Opinion
Regulators pine for the simple life
Prudential regulation is too complicated, the Basel Committee has conceded - but that does not mean it will embrace an all-powerful leverage ratio. By Duncan Wood
Risk on the WGMR rules
The WGMR published its final rules on uncleared margin on September 2. Nick Sawyer and Matt Cameron discuss the implications
More co-operation needed to avoid footnote 88 fallout
More regulatory co-operation is needed to ensure footnote 88 doesn’t hurt liquidity inside and outside the US
Bank physical commodity trading is desirable, not essential
The role of banks in physical commodities is poorly understood, but it is not indispensable
Politically motivated reform creates new risk
Many of the proposed reforms in derivatives market regulation were driven by politics rather than economics. This could lead to an additional source of systemic risk and less effective risk management among end-users, argues David Rowe
Emerging markets investors put Europe on the menu
Editor's letter
The compliance implications of AIFMD
Managed expectations
Peak oil enthusiasts might be giving up too soon
Proponents of peak oil should not capitulate too soon, as the days of oil – like those of horses – are numbered, writes Vincent Kaminski
Finding relationships between macroeconomic variables and losses
Multivariate analysis is a powerful tool for finding significant relationships between business environment and risk losses
Software risk is only part of the stability problem
Authors of their own destruction
High-touch hedge fund model could be salvation of industry
Up close and personal
We need an agreement on Omnibus II if Solvency II is to be kept on track
Optimism as trilogue discussions recommence, but a long way to go before an agreement is reached
Resolution planning leaves banks facing subsidiary dilemma
Time management
Corporate crime – can the Bribery Act be extended?
Extending the UK's powerful Bribery Act to cover fraud is superficially tempting, but will face difficulties
Multiple trade repositories cause reporting headache in Asia
A fragmented view
BBH disappointed burden of proof reversed in AIFMD
Quotes of the quarter
The downgrade trigger trap
Trigger trap
Risk is back on the agenda as credit fears ease
Editor's letter
RVA proving a struggle for derivatives counterparties
In this video discussion, Duncan Wood, editor of Risk, talks to Nick Sawyer, Risk’s editor-in-chief, about attempts to price in a replacement valuation adjustment on derivatives trades
The furore over physical commodity trading
Despite the agitation over their role, there are valid reasons why banks are involved in physical commodities
US investors can profit from UK and China growth, says BlackRock strategist
Lookback: Improvements in Europe and China
