Structured products
Event-driven strategies can profit in slow times
The supply of distressed investment opportunities is unprecedented
A tough nut to crack
Legal impediments and excessive taxation have stunted the German hedge fund market. If these are eased there should be massive growth
Scottish Mutual positions to attract more retail investors
another UK life firm makes a hedge link up for with profits
Specialist managers see more shorting activity
Accounting anomalies and heavy debt mean shorting is on a roll
Fund of funds offer wide scope
Examining the tax and regulatory differences compared to single manager portfolios
Benefiting from the ups and downs
Long-only managers take advantage of the added market volatility caused by hedge funds
Success strategies
Since launching two strategy funds in 1999, ORN Capital has gone from strength to strength and is following up this success up with the launch of a European distressed debt strategy next month
Compromises allow Basel II to progress
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision said last month that there were no substantial issues remaining with the complex Basel II capital Accord, after a series of compromises involving the capital treatment of loans to small and medium-sized…
US agency forms working group on Basel II’s third pillar
A working group of financial services industry members and regulators is being formed by the US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to recommend a four-point disclosure policy for the third pillar of the Basel II bank Accord.
US agency forms working group on Basel II’s third pillar
A working group of financial services industry members and regulators is being formed by the US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to recommend a four-point disclosure policy for the third pillar of the Basel II bank Accord.
Using Bayesian networks to predict op risk
By combining qualitative and quantitative data, Bayesian networks offer the perfect solution to the compelling need for an integrated approach to operational risk management, say Martin Neil and Ed Tranham.
The end game
Credit derivatives
Waiting for a boom
Weather derivatives
A piece of the action
Equity derivatives
Turning the tide
New angles
Back to the floor
Operational risk
Quick on the uptake
Systems
SIA drops T+1 for T+when?
INSURANCE
US agency forming working group on Basel II’s third pillar
BASEL II UPDATE
Losses and lawsuits
LOSS DATABASE