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India - Capital-protected investments - Playing it safe
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ISDA AGM - Enlightenment in the Lion City
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ISDA AGM - Isda AGM highlights - A meeting of minds
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Breaking the fall
Cover story: CMS spreads
Seeking high standards
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India - Personalities - Passages from india
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ISDA AGM - Michael Rees speech - Learning from crises
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A new breed
Credit Derivatives
Short cut to nowhere
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After the storm
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An unconfirmed success
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Fed releases NPR for US Basel II implementation
The Federal Reserve has released the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) for the delayed implementation of Basel II in the US. In this first draft, the Federal Reserve approved a proposal that bank regulators hope will ensure banks maintain prudent…
BNP Paribas launches Shield products
BNP Paribas has launched the BNP Paribas Shield products – a suite of three listed funds. All three funds offer investors a defined redemption price for each share bought. However, the return of each of these funds is linked to the final level of an…
Dealers move to tackle equity derivatives operational issues
Equity derivatives dealers are holding discussions on how to deal with operational issues facing their market, with 17 leading banks meeting at the London offices of UBS yesterday to discuss the matter. This was the first meeting of the Equity…
Fed governor urges comments for NPR
Susan Schmidt Bies, the governor of the US Federal Reserve, has stated the importance of companies’ comments on the NPR on US Basel II implementation, due to be released today. The final NPR is expected to be issued in the Federal Register after all the…
CESR calls for evidence on the consolidation of market transparency data
The Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR) has called for evidence on the consolidation of market transparency data.