Infrastructure
Changes afoot at rating agencies
Basel II
Credit derivatives platforms turn to structured products
Electronic trading
Managing the exposure challenge
Credit risk reporting
The hazards of credit pricing
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Insurance companies - On the road to Basel III
UK regulators want to harmonise regulation of the financial services sector - and they have insurance companies in their sights.
Beyond STP: Staying Connected
Connections sometimes fail. Having a plan for monitoring message flow can be key to STP.
SAN Storm
Disaster recovery issues have thrust network-based storage into the spotlight. Lehman Brothers reveals the complex layers of storage systems that allowed business to continue after last year's World Trade Center attacks.
Asset managers run for cover
UK investment firms are facing increasing risk management pressures, thanks to new regulatory initiatives, legal challenges and a shift in operating environment. Coping will require a major investment in technology infrastructure – especially in the…
Changes afoot at rating agencies
Rating agencies are under fire once again, this time for failing to anticipate Enron’s bankruptcy. But they are looking to improve their methodology. What do the changes mean for banks that will have to rely on their ratings under Basel II?
Credit risk reporting: Managing the exposure challenge
Mass financial shocks – including Enron and Argentina – are forcing banks to disclose more information, faster, about their credit exposures to satisfy skittish investors. How are banks' technology infrastructures coping with this challenge?
New disclosure rule boosts pension risks
New UK accounting rule FRS 17 will force companies to disclose pensions liabilities on corporate balance sheets. The risk management issues are wide-ranging, and experts have few easy answers. Furthermore, the new rule could soon be adopted in a number…
Under fire
Credit derivatives
Moody's unveils default loss model
Credit tech
Predictive Merton
Technical
The Basle II capital accord: op risk proposals in brief
BASLE II UPDATE
UK firms face increasing op risk
ASSET MANAGEMENT
At the centre of the financial enterprise
ENTERPRISE-WIDE RISK MANAGEMENT
On the road to Basle III
INSURANCE COMPANIES
Isda issues FpML working draft
TECHNOLOGY NEWS
Pushing the equities button
The increase in size, diversity and sophistication of the equity derivatives markets has spurred demand for more efficient technology. How are firms responding?
The risk breaker
To claw its way back from its problem-loan nadir in the late 1990s, Bank of America embraced risk-adjusted return metrics and credit risk distribution techniques. Amy Brinkley is overseeing its turnaround.
Aquila and Gensec offer weather derivatives in South Africa
Energy company Aquila and Gensec Bank have signed an alliance to market weather derivatives in South Africa. They will be the first weather products to be marketed in that country.