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QUOTE OF THE MONTH: - “I have come to you with a problem – we need to outsource our balance-sheet funding” From an e-mail sent last year by John Rusnak to an unnamed counterparty, referring to his deep-in-the-money options trades, or ‘synthetic loans'.
Servicing the e-industry
Investing in IT infrastructure development is essential in today’s often fractured environment of rival software languages and specific trading needs. Clive Davidson discovers what is on offer to bring these disparate elements together
Corporate disclosure | Exposing exposures: how far will it go?
The Enron debacle has spurred investors and creditors to press for greater disclosure of corporate risk and hedging strategies. Companies are beginning to respond. How far will it go? Naomi Humphries reports
Hedge fund risk and VAR uncertainty
External transparency of the risk of hedge funds continues to be a difficult issue. But even internally, traditional risk measures can fail to portray the full implication of highly leveraged positions. David Rowe argues that the parameter sensitivity of…
Fannie and Freddie – a look under the lid
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are two of the largest and most sophisticated participants in the US interest rate derivatives market. But criticism of their risk management has been growing. Is the market safe?
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US bill proposes greater OTC regulation
Legislation to bring over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives under US federal regulation has been introduced to the US House of Representatives. Peter DeFazio, representative for Oregon (Democrat), introduced a bill named HR 4038 that proposes combining the…
FX dealers expect volatility upswing
Forex market participants are preparing for a surge in volatility in the second quarter, after enduring three months of one of the dullest periods in foreign exchange.
BIS reports global slowdown in derivatives markets
Derivatives market expansion slowed significantly for the period 1998-2001 relative to the three years before, reported the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) today.
Xcel chooses Panorama for trading and risk management
Xcel Energy, the US-based electricity and natural gas company, has selected SunGard Trading and Risk Systems’ Panorama suite for its trading and risk management practices.
Spike Trading signs with patsystems
Spike Trading, a Chicago-based supplier of clearing and support services to floor-based traders, has contracted independent software vendor patsystems, to provide it with J-Trader, the company’s online derivatives trading platform.
Cameron Systems launches CameronFIX 6.0
Cameron Systems, an Australian-based supplier of FIX (Financial Information eXchange) engines, has released CameronFIX Version 6.0 with its universal server – a server application offering clients a ‘plug and play’ system that can be interfaced and…
Taipei Bank opts for FNX’s FirstOrder
Taipei Bank has chosen FNX Limited, a Philadelphia-based software vendor specialising in straight-through processing applications used in global capital markets, to deliver Web-based electronic trading capabilities via its FirstOrder application.
Exchange-traded derivatives soaring, says BIS
The aggregate turnover of exchange-traded derivatives contracts reached a new record in the fourth quarter of 2001, said the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) in its latest quarterly review.
Nyfix to acquire Javelin Technologies
Nyfix, the Connecticut-based electronic trading and straight-through processing systems vendor, is set to acquire Wall Street-based FIX (Financial Information eXchange) infrastructure supplier, Javelin Technologies.