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Brazil nears structured product milestone
New rules will boost local market for retail products, issuers hope
OpRisk Asia: regulatory change bigger than it looks for operational risk
Regulatory reforms seem to have left operational risk untouched, but in reality they mean substantial changes
Basel Committee will not impose CoCo requirement for Sifis
Basel Committee proposes a staggered common equity capital surcharge for systemically important banks, but steers clear of contingent capital
BNP Paribas names Hawley as Asia fixed-income head as Foch takes global role
BNP Paribas is relocating its head of fixed income for the Americas, Bob Hawley, to Asia to take over from incumbent Henri Foch, who will move to London as global deputy head of fixed income in London
Mervyn King lands three BIS roles; new BCBS chair named
Bank of England governor will chair the Basel Committee's oversight body. The committee itself will be chaired by Stefan Ingves, governor of Sweden's central bank
Chi-East moves to connect Asia's dark pools
Joint venture between Singapore Exchange and Chi-X Global expects to announce four new members in the next two months
Boon to US leverage ratios as FASB ditches netting proposals
Derivatives accounting proposals abandoned to relief of dealers - but move deals a blow to hopes of convergence between US standards and IASB
Banks and ECNs join forces to prevent FX flash crash
Citi, JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley join Deutsche Bank on Traiana's enhanced CreditLink service
Citi launches onshore Brazilian fund linked to US stocks
Citi fund enables investors in Brazil to explore non-local underlyings while retaining the comfort of an investment in their home currency
FSA's Turner: RWA divergence would undermine Basel III
FSA chair highlights growing concern about foundation of risk-based regulatory capital system
CFTC position limits: GFI's Cosgrove
Michael Cosgrove of GFI Energy talks position limits, real-time reporting and collateral posting
Energy end-user hedging: BASF's Gonzalez
Alejandro Gonzalez, senior commodities risk manager at the chemicals giant BASF, spoke at Energy Risk USA 2011 in Houston about his approach to hedging in a volatile environment
Valuing wind power: IPR-GDF Suez's Rajan
Karthik Rajan, senior director, strategy portfolio and risk management group at IPR-GDF Suez North America, discusses how elements of commodity risk management can be integrated into the valuation of long-term wind power portfolios
Enterprise risk management: John Wengler
Energy companies are only starting to discover the value of risk management skills and taking an enterprise-wide risk approach, says John Wengler
CFTC/SEC swap product definitions 'irrational', say derivatives lawyers
Attorneys criticise the division of regulation and the lack of detail on mixed swaps
RBS expands CVA quant team
RBS adds former Barclays Capital and Lehman quant to help build firm-wide CVA model
Europe lax on RWA calculations, says Bair
FDIC chairman warns of international divergences on risk-weighted assets
Investors should avoid a flight from risky assets, says Barclays Capital
Investors should avoid dumping risky assets despite concerns over slow growth and eurozone debt, according to a BarCap report, as opportunities may arise in equities and credit later this year
Asia overtakes Europe as home to most millionaires, survey finds
Hong Kong sees world's fastest growth in population of wealthy individuals, according to BAML/Capgemini survey
Bank of America appoints new chief technology officer for GWIM unit
BofA has appointed David Reilly as its chief technology officer for its GWIM unit
Stockton retires from FRB
David Stockton will be retiring from the FRB ths year after 30 years of service
SEC appoints Lewis as director of RiskFin
The SEC appoints Craig Lewis as its chief economist and director of the risk, strategy and financial innovation division
Triffitt becomes risk director at KPMG in London
KPMG has appointed Giles Triffitt as risk director in its risk management division in London
Risk India: Tough regulation needed for 'quality' growth
Panel discussion focuses on the need to control fast-growing financial sector, and learn from regulatory conflicts in US and Europe