Structured products
Corporate governance disclosure: banks focus on bolstering infrastructure
Corporate governance survey 2003 – part II
European banks nervous over pillar II implementation
Regulatory update
EU Cad concedes on investment firms but limits role of insurance
Front Page News
Citigroup outlines economic capital modernisation plans
Basel Committee’s op risk conference
European buy-side lags in operational risk management
Implementation outlook
Losses and lawsuits
Loss database
Borsa boosts Italy’s lagging hedge funds
New angles
Lo: Sharpe ratios may be overstated
New angles
Banks struggle with conduits
FIN 46
Putting risk on the map
Profile
More gauges for mortgages
Hedge funds
Mortage extension risk balloons
New angles
Technology briefs
Systems
ZCM assets up for sale
New angles
Risk USA: pension woes and quant fixes
New angles
Technology briefs
Systems
Looking to the futures
Thanks to their flexibility, universal stock futures are seeing an increase in popularity with a record number of trades
The retail debate
There is little support from both the long-only and alternative community to open up hedge funds to the retail market. But whose interests are the detractors looking out for?
Structured solutions
Structured products linked to a diversified portfolio of hedge funds open the door to investors with little appetite for risk, those with possible legal/tax/compliance constraints, or those who require regular income payments
Ivy blooms as investors demand hedged products
Ivy Asset Management has tripled its assets under management since 2000 and is now scouring Europe for new managers and investors
New issuance in the convertible bond market puts it ˜back on track'
Cheapness of fund raising and new features attached to corporate debt have led to a resurgence in the sector