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BlackRock: More reforms needed for ETFs, beyond just transparency
Statement is beginning of "a series of recommendations" from BlackRock on ETF market, says iShares head of sales
NIBC appoints new chief risk officer
Dutch bank NIBC appoints Petra van Hoeken as chief risk officer
US regulators ask DOE lab to study flash-crash forecasting tool
US regulators enlist Department of Energy computing power to analyse metric that aims to predict catastrophic market events
Allianz CRO: Industry and regulators 'in denial' over solvency levels
Allianz's Tom Wilson warns liquidity premium in discount rates is disguising effect of current market turmoil on life insurance balance sheets
Solvency II delay does not mean insurers can relax, says Montalvo
A delay to Solvency II implementation does not mean insurance firms can put preparations on hold, says Eiopa executive director
Solvency II modelling could cause systemic risk, industry warns
Industry experts warn uniform modelling under Solvency II could lead to risk contagion
Solvency II causing uncertainty for risk managers
Call for lobbying push on details of new regulations
Risk managers have been falling behind, forum hears
Risks have overtaken risk managers in the past 10 years, according to speakers and delegates at the Ferma forum
Financial Stability Board finalises Sifi measures
FSB settles on plan to tackle the 'too big to fail' problems posed by systemically important financial institutions; measures will be sent to G-20 summit in November
Delayed Basel trading book review will be broad, say supervisors
Basel Committee is expected to consider wide range of topics, including VAR, liquidity, CVA and the line between banking and trading books - but overall capital requirements are not likely to change
Washington watchdog sues SEC for destroying investigative files
Government watchdog CREW has sued the SEC and its chair Mary Schapiro for purging documents related to probes of suspected wrongdoing at financial institutions
Regulation not key driver for ERM within Nordics
ERM is being driven from within firms in the Nordic countries, according to survey results
FSA confirms delay of Solvency II implementation date for UK insurers
Financial Services Authority to extend internal model approval process by more than a year
CME names Gary Morsches as energy managing director
CME Group has appointed Gary Morsches as managing director of its global energy business
Trading positions - October 2011
Energy Risk catches up with the latest appointments, promotions and departures in global commodity markets
More obligations for energy firms under EU's MAD revisions
More obligations for energy firms under MAD revisions
Solar failure raises questions about funding for renewables
Solar failure raises questions about funding for renewables
UBS could face lawsuits after rogue-trading losses
Management failures could leave bank liable
RBI’s revised securitisation guidelines could ‘kill’ Indian market
The latest Reserve Bank of India revised draft guidelines for securitised transactions released late September have drawn criticism from market participants for being far too restrictive, with one lawyer saying the rules in their current form would …
Bank of America faces more lawsuits as Texas sues Merscorp
Mortgage record company and its shareholders 'left $58m fees unpaid', suit says
JP Morgan makes changes to Asia fixed income team as Bulchandani bows out
JP Morgan has made senior sales and trading appointments within its Asia fixed income team. Pranav Thakur will lead fixed income trading for Asia ex-Japan, while Sudhir Goel is named head of fixed income sales and structuring for Asia ex-Japan, replacing…
SEC report reveals failings at top three rating agencies
A report released by the US SEC reveals S&P, Moody's and Fitch all still have significant failings in their operations
CME and IDCG revalue swaps using OIS discounting
Switch to OIS comes a year after SwapClear revalued parts of its portfolio
SFO begins prosecution of £60 million property fraud
The SFO has begun its prosecution of Achilleas Kallakis and Alexander Williams, who are charged with defrauding and incurring losses of £60 million for Allied Irish Banks and Bank of Scotland