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The CVA helter skelter: European supervisors could quash exemptions
Europe’s credit valuation adjustment exemption was the outcome of a protracted legislative debate, but it may prove to be the end of a chapter, rather than the end of the story. As US banks protest and supervisors review the issue, a number of problems…
Solvency II volatility balancer ‘will fail to immunise insurers’
Calls for new dampener on capital requirements amid disagreement over Eiopa’s figures
Rogue trading questions remain, says US head of op risk at Mitsubishi UFJ Securities
Lack of commonality in rogue traders adds to the risk banks face from within
PRAs under attack amid market manipulation investigations
Price reporting agencies (PRAs) are facing intense scrutiny from regulators, amid renewed allegations that their widely used price indexes are being manipulated by unscrupulous energy traders. Will the PRAs be forced to change their ways? Alexander…
Insurers look to volatility controls to support long-term guarantees
As insurers look for ways to offer long-term guarantees to customers despite the challenging investment environment, some are turning to volatility control mechanisms to reduce the cost of hedging the guarantees. Louie Woodall examines how these…
BlueCrest's Braga on trend-following strategies
Conventional traditionalist
Goldman and the OIS gold rush: how fortunes were made from a discounting change
As the Street adapted to overnight indexed swap discounting, some desks are said to have booked profits running into the hundreds of millions of dollars – earning grudging praise, or just grudges, from their peers
EU financial transaction tax may drive Asian banks away from European business
Eleven EU states have agreed to implement a harmonised financial transaction tax, due to begin in January 2014. The tax has a huge extraterritorial reach, posing serious questions about its impact on Asia
Standardise op risk reporting, RBS’s Spielmann says
Despite the crisis giving operational risk the recognition it deserves, its value continues to be called into question. Craig Spielmann, head of operational risk at RBS Americas, talks about learning from credit and market risk practices and the benefits…
Regulatory web tightening for structured products, Iosco report shows
A consultation report by the international consortium of securities regulators shows more, not less, regulation is the likely endgame for the world's markets. Yakob Peterseil analyses the trend towards interventionism
Structured Products Americas Awards 2013: JP Morgan takes top spot
Structured Products Americas Awards 2013: the winners!
Think locally, act locally: Anger over US plans for foreign banks
The Federal Reserve is planning a radical departure from traditional supervision by requiring the local offshoots of foreign banks to meet US capital and liquidity rules. Overseas banks are furious – and regulators are backing them publicly, amid fears…
Hedge fund Mariner navigates turbulent markets
Navigating turbulent markets
Renewable PPAs find favour among corporates
A good climate for renewable PPAs
Systemic risk debate hots up over variable annuities and ILS
In defence of the non-traditional
2013 Operational Risk & Regulation Awards
Our awards this year recognise achievement in the area of regulatory compliance – and, for the first time, we are including not only operational risk practitioners, but also the service providers and software suppliers who support them
Armajaro plans hedge fund diversification and expansion
Staying power
The black art of FVA: Banks spark double-counting fears
Dealers broadly agree that funding costs and benefits should be priced into uncollateralised trades, and some banks have started recognising this in their financial statements. But there is no standard practice, and there are fears of double-counting. By…
European CVA rules put Asia banks at disadvantage
Competitive disadvantage
NWE power market coupling struck by delays
A tough nut to crack
Scoach: where next after Six ends partnership with Deutsche Börse?
Scoach partnership runs out of road