Foreign exchange

• Operational risk

Financial Services Roundtable urges regulators to form working group for opt-in banks

The Financial Services Roundtable, a trade association of the 100 largest financial institutions in the US, has reiterated the need for regulators to form a special working group for Basel II opt-in banks.

• 03 Feb 2005

• Basel Committee

Basel Committee forms validation subgroup

The Basel II Accord Implementation Group (AIG) has established a subgroup to examine issues related to validation. The subgroup is chaired by Lorey Hoffman of the Canadian Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, and consists of both Basel…

• 03 Feb 2005

• Risk management

Sponsor's article > Dynamic benchmarks

One of the biggest challenges in effective risk reporting is avoiding the trap of mind-numbing routine. David Rowe argues that dynamic benchmarks and exception highlighting are ways of keeping such reports relevant and useful, thereby maintaining…

• 03 Feb 2005

• Risk management

Sponsor's article > SunGard expands global client base for its Basel II Solution

With the clock ticking down to compliance for Basel II, banks are moving from the theoretical to the practical, making decisions as to how, when and with what solutions they will address Basel II regulatory requirements. Recently, several leading…

• 02 Feb 2005

• Risk management

Sponsor's article > SunGard expands global client base for its Basel II Solution

With the clock ticking down to compliance for Basel II, banks are moving from the theoretical to the practical, making decisions as to how, when and with what solutions they will address Basel II regulatory requirements. Recently, several leading…

• 02 Feb 2005

• Hedge funds

Diamonds are a hedge fund's new best friend

• 01 Feb 2005

• Commodities

Commodities: Getting real on risk and return

Sponsored statement: Barclays Capital

• 01 Feb 2005
• Sponsored content

• Risk management

How op risk mitigants affect regulatory capital

For banks to develop an efficient operational risk hedging strategy, they need to consider the capital impact of the four main mitigant types: insurance, business continuity management, controls and staff training. By Niclas Hageback

• 01 Feb 2005

• Structured products

Record-breaker

high yield

• 01 Feb 2005

• Structured products

Cleaning up their act

Landesbanks

• 01 Feb 2005