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Scottish Mutual positions to attract more retail investors
another UK life firm makes a hedge link up for with profits
Asia remains the driving force behind the market
Emerging markets still favour Asia, with Latin America underperforming
Working in Harmony
Time is a crucial factor in trading and the Harmonic Grid can assist in this
Specialist managers see more shorting activity
Accounting anomalies and heavy debt mean shorting is on a roll
Fund of funds offer wide scope
Examining the tax and regulatory differences compared to single manager portfolios
Benefiting from the ups and downs
Long-only managers take advantage of the added market volatility caused by hedge funds
Success strategies
Since launching two strategy funds in 1999, ORN Capital has gone from strength to strength and is following up this success up with the launch of a European distressed debt strategy next month
Letter to the Editor: Forbearance measures needed for Basel II
Wilson Ervin and I published an article in Risk last year on the danger that the Basel II proposed reforms of bank capital will lead to procyclicality, ie, pressure on banks to sell assets or raise capital at inopportune times, due to the risk…
Compromises allow Basel II to progress
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision said last month that there were no substantial issues remaining with the complex Basel II capital Accord, after a series of compromises involving the capital treatment of loans to small and medium-sized…
US agency forms working group on Basel II’s third pillar
A working group of financial services industry members and regulators is being formed by the US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to recommend a four-point disclosure policy for the third pillar of the Basel II bank Accord.
Basel reissues op risk paper to give broader scope
Global banking regulators reissued a consultative paper on sound practices for operational risk management today, to give it a broader scope for smaller, local banks.
The end game
Credit derivatives
Waiting for a boom
Weather derivatives
A piece of the action
Equity derivatives
Demystifying credit risk
Measurement
Turning the tide
New angles
Back to the floor
Operational risk
Quick on the uptake
Systems
A question of dollars
Comment
McDonough staying with Basel II, Crockett leaving BIS
BASEL II UPDATE
Fitch gets OpVar loss database with NetRisk purchase
BASEL II UPDATE