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Building confidence
Luxembourg is bracing itself for boost in the market, with major legal changes expected to encourage new players into the alternative market
Why pension funds do not readily invest in the hedge fund industry
Experts discuss the role of pension fund trustees and giving value for money
Covered call strategy to offer income and growth
New star's hybrid fund aims to smooth highs and falls
No op risk surprises in QIS 3
BASEL - Some 265 banks in more than 50 countries were absorbing the contents of the key QIS 3 survey, which seeks information on how the complex Basel II capital pact would affect them, as Operational Risk went to press.
Credit risk systems: Getting the risk right
The requirements of the new Basel Accord are prompting some banks in Asia to begin implementing sophisticated credit systems, but there are still some obstacles to overcome.
Economic capital: towards an integrated risk framework
Performance and bonuses are increasingly being assessed on profits after a charge for economic capital allocations. This has increased line managers’ interest in economic capital. As a result, risk managers must ensure that economic capital allocations…
Interest rate derivatives house of the year
Asia Risk Awards 2002
Factoring in stock options
In the wake of recent corporate scandals, support has spread rapidly for including the cost of employee stock options as an expense item in corporate income statements. David Rowe argues that while some reform is appropriate, present trends could end up…
Avoiding pro-cyclicality
Basel II and SMEs
Bank defections
People news
The credit implosion
Introduction
The industry’s worst nightmare
Counterparty credit risk is the derivatives industry’s worst nightmare. Ever since the early 1970s, when over-the-counter derivatives began their 30-year march to replace gold as the world’s foremost financial hedging tool, it is a nightmare that has…
Clear in present danger
Energy companies are crying out for clearing solutions to reduce their counterparty credit risk. James Ockenden looks at new initiatives from London-based power exchange UKPX and German firm Clearing Bank Hannover
Out of the zone: nodal pricing takes hold
Congestion-constrained US electricity markets are likely to find relief with the arrival of a new pricing regime, reports Catherine Lacoursière
Balancing the books
Regulators are taking advantage of a lull in power project development in the US to close loopholes in financing rules, reports Catherine Lacoursière
Managing risk under SMD
Scott Greene, Mark Niehaus and Pankaj Sahay examine the impact of Ferc’s proposed standard market design on power risk management
Keeping EAR simple
Brett Humphreys discusses how trading groups can be captured within earnings-at-risk and cashflow-at-risk models. He suggests taking a top-down approach instead of a bottom-up approach based on actual positions
The credit risk time bomb
Insurers
Realigning exposures
CDO restructuring
PFE: ahead of its time
Modelling
Modelling default rate dynamics in the CreditRisk+ framework
Credit portfolio risk