Infrastructure
Communication with regulators is key for regulating foreign banks in the US, says Fed VP
Home regulators and foreign banks operating in the US must increase communication and collaboration to ensure smooth regulatory compliance, said the executive vice-president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, William Rutledge, speaking at the…
Follow up: BIS on emerging economies
In this chapter of the Bank for International Settlements’ recent report on emerging markets, the BIS discusses the changing nature of risks facing banks.
The weight of true institutional firepower...applied with a deft touch
Russell Investment Group runs more than $5bn in its funds of hedge funds, making it quite a hefty hitter in the FoHF universe, writes Solomon Teague. However, as Alex Trichot explains, size has not stopped the group from diverging from its peers on some…
When the medium is the massage
hedge funds and the press
Collateral damage
European CLO Market
Leveraging demand
Leveraged loan CDS
All for the better
Spread bet hedging
Vladislav Soloviov, chief financial officer, RUSAL
Born in 1973, Vladislav Soloviov, is the chief financial officer at Russian aluminium giant RUSAL. Before joining RUSAL he held key roles in The Russian Federation's Ministry of Taxes and Dues
Petter Kapstad, head of risk management, Statoil
Petter Kapstad is head of risk management at Statoil, Norway's largest oil company. In 1997, Kapstad helped to steer Statoil through the implementation of a groundbreaking enterprise-wide risk management (EWRM) programme
Paul de Fries, group risk manager, Noble Group
Paul de Fries is group risk manager of Noble Group. He began his career at the IPE, was a derivatives trader with Hull, and later joined ING Bank. He was head trader at Macquarie Bank before joining Noble in 2001
David Davies, chief financial officer, OMV
David Davies has been the chief financial officer at Austrian oil and gas group OMV since April 2002. A trained chartered accountant, Davies has held senior financial roles in companies that span a variety of industry sectors, including chemicals,…
Jane McCarthy, manager of portfolio risk management BHP Billiton
Jane McCarthy is manager of portfolio risk management at BHP Billiton. She is responsible for quantitative portfolio modelling and risk analysis, including regular reporting to the board and financial risk management committee
Brazil switches on to risk management
As Brazil's electricity market restructures, increasingly sophisticated risk management tools and systems are required, writes Leigh Parkinson
Weathering power's demand
Using temperature forecasts to predict power demand has some major pitfalls. Here Martin Fischer and Michael Grossman suggest ways to glean more from forecasted temperature data
Jaime Roman, risk managing director, Endesa, Spain
Jaime Roman is chief financial officer and risk managing director at Spanish utility Endesa. Holding a PhD in Electrical Engineering, he was in academia before being approached to join Endesa in 1997
FSA's Mifid is "inconsistent and flawed"
REGULATORY UPDATE
Strategie di trading sulla pendenza
DERIVATI CREDITIZI
Going electronic
Commodities
Maggiore chiarezza
MIFID
Mercato diviso
SWAP DI TASSI