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Allianz plans to expand low-risk alternatives
Doubling in assets shows demand for low-return investments
Morgan Stanley takes $468m FVA loss
US bank takes one-off charge to reflect cost of uncollateralised receivables
MetLife Sifi fight draws in state regulators
Insurance commissioners say views ignored by federal agencies
Ingves: ‘no doubts’ about post-crisis regulation
Market fragility fears outweighed by benefits of new rules, says Basel chairman
Goldman client margin soared $4.5bn during wild October
Biggest one-month margin jump of 2014 triggers speculation among rivals
Energy traders shun trade surveillance, survey finds
Result comes despite tougher rules on market manipulation and abuse
Complexity and returns behind PFZW decision to ditch hedge funds
Dutch pension fund to focus on controllability and intelligibility
Bond holdout provisions ‘could be challenged as oppression'
Hedge fund activism - trends and predictions for 2015
EU ETS to become bigger priority for industrials
Strengthening prices increase need for risk management, firms say
Ingves: Europe facing peer pressure on Basel III
Other jurisdictions will push EU to fix gaps in rules, says Basel chair
Fund of hedge fund winners offer strategy picks
Culross's Chris Keen says small-name banks are undervalued
Issuers face big legal bills under EU prospectus plans – Icma
Trade body says issuers will face unnecessary legal and compliance bills under Esma plans
Managed futures ‘not a tail risk strategy'
Investors should not try to time allocations, says Abbey
E.on Global Commodities CRO unfazed by renewables plan
Utility's split is just the latest transition in David Port's career
Lessons from Japan for Europe's life firms
Insurance failures at the end of the 1990s show how not to survive low rates
CTAs beat hedge fund rivals in 2014
Investors hope that CTAs’ fortunes have changed for good
India poised to mandate rupee interest rate swap clearing
Market anticipates an impending regulatory mandate for rupee rates clearing
Dodd-Frank reporting lets traders prey on hedgers
Hedging transactions by end-users exposed by CFTC reporting rules
Bank de-risking pushes clients into unregulated arena
Due diligence requirements prompting banks to axe financial services
BlueBay: "ever higher" market dislocation, mispricing of risk
But bank deleveraging problem loans creates opportunities
Dealers waiting for answers in CFTC cross-border conundrum
Contingency plans to relocate US staff remain on ice
BAML takes $497m FVA loss
US bank becomes thirteenth to reflect cost of uncollateralised trades
West Wheelock Capital: removing rollover risk
Hedge fund seeking to broker long-dated collateral trades
First shots fired in new EU battle over CVA
EBA says "not a viable option" to ignore charge; MEP Ferber warns on business impact