Infrastructure
Broken joints
Rating Agencies
A flawed structure
US mortgages
Man Group to sell off brokerage business
London-based hedge fund and broker Man Group plans to sell its brokerage arm, Man Financial, later this year.
Fed chairman says Basel II NPR deadline will be met
Ben Bernanke tells Senator Shelby Basel II NPR deadline will be met
War of words escalates in Cbot battle
A week after IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) announced its audacious $10 billion attempt to prise the Chicago Board of Trade from their grip, Chicago Mercantile Exchange executives gathered in Chicago to pour scorn on the proposal.
CPSS: OTC settlements good, but still room for improvement
Systems for the clearing and settlement of over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives trades have strengthened over the past few years, but further progress is needed to reduce risk, according to a Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems (CPSS) report issued…
PRMIA/SunGard deliver RAPM survey
PRMIA and SunGard out with survey on the current use of risk-adjusted performance measurement (RAPM) in business decision-making processes.
ICE proposes $10 billion merger with CBOT
The IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) has made a proposal to the Chicago Board of Trade to combine the two companies in a stock-for-stock transaction that would create the world’s most comprehensive derivatives exchange, ICE announced today.
Under the yoke
The Reserve Bank of India released its long-awaited draft derivatives regulations in early December. But far from opening the market up to a wider universe of products, dealers complain the derivatives market has been reined back in.
Singapore stakes its claim
The lion city is pushing for a slice of the fast growing Islamic finance market - a move that may put it on a collision course with its more established peers, notably Malaysia.
Reuters launches new Mifid package
Reuters has launched a package of measures to help clients to comply with Mifid.
Fed examining subprime ARMs
US banks may have sold subprime mortgages to borrowers unable ever to repay them, according to the US Federal Reserve.
Working group to set up diamond derivatives
After a meeting with the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, UK-based cut diamond market data provider Polished Prices is putting together a working group aimed at creating a market in diamond derivatives.
Does one size really fit all?
academic paper
Defending pensions
Profile
South Africa - Giving clarity
Hedge funds
A liability defined
Pension indexes
South Africa - Looking to new heights
Inflation
A dangerous precedent
European power market participants are up in arms over a draft law in Germany which, if passed, could devastate liquidity both in Germany and beyond by allowing the German Cartel Office to force some suppliers to price their power on a cost basis. Oliver…