Book contributions by Risk Staff
Portfolio Construction and Management
Edited by Brice Benaben and Julien Jarmoszko
Articles by Risk Staff
UK Treasury outlines way forward for City recovery
Business Continuity
US passes new law to combat identity theft
Regulatory Update
UK’s JMLSG publishes 2003 AML guidance notes
Anti-money laundering
Regulatory briefs
Regulatory Update
2004: end to the easy money
Credit of the month
Hunting for paper
CDOs
Speaking the right language
Is there a need for prime brokers and those serving hedge funds to have staff in continental Europe, as regulators make their markets increasingly friendly to hedge funds?
by conor ringland
It's the biggest financial market in the world, it never stops, it's transparent and opportunity keeps knocking. No wonder then that hedge funds are increasingly looking to foreign exchange
All change
As foreign exchange trading becomes ever more efficient, brokers are finding themselves competing for hedge fund business
onwards and upwards
Analysts are predicting another good year for hedge funds, although managers will not have it all their own way - innovation will again be an essential factor in generating returns
German banks plan op loss data consortium
A number of German public-sector banks will start pooling operational loss data next year, in a bid to create an op risk loss database that could, they say, eventually include banks from other European countries.
UBS hires forex strategist in London
Mark McFarland has joined the foreign exchange strategy team at UBS in London as a senior strategist, a spokesperson for the bank told Risk’s sister publication FX Week .
Ex-Deutsche Bank official set to join Currenex
John Farrell will join multi-bank foreign exchange portal Currenex in London in January as managing director for global institutions, reports Risk's sister publication FX Week .
Sovereign overhaul
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (Isda) has released its first master confirmation agreement to standardise the trading of credit derivatives referenced to sovereign issuers.
Commodities boost volumes on BarCap’s forex platform
Barclays Capital has enjoyed increased foreign exchange volumes on its white-labelled e-trading platform as a result of adding commodities earlier this year, a senior official told Risk’s sister publication FX Week .
Regulators' operational risk definitions criticised
The lack of a common agreement on the definition of operational risk by regulators will cause serious problems for global financial institutions, said Joanna Benjamin, a consultant to law firm Clifford Chance, at a late-November seminar at the firm's…
Shrinking cost of foreign exchange options
The cost of buying currency options has come down only "moderately" for clients in recent weeks and months, said options specialists interviewed by Risk’s sister publication FX Week . But in terms of the increased risk protection they currently provide…
New ABS and MBS standards
The European Securitisation Forum (ESF) has responded to calls from investors in asset-backed securities for better disclosure by releasing market practice guidelines for the securitisation market.