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Beyond the pail
Australia’s regulator has hinted that it may work outside of the Basel Accord to set its own risk weightings for residential mortgages if adjustments aren’t made, writes Nick Sawyer.
Back to the floor
Australia’s major banks are all targeting the advanced measurement approach for calculating operational risk capital under the new Basel Accord. As such, the concept of a floor is proving irksome, writes Nick Sawyer.
True Quote trading platform adds electricity products
APB Energy has added electricity options to its online energy trading platform, True Quote.
HVB offers automated pricing via Currenex
HypoVereinsbank (HVB) has made its automated pricing mechanism available on Currenex’s FXtrades foreign exchange platform.
Flaws, flaws and more flaws
FAS 133 software
A changing operational landscape
Corporate actions
ASPs: new hope or false promise?
Risk analytics
Why outsourcing is in
Back office
Corporate software challenge
Enterprise-wide risk
Brokers break the mould
Market access systems
How Japan got it covered
The fast-growing Japanese weather derivatives market is unique in both its product diversity and the range of small business end-users it serves. But where are the big players? Rob Dwyer reports
European info squall to clear
Weather Risk
Canada opens new pastures
Weather Risk
A change in atmosphere
Weather Risk
Aquila’s troubles could break emerging markets risk
Weather Risk
Getting a grip on the market
Weather Risk
Exchanges eye weather
Weather Risk
Making the right technology decisions
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What’s the worst that could happen?
Brett Humphreys discusses how using a standard credit value-at-risk measure may be misleading for credit risk decisions
Softly, softly in the western US
Wary Californian power traders have reverted to tried-and-tested trading strategies. But, asks Catherine Lacoursière, will the new, apparently stable market hold up to another long hot summer?
Energy trading primer
Chris Bowden says large industrial and commercial buyers could learn from energy traders’ experiences in dealing with volatile energy markets
Trading places
Whatever criticisms Enron’s competitors may level at the fallen giant, few have been shy about snapping up the talent left behind by the company’s demise. James Ockenden looks at the recruitment market in Enron’s wake
A new cop on the beat?
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has been severely criticised for its actions – or lack of them – during California’s disastrous attempt at deregulation. It is now hitting back at the energy industry. Kevin Foster reports
Cleaning up in California
As oil majors embrace the use of ethanol in Californian gasoline, analysts are warning that it will cause a rise in prices at the pump, as Kevin Foster discovers