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CO2e.com and Cantor Environmental Brokerage join forces
Carbon broker CO2e.com and Cantor Environmental Brokerage announced today that they are joining forces to create CantorCO2e
Constellation Energy to acquire Progress contracts
Constellation Energy is to acquire power and gas contracts from Progress Ventures, a subsidiary of North Carolina-based Progress Energy.
CQS to launch Asian volatility fund
CQS, the London-based hedge fund manager with €4.5 billion under management, is preparing to launch the CQS Asia Fund. The fund, to be managed by Jean-Christophe Blanc, will go live in the coming weeks. CQS is seeking to raise $250-$350 million, and will…
EU Commission publishes implementing measures for the Transparency Directive
Transparency Directive published in the Official Journal of the European Commission
Indian banks are ramping up risk management systems, says survey
A survey conducted by Oracle India, i-flex solutions and the Indian Banks Association (IBA) has revealed that a majority of Indian banks plan to build comprehensive risk management systems while progressing with their Basel II compliance initiatives.
CME to launch new weather derivatives
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) is to expand its range of weather derivatives with the launch of its Weekly Weather Index futures and options, beginning April 2.
ICE announces new futures timeline
IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) has announced it will launch electronically traded New York Board of Trade (Nybot) financial futures contracts in April.
Credit quality improving in February, defaults delayed to 2008
Hawaii-based risk technology vendor Kamakura has reported a further drop in its monthly global index of troubled companies, signifying an improvement in global credit quality.
China sets up new unit to manage investment of reserves
The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) is setting up a new company or agency to handle the investment of a portion of the country’s huge foreign exchange reserves, but details have yet to be announced, according to Chinese press reports.
Frontier Alt teams up with ONIC
Canada’s Frontier Alt, a manufacturer and distributor of structured products in North America, has entered a new strategic partnership with Oman National Investment Corporation (ONIC). The partnership aims to provide domestic and global growth…
Electricity-backed security: concepts and measures
John Jiang and Hanjie Chen propose a generic concept ofelectricity-backed security, which provides an additionalfunding method to utilities with poorer credit ratings,and a new asset class to investors
Perpetual launches capital protected product for retail
Australian fund manager, Perpetual, has launched a capital protected structured product that delivers exposure to the upside growth potential of a basket of diversified managed funds. The Perpetual Protected Investments – Series 1 is the first product…
Hong Kong-listed derivatives on Chinese stocks
US bank Goldman Sachs has launched the first exchange traded fund (ETF) derivatives on Chinese stocks, to be listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange.
DIB launches sharia-compliant capital protected global REIT notes
Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB) has launched sharia-compliant four-year Capital Protected Global Real Estate Income Trust (REIT) Notes. The notes, aimed at retail investors, invest in REITS in the US, European and Japanese markets.
US commercial property derivatives to launch in next two months
The first US commercial property derivatives will launch by May this year, following the National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries' (NCREIF) licensing of four investment banks to use NPI, its US property index.
AIG launches emerging markets FX indexes
Connecticut-based AIG Financial Products has created a family of emerging markets foreign exchange indexes. Launched yesterday, the AIG-EMFXI indexes provide exposure to three-month over-the-counter forwards contracts on 20 emerging market (EM)…
PWG recommends principles based guidance for hedge funds and private equity
PWG recommends principles-based guidance for hedge funds
Fed examining subprime ARMs
US banks may have sold subprime mortgages to borrowers unable ever to repay them, according to the US Federal Reserve.
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