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Goldman Sachs airs risk laundry, publishes report on operations review
Goldman Sachs report airs dirty risk laundry
Industry urges EU to show restraint over remuneration practices
Responses to EU remuneration paper urge restraint
Job-seeking op risk managers have all the power, say recruiters
Staff with the relevant experience face a wealth of choices and higher wages says Barclay Simpson
Spotlight on: Jeremy Hill, Royal Bank of Scotland
FX Week speaks to Jeremy Hill, head of FX and money market operations at RBS in London
JP Morgan creates actively managed index with Permal
JP Morgan creates actively managed index with Permal
BarCap launches UK retail structured fund
BarCap launches UK retail structured fund
Surge in ETFs tracking Standard & Poor's indexes
Surge in ETFs tracking Standard & Poor's indexes
Global supervisors gather at NY Fed for OTC meet
Regulators and supervisors head to Liberty Street for eighth OTC derivatives gathering
CBRC chief adviser Sheng brands financial engineering ‘a cancer’
Andrew Sheng, a veteran regulator who acts as a chief adviser to China’s top banking regulator, believes ‘creative destruction’ needs to take place when financial engineering goes beyond an optimal level, as it did in 2007-2008.
Tim Johnson new chair of Senate Banking Committee
South Dakota senator Tim Johnson appointed head of key Senate committee tasked with overseeing the implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act.
Egyptian CDS spreads widen as political turmoil continues
Fitch downgrades Egyptian credit rating as protests spread across the country
S&P rolls out contango-free GSCI index
S&P rolls out contango-free GSCI index
Real estate provides inflation hedging – but only over the long-term
Correlation between inflation and real estate investment can be negative in the short term but almost perfect on a long-term time horizon
RBS offers leveraged play on Italian government bonds
RBS product links to Italian government bonds
‘Bizarre’ $555bn derivatives lawsuit in India rumbles on
Litigation claims fraud perpetrated by foreign banks and the RBI
Basel III should aim higher on capital targets, says Bank of England
Discussion paper published by Bank of England and co-authored by external rate-setter David Miles suggests Basel III common equity requirements are too low
FCIC report: the major findings
Risk summarises the major conclusions from the commission report
Energy players expect further market fragmentation
Energy market fragmentation is likely to continue as larger players scale back their activities under Dodd-Frank
Eurozone CDSs widen, but no loss of market confidence, says Fitch
Report says EMU credit default swap volatility due to lack of certainty over future debt market conditions
Capital rules for CCP exposures could make clearing costs punitive, dealers conclude
New Basel risk weighting must be reduced, industry says
FCIC report: US crisis inquiry splits along party lines
Republican members of panel issue two inconsistent dissenting reports
Dealers at odds with CME over use of third-party marks
One major dealer says it may reassess CME membership, while others also raise concerns about the CCP’s willingness to allow clearing members to use third-party marks
Deutsche Bank launches hedge fund ETF in London
Deutsche Bank's London-listed ETF provides access to the returns of real hedge funds rather than a replication strategy