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Isda AGM: E-trading should be a choice, says O'Connor
Removing voice as an option would leave clients facing execution risk, says Isda chair Stephen O'Connor - but some buy-side firms see it differently
Fixed-income investors face greater risks from inflation than deflation, warns iShares
The evaporation of fixed-income yield is set to look even more pronounced when account is taken of inflation expectations, according to an iShares report
South African investors shun non-domestic banks
Market turbulence has made investors in South Africa wary of international banks
Credit Suisse speeds up synthetic-to-physical ETF conversion
Credit Suisse is converting more of its synthetic exchange-traded funds to the physical model, which happens to be favoured by the Swiss Financial Markets Association
On the move
On the move
Isda AGM: ‘Life as we know it will change,’ says O’Connor
New regulations will help reduce systemic risk, but changes need to be made to certain parts of the rules, Isda chairman says
MSCI reintroduces Saudi Arabia indexes
The Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) has allowed MSCI to create and issue Saudi Arabian domestic equity market indexes
HKMA strikes a cautious note on territory’s banking sector
Hong Kong Monetary Authority concerned about continued credit expansion in the territory and contagion risk from the European sovereign debt crisis
New deputy enforcement head at SEC
New York office chief George Canellos moves to Washington, DC
Governments should support development of longevity risk market – IMF
Governments should support development of longevity risk market – IMF
Slow progress on Solvency II internal model validation threatens approval, FSA warns
Slow progress on Solvency II internal model validation threatens approval, FSA warns
Record Q1 for cat bonds as pension funds increase capacity
Record Q1 for cat bonds as pension funds increase capacity
Dutch regulator to begin Solvency II test on insurers
Dutch regulator to begin Solvency II test on insurers
RBS head of EMEA & LatAm equity derivatives and structured products sales departs
Andrea Sozzi Sabatini, head of equity derivatives and structured products sales for EMEA & Latin America, and also the chief sponsor for ETFs within the UK bank, has left after his position was put at risk of redundancy.
US Treasury’s FX exemption hangs in the balance
A year after the US Treasury's proposed regulatory exemption for FX swaps and forwards, the position has never been confirmed - and some believe it may be reconsidered
Nasdaq ventures into commodity futures indexing
Nasdaq’s new commodity index family aims to offer broadest exposure to the asset class and comes in five different roll versions
Sell VStoxx and buy Vix futures, says BarCap
The divergence between US and European volatility measures has grown in the first quarter of 2012, according to Barclays Capital
Another delay in Solvency II as EC proposes deferral of transposition date
Commission takes legal advice on Econ committee proposals
Nordic banks push for Fatca deal
Nordic banking associations open Fatca reciprocity talks
Risk management strategy low priority for many European energy buyers: survey
Most respondents think oil prices will rise – but few have risk management policies in place to cope with it
Significant longevity issue in China but third-party risk transfer ‘some way off’
China is greying quickly, but low penetration of pensions and life insurance mean little likelihood of a UK-style longevity swap market emerging
Asian institutional investors focus on quantitative risk management
Investors in Asian institutions are catching up with European and North American counterparts in demanding quantitative risk measures and risk numbers as part of their investment mandate, says risk head at AmInvestment Group in Malaysia
Europe's inflation investors sharpen their focus
Europe's inflation investors sharpen their focus
People: Royal Bank of Scotland lets Stuff go
Royal Bank of Scotland lets Stuff go