Infrastructure
BoC goes bespoke
Profile
Pushing protection
India
Rediscovering risk
Italy
Retail therapy in Hong Kong
Profile
Timetable trouble
Basel II
Thai banks take FX systems
UOB and Siam Commercial upgrade trading software
Seoul searching
Korea regulation
Lessons learned
Operational Risk
Limits on far VAR
Hedge Fund Perspective
Banks get stressed
Stress Testing
Tussle over alpha
Alternative Investments
Options reduced
Dealers report that European corporates have reduced their use of options since the introduction of IAS 39 last year. But with greater volatility in the foreign exchange markets expected in the coming year, are companies sufficiently hedged? Gareth Gore…
Life's perilous journey
Guaranteed variable annuity products generate huge profits for US life insurers, but have left firms massively exposed to exotic equity risk. Some companies are now laying off risk via long-dated, highly structured hedges. Not everyone is convinced this…
Inflating demand
Japan inflation-linked bonds