Opinion
Buy-side reporting concerns as February Emir deadline looms
Quotes of the quarter
Forward views: Senior Asia dealers give 2014 outlook
Forward views: Senior Asia dealers give 2014 outlook
VAB’s Winter: Collateral rules risk derivatives and liquidity
Regulating collateral
Pension funds and the collateral crisis
Rising interest rates could leave pension funds facing huge margin requirements, creating an acute liquidity crisis
Why collateral research misses the point
There may be an aggregate collateral surplus, but pension funds and other firms that would face big margin calls in a rising-rate environment are not reassured
Meeting the challenge of bribery and corruption in Africa
Andrew Legg, senior litigation partner at global law firm Eversheds, examines the challenges businesses can face when navigating the issue of bribery in Africa and calls on the experiences of organisations already tackling the issue at the sharp end
The Omnibus II deal may have been done, but tough negotiations remain
'Robust debates' await level 2 discussions
Yellen faces a logistical nightmare
The impending transition from Ben Bernanke to Janet Yellen at the US Federal Reserve is taking place at a particularly sensitive time, argues David Rowe – the new chair faces the logistical nightmare of unwinding a massive increase in the central bank’s…
Accountability crucial for internal governance
Pickpockets or cyclists?
Energy trading firms must be whiter than white
Allegations of manipulation are particularly bad for energy trading firms, which should respond by holding themselves to higher standards
Risk management should be more than just a decoration
Despite massive investment in human capital and technical resources, risk managers failed to warn about the dangers of toxic assets and excessive leverage in the run-up to the global financial crisis. Their lack of authority is partly to blame, writes…
2014 likely to be positive year for hedge fund growth
Time changes all
Single-stock futures alternative to section 871(m) withholding
Single stocks the future?
Modelling dependency in operational risk
Dependencies between risk types are a vital part of any risk model – but the choice of how to represent them can be critically important to the result of a capital calculation
Bravery, creativity and a lot of money: How to cure the eurozone
Politicians may be unwilling to consider it, but the eurozone’s problems could be solved through a slight twist on debt monetisation, argues Marcello Minenna
Cross-border OTC reforms: No path forward
Without working European rules, a system of equivalence testing will fall flat
Asia: manufacturing giant, derivatives minnow
Split infinitely
The economic view
Insurers are using the delays to Solvency II to improve their economic capital models
Extraterritoriality and the rebalancing of the global economy
Border controls
Isda – understanding the impact of Emir/Dodd-Frank protocols on Asia
Europe and the US have launched a number of initiatives as part of their drive to regulate the OTC derivatives markets. Jacqueline Low from the International Swaps and Derivatives Association explains how the organisation has responded with a series of…
Institutional inertia on tail risk measurement
Institutional inertia is one of the abiding forces in human experience, especially in governmental institutions. Sadly, such inertia is likely to hinder much-needed revisions in the practice of financial risk management, argues David Rowe