Opinion
ECB should focus on CDS spreads, not inflation
Eurozone quanto CDS spreads reveal market views on break-up risks
UK has reached the limits of ambiguity
The nation's politics and institutions embody Knightian uncertainty
Culture clash: The reasons behind risk culture failure
The dangers of complacency, excessive risk and management failures
SFC finally takes a stance on professional investors
Regulatory ruling confirms what was expected of private placement regime
Insurers must beware a cash drought
Pressure on liquidity will increase as derivatives trading moves to central clearing
OTC energy derivatives did not cause the crisis
Post-crisis focus must be on solutions, not on apportioning guilt
Market manipulation won’t be stopped by Socrates or Spinoza
Graduates must be warned of the serious risks of market abuse
Renewables in Europe: A roadmap for fundamental reform
Efet board member calls for dramatic overhaul of subsidy regimes
Will billion-dollar fines skew op risk for years to come?
Huge losses will affect risk modelling and capital calculation
CCPs must get familiar with the C-factor
BCBS publishes new approach for calculating default fund margins
How extreme losses will affect op risk capital models
Cluster of huge fines calls for changes in models and regulation
Hong Kong-Shanghai stock connect: believe the hype
Corporate bond and commodity derivative sectors are the prize
Scenario analysis key for more efficient modelling
Assessing exposures and vulnerabilities gives sophisticated risk view
Battle lines drawn as hedge funds eye bank businesses
Lack of long track record may deter investors
Special assets and the bank board: a special relationship
Troubled debt teams can provide valuable op risk insight
Sympathy for the arbitrageur
Life has become more difficult for arbitrageurs - and other market participants should care
Peer-to-peer funding offers alternative finance source
CCP cleared P2P market option in place of prime brokers
How to hedge CVA without being hurt
A new product could smoothe the gap between capital and accounting rules
Editorial: Counting the cost, but making the investment
Are those who assume structured products consolidation is bound to happen mistaken?
You win some, you lose some
Regulators cannot always be as tough or as lenient as they would like
Cyber security – another reason for data storage to go modular
Relational databases are hard to protect; modular storage allows encryption
Lloyds judgement underlines severity of rigging scandal
Rigging liquidity scheme payments adds insult to injury
Time running out to prepare for Mifid II changes
Getting to grips with new rules should be an op risk priority
Handling the risks of a newly aggressive sanctions regime
International banks must exert more care on dollar transactions