Foreign exchange
A difference in kind
Risk analysis
Regulation and economic capital spark debate
Risk Europe 2004
A merging together
Credit indexes
New players tap Asian credit
New angles
Calming supervisory fears
Regulations
Cranking up for Basel II
Comment
CGE Power falls as banks demand cash
CGE Power, the bank consortium formed to acquire distressed UK power assets, has withdrawn offers totalling around £3 billion on 12 plants and ceased trading after proposals to acquire two key power plants were rejected by lenders, according to a…
CEBS issues outsourcing consultation paper
The Committee of European Banking Regulators (CEBS) published a paper in late April outlining high-level principles on outsourcing.
Covenants: crisis of confidence
Financial covenants that rely too heavily on ratios are just not sophisticated enough to predict the likelihood of default, argues Sarah Woo. Loan originators must learn a trick or two from their colleagues in portfolio management and develop…
Covenants: crisis of confidence
Financial covenants that rely too heavily on ratios are just not sophisticated enough to predict the likelihood of default, argues Sarah Woo. Loan originators must learn a trick or two from their colleagues in portfolio management and develop…
Reliant derivatives probe may hit core business
Public Citizen, the Washington, DC-based pressure group, has called for the debarment of Reliant Energy from its newly awarded $35.9 million electricity contract by the US Department of Defense - and any new government contracts - while it is under…
Pressure group calls for debarment of Reliant’s US Dept of Defense contracts
Public Citizen, the Washington DC-based pressure group, has called for the debarment of Reliant Energy from its newly awarded $35.9 million electricity contract by the US Department of Defense while it is under federal indictment for its role in creating…
BaFin approves ABN Amro SVP funded by structured debt
BaFin, the German financial markets regulator, has cleared a new product allowing financial institutions to sell assets into German special-purpose vehicles (SVP) funded by asset-backed securities without needing a banking licence.
AIG to form cross-border op risk sub-group
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision's Accord Implementation Group (AIG) will shortly form a sub-group to focus on cross-border op risk issues, according to several regulatory sources. Regulators and the industry are pressing for a greater role in…
Fourth consecutive record quarterly inflow to hedge funds, says Tass
Investors continued to favour equity-orientated strategies during the first quarter of this year, with hedge funds gaining a record $38.2 billion in net assets, the fourth consecutive quarterly record for industry inflows, according to Tass Research, a…
Bank of America sets up new Asia debt management team
Bank of America (BoA) has set up a new debt management team in Asia to build on its efforts in debt capital raising, distribution, structuring and trading activities throughout the region, the bank said.
CLS for FX is 'changing the front-office'
The continuous-linked settlement (CLS) service for foreign exchange trades has changed credit and trading practices among the majority of its users, reveals research from IT consultancy TowerGroup published this week.
New England revolution
Public pension plans
Linedata rolls out compliance engine
Buy-side technology vendor Linedata Services has launched an enterprise-wide pre- and post-trade compliance engine, Linedata Compliance.
Linedata rolls out compliance engine
Buy-side technology vendor Linedata Services has launched an enterprise-wide pre- and post-trade compliance engine, Linedata Compliance.
Linedata rolls out compliance engine
Buy-side technology vendor Linedata Services has launched an enterprise-wide pre- and post-trade compliance engine, Linedata Compliance.
A Fine Spring
The UK’s Financial Services Authority is targeting banks that are lagging on their anti-money laundering efforts.
The Mystery Behind the Numbers
A host of recent compliance regulations in the US and the UK has shined yet another light on the need for clean reference data.