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US scandals could spark exodus
US scandals may force investors to seek relative safety of european hedge funds
Risk Committee meets to raise reporting standards
Managers, insurers and institutional investors reach a consesus agreement on information requirements
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.