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Infrastructure

Collateral use in derivatives transactions up to $1.2 trillion

The use of collateral in derivatives transactions has leapt to $1.2 trillion, according to the International Swaps and Derivatives Association’s 2005 Survey. This represents an 18.4% increase over the corresponding figure in the 2004 Survey.

16 Mar 2005

People

The Compliance Dance

CIOs and CCOs are working more closely together than ever before in these jittery compliance days. Waters asks, what’s the working relationship really like?

15 Mar 2005

Commodities

The swap terminator

Germany

15 Mar 2005

Infrastructure

Dow Jones Indexes joins forces with Markit and CDS IndexCo

Dow Jones Indexes, Markit and CDS IndexCo, a consortium of 16 investment banks, have signed agreements to govern the licensing, marketing and calculation of the Dow Jones CDX indexes.

15 Mar 2005

Technology

Standard Bank Launches Credit Risk Project

The Standard Bank Group , based in South Africa, is using the Adaptiv Credit Risk solution from SunGard Trading and Risk Systems (Stars) to build a common platform for credit risk processing for all its wholesale corporate and investment banking…

11 Mar 2005

People

The FSA’s quest for respect

Hector Sants, head of wholesale markets at the Financial Services Authority, talks to Nicholas Dunbar about his plans for increased regulatory focus on fixed-income structured products and hedge funds

08 Mar 2005

Credit risk

Banks leapfrog the rating agencies

European banks are cutting rating agencies down to size with a new loan data pooling initiative. Dutch bank NIB is leading the initiative. By Nicholas Dunbar

07 Mar 2005

Credit risk

Credit managers hope for new accounting blueprint

Mark-to-market accounting has frustrated credit portfolio managers at the largest international banks. It’s made their loan books more volatile and their derivatives hedges less efficient. But accounting standards setters may be ready to review the rules…