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Burnt by contango

Investors have poured tens of billions of dollars into commodity index products, but some claim the flood of capital has caused structural changes in commodity markets. And as spot prices fall, it could lead to an exodus of cash from these investments…

To hedge or not to hedge

While new derivatives-accounting standard IAS 39 should not in itself drive business decisions, reviewing risk-management practices as a result of the new rules may be no bad thing for corporates, says Duncan Mansfield

Solvency II – the progress so far

The 14 directives that make up the package that is Solvency I are comprehensively out of date in terms of capital adequacy and risk. Regulators began work on the new Solvency II framework in 2002, structured around a risk-based system that applies…

Super or supergrass?

After the corporate scandals of 2002, new rules were established to ensure staff have the chance to report any wrongdoing. However, as Peter Madigan discovers, it may be that whistleblowing schemes are seen as a token gesture

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