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Clemmons quits XL Weather; resigns WRMA presidency
Lynda Clemmons, president and chief operating officer of Connecticut-based XL Weather & Energy, has left the weather risk and energy trading company. XL officials said Clemmons did not renew her employment contract and that they do not know her future…
HVB extends relationship with Front
Germany's HypoVereinsbank (HVB) has formed a new partnership with Front Capital Systems, the Swedish trading systems operating unit of SunGard. It will result in close collaboration between the two companies in IT development.
SwapsWire launches automated credit derivatives confirmation service
SwapsWire, the UK-based electronic trading platform backed by 23 leading international banks, has developed an automated confirmation-delivery system for credit default swaps (CDS). It believes the service should ultimately reduce processing time from…
Basel II Accord will reshape global banking, says Mercer Oliver Wyman
The implementation of the new Basel Accord, also called Basel II, will reshape the global banking industry, according to a report to be released this week by Mercer Oliver Wyman, a New York-based financial services strategy and risk management consulting…
Latin America looking to improve risk practices
Participants attending the Financial Stability Forum (FSF) in Chile this week said there was a need for further reforms to enhance Latin American domestic markets, ease the burden of public sector debt and provide alternative sources of risk management…
CDC Ixis AM selects Riskdata for hedge fund risk management
CDC Ixis Asset Management, the asset management arm of French investment bank CDC Ixis, has bought Riskdata's HEDGiX service to help manage its alternative investment portfolio.
Latin America looking to improve risk practices
Participants attending the Financial Stability Forum (FSF) in Chile this week said there was a need for further reforms to enhance Latin American domestic markets, ease the burden of public sector debt and provide alternative sources of risk management…
Bear Stearns joins rush to sign with Mark-it
US investment bank Bear Stearns has signed an agreement to use data supplied by UK credit data provider Mark-It Partners. It is the latest in a stream of major financial institutions to sign up for the service.
EU Commission outlines region's Basel II impact
More than 1,000 investment firms and 9,322 banks will implement the EU's capital adequacy directive, according to Patrick Pearson, head of banking and financial conglomerates unit of the internal markets division of the EU Commission.
Emerging markets to suffer unique Basel II compliance problems
Implementation of Basel II "is a tall order for most emerging markets", said Zeti Akhtar Aziz, governor of the Bank Negara Malaysia at the 12th annual Central Banking Conference in London yesterday.
A-IRB is overly prescriptive, say US banks
Several US banks would like to see a full internal models-based approach to regulatory capital. According to their response to the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) on the implementation of the new Basel Capital Accord, the banks said the…
Reuters launches foreign exchange forwards in India
Reuters launched a forwards foreign exchange broking service in India last week.
GAO urges curbs on 'tying'
The General Accounting Office has recommended that bank regulators take additional measures to adequately enforce laws against the tying of commercial credit to more lucrative investment banking business, despite a lack of hard evidence to support…
ABN Amro adds in derivatives marketing
Rajiv Baruah has joined ABN Amro in Singapore as a derivatives marketer in the Asia debt markets origination group.
Deutsche Bank's options head takes on North American trading
Neehal Shah, global head of foreign exchange options at Deutsche Bank, has transferred from London to New York to assume the title of head of foreign exchange trading, North America.
EU explores rating agency shake-up
The European parliament may be set to tighten the regulation of credit rating agencies after a paper from the parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs emphasised the growing significance of rating agencies in the financial systems and…
Caruana lambasts lack of credit risk disclosure at banks
Few banks disclose much about their credit risk models, the types of credit risk mitigation techniques they employ, or even the external or internal ratings assigned to their credit exposures, according to Jaime Caruana, chairman of the Basel Committee…
Risk management held back by lack of clear definition
Risk managers must collectively define the value of their trade to be taken seriously, according to Andrew Smith, chief financial risk officer of UK bank HBOS.
RMA signs up for OpVantage First database
The Risk Management Association (RMA) has signed up to use OpVantage's First (financial institutions risk scenario trend) database. OpVantage, a division of rating agency Fitch, provides operational risk software to the industry.
Fed's Ferguson defends US position on Basel
The US approach to regulatory capital is "perfectly consistent" with the spirit of the new risk management proposals from the Basel Committee, said Roger Ferguson, vice-chairman of the board of governors of the US Federal Reserve System, this week.
Del Fante quits JP Morgan Chase
Matteo Del Fante has quit his job as head of JP Morgan Chase’s public sector business for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Del Fante, who was not available for comment, is to take a job in the Italian public sector, according to sources.
Fed's Ferguson defends US position on Basel
The US approach to regulatory capital is "perfectly consistent" with the spirit of the new risk management proposals from the Basel Committee, said Roger Ferguson, vice-chairman of the board of governors of the US Federal Reserve System, this week.
Patsystems moves into forex trading
UK-based trading technology vendor Patsystems will expand into foreign exchange trading through a deal reached with IFX Markets. The British companies will develop an interface that will allow traders on Patsystems’ trading platform to connect directly…
Risk management held back by lack of clear definition
Risk managers must collectively define the value of their trade to be taken seriously, according to Andrew Smith, chief financial risk officer of UK bank HBOS.