Structured products
Oil price hits Asian currencies
Surging oil prices have put pressure on Asian currencies, but the impact has been magnified by other factors influencing the region, analysts told RiskNews’ sister publication, FX Week .
Basel harmony still a long way off, notes IIF
“No-one really appreciated the complexity of the whole [Basel Accord] process,” says Charles Dallara, managing director at the Institute of International Finance (IIF). “It is only in the last nine months that regulators and bankers have woken up to the…
Huberator’s hopes
Weather risk
Putin’s endgame
Weather risk
Looking to the east
Weather risk
Allegheny sells West Virginia gas ops for $228m
Monongahela Power Company, a subsidiary of Pennsylvania-based Allegheny Energy, is to sell its natural gas operations in West Virginia for $141 million in cash and $87 million in assumed long-term debt to a private investment partnership.
Vertical take-off
Weather risk
Viva lost vegas
Weather risk
Oklahoma utility sells $140 million of 30-year senior notes
Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company (OG&E), the power utility subsidiary of OGE Energy Corp, has sold $140 million of 6.5% 30-year senior notes to help finance a power plant purchase.
Edison Mission sells off foreign power assets, posts Q2 loss
California-based Edison Mission Energy is to sell its remaining foreign generation assets to London-based generator International Power and Japanese trader Mitsui & Co for $2.3 billion. International Power will take a 70% stake and Mitsui a 30% stake of…
Dollar volatility could be back
The global currency markets could be in for a bout of unseasonal volatility and trading activity if the US dollar breaks through its recent range against the euro, traders said last week, reports RiskNews’ sister publication FX Week .
Hedge fund industry grows 34%, says survey
The hedge fund industry grew 34% in 2003, from $592 billion to $795 billion, according to a survey by Hennessee, the New York hedge fund adviser.
Taking requests
Investec Private Bank has been selecting hedge fund managers for many years to create bespoke investment portfolios for its ultra-high-net-worth clients. Sophie Huang, on behalf of Investec Private Bank, explains the process behind finding and selecting…
Striking gold or pitfalls in bond prospectuses
convertible bonds
Pensions funds spoil the hedge fund party
Matthew ridley
AIM high for a floating target
public listing
Deriving fair value
illiquid instruments
Reconciling hedge funds with the Qu'ran
business profile
Managers look increasingly to East and specialists
Funds of hedge funds are allocating more heavily to Japan, emerging markets and niche managers in search of returns
Hedging of corporate pension liabilities
Bernd Scherer here proposes a normative theory of asset/liability management that views externally funded pension funds exclusively from a corporate finance point. Standard asset management solutions are derived after the corporate finance problem has…
Synthetic structures: no longer a fantasy
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