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MiFID support high, despite the costs
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BarCap extends Barx to variance swaps
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Finding the right angle
Hedge fund perspective
Credit Suisse launches longevity index
New angles
The View on Flu
Should life companies worry about bird flu? Swiss Re says yes, but Munich Re and a host of primary insurers claim the risks can be overstated. Richard Irving reports
A pillar of solvency
Paul Sharma, head of policy for banking, insurance and securities at the UK's Financial Services Authority, talks about life at the sharp end of insurance reform. Nicholas Dunbar reports
Perspectives - Phillip Straley
Phillip Straley, Partner, global financial services risk management, Ernst & Young
BaFin eases clearing house restrictions
BaFin, the German regulator, has removed a requirement for financial institutions to hold capital against transactions with swaps clearing counterparties – a rule that had threatened German banks' use of SwapClear.
Preparing for the Big One
Wall Street performs the largest business continuity test since Y2K.
Coping with complexity
The demand for risk-based technology has never been higher due to changing business practices, growing regulatory burdens and burgeoning demand for cross-asset class products. But new entrants can still gain market share in niche areas.
Clash of the regulators
As the pace of the Solvency II process to reform European insurance supervision quickens, British and French regulators have clashed over the use of market-consistent solvency requirements, to the alarm of proponents of risk-based supervision.
Basel II to encourage smaller banks to invest in risky assets
The new Basel II capital rules will encourage smaller banks to invest in riskier assets, according Peter Plaut, a managing director in fixed income research at Bank of America in New York.
Isda introduces new definitions for FX and currency options
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association and Foreign Exchange Committee at the New York Federal Reserve have introduced an appendix to the 1998 definitions on FX and currency swaps this week. These changes are designed to standardise…
Basel II to encourage smaller banks to invest in risky assets
The new Basel II capital rules will encourage smaller banks to invest in riskier assets, according Peter Plaut, a managing director in fixed income research at Bank of America in New York.
Making progress
The recovery in Japan’s banking sector means that country’s banks are closer to meeting the minimum capital adequacy requirements of Basel II than was anticipated even 12 months ago. However, challenges remain, particularly with regards to data. By John…
Standing up and being counted
fund of funds fees
Targeting the family office market
investor groups: family offices
Fantastic plastic's path to liquidity
plastic contracts
The way forward
cayman islands roundtable
Valuations and analytics
Sponsor statements: Future Value Consultants
A conference to remember
Structured Products Europe 2005