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The white elephant of the trading book review

The Basel Committee’s fundamental review of the trading book raises some serious issues, but David Rowe argues its central proposed revision to the market risk capital regime is little more than a costly distraction

Resist the rise of the risk management machines

Overreliance on modern risk management systems, and metrics such as value-at-risk, can blind firms to tectonic structural market shifts. To help alleviate this problem, the use of human judgement and intervention is required, argues Vincent Kaminski

Trading OTC may be costlier than you think

Debate continues to rage about the merits of clearing, with some market observers arguing that the benefits of using central counterparties are outweighed by the precipitous costs involved. But such criticisms fail to take the full burden of over-the…

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