banking regulation has been the move from prescriptive procedures towards 'best practice' risk management. Disagreements about how quickly the new approach can be applied to credit risk is central to arguments about revising Basel II.
OCBC and Deutsche offer $1 billion synthetic CDO
Singapore's Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC) and Deutsche Bank have launched a managed synthetic investment-grade collateralised debt obligation (CDO) transaction worth $1 billion. 'OCBC global investment grade CDO 1' went on sale this week.