Infrastructure
Isda looks to past and future
New angles
Time to get motivated on modelling
Lack of historical data is hampering financial firms from creating the type of op risk models they must have in place for Basel II compliance. By Oonagh Leighton
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A solid foundation
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Both sides of the fence
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MiFID rolls on despite industry gripes
BRUSSELS - The implementation of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) rolls on, much to the chagrin of some financial services firms.
Basel hurries to clarify questions
BASEL, SWITZERLAND – Members of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision are burning the midnight oil to try to resolve some difficult op risk issues before various jurisdictions are forced to finalise their Basel II rules to meet implementation…
Process or die, says Isda chairman Moulds
The continued growth of the derivatives industry will depend on the industry’s ability to improve processing efficiencies, said Jonathan Mould, chairman of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, this morning.
Germany’s closed shop
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Turbulent times
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Shopping for curves
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The sum of its parts
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Hanging on at the top
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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.
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?
The swap terminator
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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.
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…
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
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
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…