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Banks dismiss margin rule threat to synthetic prime brokerage
Growth in synthetic financing versus physical sees UBS, ING boost investment in prime brokerage units
Deutsche Bank loses Fan ahead of investment banking overhaul
Deutsche's Fan exits; Credit Suisse investment banking co-head retires; Sweden's prudential regulator hires new director general
EU rapporteur says Mifid II is ‘too complicated’
Bankers claim new rules “trap liquidity”
FVA: How six smaller banks do it
From ING to Danske Bank, regional players are taking part in the FVA debate, but practices are mixed
Variable annuity sales recover in Japan as insurers revise hedging strategies
Simplified product design and buoyant equity markets combine to revive Japan VA market
AMA, RCSAs and dealing with Libor at Rabobank
Dutch bank Rabobank has shaken off its Libor label pretty quickly, leaving it to focus on its co-operative roots, the AMA and its RCSA roll-out. Anne Snel-Simmons, head of operational risk management at Rabobank, talks to OpRisk about the challenges of…
Rogue trading questions remain, says US head of op risk at Mitsubishi UFJ Securities
Lack of commonality in rogue traders adds to the risk banks face from within
Bridging the gap: Solvency II phase-in troubles insurers
Proposed interim measures hope to bring some regulatory consistency across Europe in the period prior to Solvency II’s eventual implementation, but supervisors are still seeking their own solutions, while insurers warn that any interim measures must not…
Insurers raise fresh concerns over Solvency II phase-in
Instability of capital framework should be reflected in plans for soft-launch
Sponsored forum: Sub-custody
Drivers and growth for the sub-custodian
Insurers grapple with Solvency II economic capital projections
Capital projection
Commission targets January start for long-term guarantees assessment
Commission targets January start for long-term guarantees assessment
ING’s non-financial risk head Hans Grisel discusses AMA, Fatca and the cyber threat
The long haul to AMA
Insurers hope for agreement tomorrow on long-term guarantees assessment
Insurers concerned that assessment could overlap full-year reporting as debate over matching adjustment continues to delay impact test
Asia Risk Congress: LCR drives expanding regional liquidity swap market
Insurers providing liquidity swaps to banks is a growing trend in Asia
Insurers 'must understand risk on non-traditional assets'
Modelling and regulatory impact of new asset classes must be considered in search for higher yield
Sunrise on Japanese VA hedging
Sunrise on Japanese VA hedging
Banks offer combined reinsurance and hedging solution to Japan VA providers
Following risk management failures in the financial crisis, Japanese variable annuity providers’ new VA offerings include conservative investment objectives and sophisticated hedging strategies, combined with reinsurance
On the move
On the move
Lookback
Lookback
First steppes for Mongolian derivatives market
Mongolia's derivatives market is in its infancy – but the promise of future returns is luring international banks to Ulan Bator
BoE's Tucker: FPC capital powers 'won't be popular'
Attendees at ACT conference raise concerns about increased lending costs after Bank of England’s Tucker argues for powers to raise sectoral capital levels
Basel 2.5 caused €200 billion jump in RWAs
European banks saw their RWAs leap at the turn of the year, as new trading book rules collided with the EBA's call to achieve a 9% capital minimum