Infrastructure
A toast to the winners
End-User Survey 2006
To hedge or not to hedge
IAS 39
High but not hedged
Gold
An air of simplicity
Profile: Qantas
Dirty derivatives
Money laundering
The real rocket scientists
As US space agency Nasa overhauls its risk management practices in preparation for a return to the Moon, Alexander Campbell looks at its new operational risk system
Internal affairs
Basel II
Growth in hostile territory
Convertible arbitrage
Return of a heavyweight
Sustained economic recovery in Japan will probably lead to the end of the country's zero interest rate levels in the third quarter of this year. What impact will this have on risk management and the use of derivatives? And how will it affect the…
Clarifying disclosure
Hedge fund perspective
Old and the new
Tfex
Isda survey finds credit derivatives backlogs improving
International banks have been making progress in speeding up the processing of credit derivatives trades, according to a survey by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association.
Europe lagging on Mifid implementation
Europe's financial institutions are unprepared for the implementation of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Mifid), according to a survey by the international financial services firm KPMG.
Bumped along by Basel II
Credit portfolio management has become an integral part of many big banks' risk management. Smaller banks have lagged behind, but the planned introduction of Basel II next year could provide an incentive for more active management of their loan exposures…
Benchmarking ‘not enough’ to protect against conflicts of interest in Mifid
In a report commissioned by the FSA to coincide with its discussion paper, ‘Implementing MiFID’s best execution requirements’, IBM has found that benchmarking alone is not enough to protect against conflicts of interest when a firm is dealing on own…
Chairman of the Fed says Basel II needs to go to the next stages of implementation
Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, has emphasised the Fed’s support for Basel II, and urged that congress, bank regulators and the industry work together to progress to the next phase of implementation. Bernanke emphasised his belief that…