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Annual corporate forex volumes reach $40 trillion
The amount of foreign exchange traded by international top-tier corporates reached $40 trillion last year, according to a report by Connecticut-based Greenwich Associates. Growth was reported by the industry in every region except non-Japan Asia and…
SEC approves alternative method of capital measurements for broker-dealers
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved a rule that allows certain broker dealers to use internal models to determine their capital requirements. The Commission believes the rule would improve its oversight of broker-dealers.
Observations on the differences between operational risk regulatory and economic capital
In this article, Niklas Hageback takes a practical look at the difficulties in reconciling regulatory and economic capital calculation in the discipline of operational risk.
EU Commission releases study
The long-delayed European Commission study has at last been published today. Conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers, the study examines the economic impact of the new Basel and EU capital adequacy proposals on the EU financial services sector.
MIT’s Stephen Ross backs expensing proposals
Stephen Ross says the US Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) have done a good job vis-a-vis proposals for the mandatory expensing of employee stock options.
Finding the perfect fit
With the implementation of Basel II firmly on the agenda for Japan's banks, Shunsuke Shirakawa of the Financial Services Agency talks about how the Japanese regulator will approach the challenges posed by the new Accord.
Sponsor's Article > What are loan loss reserves?
Few things are more frustrating to businesses than to be subjected to contradictory requirements by multiple authorities. Modest inconsistencies are glossed over with little or no harm. David Rowe argues, however, that conflicting definitions of loan…
Banks draw up EU25 battle plans for FX
Far-sighted banks and brokers are drawing up their foreign exchange battle plans for the Europe that will be enlarged by the ten new member states joining this weekend, reports RiskNews' sister publication FX Week .
Taking on the big boys
Sean Egan, co-founder of Egan-Jones Ratings, talks to Dalia Fahmy about his frustration at the restrictive structure of the credit rating industry and his plans to turn Egan-Jones into a serious contender to rival established players, Moody's, S&P and…
Delivery failure
Perturbed by last year's spike in settlement failures on the May 2013 Treasury note, investors have been assessing the likelihood of a repeat scenario. So what causes these fails situations, and how can they be avoided?