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Emerging slowly to Basel
Financial institutions in emerging markets are overly optimistic that they will implement Basel II on time, according to a survey conducted by the World Bank. The results were announced at the World Bank advanced risk management workshop in Washington,…
Australian Securities Exchange moving up to OM’s Click XT
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has signed a 10-year agreement to use OM Technology’s Click XT as the integrated trading platform for its equity, derivatives and fixed-income products, reports RiskNews' sister publication, Dealing With…
APX restructures, makes senior hires
Amsterdam-based APX Group, which provides exchanges for natural gas and power trading across northwest Europe, will move London-based power exchange UKPX’s forwards market onto its own system on August 18. The group has also made several senior…
Lyxor launches ETFs on eurozone government bonds
Lyxor Asset Management, a subsidiary of French bank Société Générale, has launched two exchange-traded funds (ETFs) products based on eurozone government bond prices and listed on Italy’s stock exchange, the Borsa Italia.
Rivals gear up for forex clearing
The stage is set for a central counterparty clearing (CCP) system for foreign exchange as two potential providers moved their plans forward last week, reports RiskNews' sister publication, FX Week .
AIG restaffs forex post-merger
Banque AIG, a subsidiary of AIG Financial Products, has hired six sales and trading specialists in a bid to upgrade the foreign exchange component of its cross-product service, reports RiskNews' sister publication, FX Week .
Deutsche appoints new head of operational risk
Deutsche Bank has internally appointed Christian Sewing as global head of operational risk management (ORM), replacing Fred Peemoeller.
Fidelity risk chief lands at SEC
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has hired Charles Fishkin as director of the newly formed Office of Risk Assessment (ORA). Fishkin will manage the overall risk assessment programme, co-ordinating risk assessment activities across the…
Reuters and Reveleus team up on ERM product
Reuters and Boston-based financial analytics company Reveleus are launching an enterprise risk management solution designed to reflect risks across the trading and banking book.
Eurex US gets regulatory approval from Spain and Italy
Regulators have cleared the way for Spanish and Italian traders to directly access derivatives exchange Eurex US, which was launched in February.
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