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Experts expect to finalise Basel II securitisation issues this week
LONDON – Technical experts expect this week to finalise their proposals for handling the one major issue still outstanding in the complex Basel II accord aimed at making the world’s banking system safer – the technically thorny question of how to treat…
Basel II securitisation issues conclusion expected this week
Experts expect this week to finalise their proposals for handling the one major issue still outstanding in the complex Basel II Accord aimed at making the world’s banking system safer – the technically thorny question of how to treat the credit risks for…
Greenspan defends Fed’s role in tech bubble
The US Federal Reserve’s chairman, Alan Greenspan, claimed that it is far from obvious that a bubble, even if identified early, can be pre-empted by a central bank without inducing a substantial contraction in the economy, but conceded that better models…
FSA releases details of landmark market manipulation legal judgement
The UK's Financial Services Authority (FSA) has released details of a legal judgement that repudiates a novel human rights defence attempted by an ex-JP Morgan equity derivatives trader accused of market manipulation.
Corporate Collapses Change Role Of Compliance
To prevent exposure to massive claims, compliance technology is increasingly moving to the front office.
The Hunt For Terrorist Cash
One month after the attacks on Sept. 11, Congress passed the USA Patriot Act. Now every financial firm in the country is a deputy in the search for terrorist funding.
Op Risk Looks Back... To the 18th Century
The 300-year-old statistical methods of Thomas Bayes are experiencing a renaissance.
Legal risk optimisation
Allen & Overy's Carolyn Jackson discusses the importance of a quantitative approach to legal risk.
Looking to the new horizon
Can a firm cut costs while increasing operational risk controls? This is just one of the many challenges facing the investment industry.
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