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Aligning Basel II operational risk and Sarbanes-Oxley 404 projects
While SOX 404 and Basel II create different challenges for operational risk managers, Nick Bolton and Judson Berkey suggest there is real value in combining the efforts.
Amerex to distribute market data on GlobalView
Energy broker Amerex is to distribute its power and natural gas market data through GlobalView Software, the Houston-based provider of data management solutions for the energy markets.
Basel II published, industry takes stock and regulators refocus energies
The final Basel II document was published to great fanfare on Saturday in Basel, Switzerland. The final document - even longer than the previous third consultative paper released in April 2003 - will take some time for the industry and the world's…
An Exceptional Challenge
Zapping bad trades or just knowing about them when they occur is a high priority at UBS Investment Bank.
US regulators scorned over "prescriptive" proposal
The financial services industry's reaction to a new proposed statement from US regulators on complex structured finance activities was "somewhere between terrified and scornful", according to one industry association executive. Another industry…
Banks make first Isda emissions trade
Investment banks Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein and Fortis Bank have made the first ever trade of European Union emission allowances (EUAs) using an annex to the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (Isda) Master Agreement.
First emissions trade concluded with Isda master support
Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (DrKW) and Fortis Bank executed the first trade of European emission allowances using an International Swaps and Derivatives Association master agreement last week. London-based environmental and energy broker Evolution…
GFI to go public
GFI Group has announced its intentions to become a public company, filing for an initial public offering (IPO) with the US Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC).
Senator releases Enron evidence
US Senator Maria Cantwell (Democrat, Washington) and Washington State’s Snohomish County Public Utility District (PUD) yesterday released financial documents and audiotapes that allegedly show how Enron illegally obtained at least $1.1 billion in profits…
Rating reform
The winds of change that have been forecast to sweep through the credit rating industry are growing stronger, fanned by a set of proposals released by an influential group of finance and treasury bodies, as Saskia Scholtes reports.
Central banks seek more data on credit derivatives
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is going to ask dealers in the credit derivatives market to supply more information about their business, including information on who they are dealing with.
Credit derivatives processing is now faster, says Isda
Financial institutions significantly improved their credit derivatives processing in 2003, according to the International Swaps and Derivatives Association's (Isda's) '2004 Operations Benchmarking Survey'.
Covering all the bases
Natural Gas
Banks making big op risk advances, says Fitch
More than 70% of the world's major banks will have developed tools for monitoring operational risk indicators and will be using risk and control self assessments by 2007, according to rating agency Fitch.
Algo and Bloomberg release enhanced risk service
Toronto-based Algorithmics and Bloomberg released a new version of Algo Risk, a market and trading risk solution, at Algorithmics' annual user conference being held in Boston, Massachusetts this week.
US puts trust in Canadian finance
Canadian income trusts have been trading at all-time highs. Now that the Canadiangovernment is allowing bigger players onto the market, interest from US energyfirms in such vehicles is growing. By Catherine Lacoursiere
The fuel of the future?
Natural Gas
CCRO and S&P form liquidity working group
The US Committee of Chief Risk Officers (CCRO) has established a working group along with rating agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) to define the most effective metrics integral to assessing the liquidity demands of energy supply and wholesale marketing…
Natural gas storage swaps catch on
London-based GFI has brokered its first over-the-counter (OTC) swap based on US natural gas inventory data, between Houston-based hedge fund Centaurus and another unnamed hedge fund. Centaurus also traded a second such swap on the same day, with an…
Hedging on the fly
Natural gas
Houston happenings
Regulatory pressures, asset valuation and price reporting were just a few of the topic areas covered at Energy Risk’s USA conference in Houstonlast month. Here Paul Lyon rounds up some of the conference highlights
AIMing for the City
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