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Concerns remain over contingent capital, legal experts warn
CoCo bonds continue to provoke concern, despite clear investor appetite
Basel III takes a bite out of aircraft and shipping finance
On the scrapheap
Palm oil producers look to lock in high prices
With crude palm oil prices rising 30% in the last six months, interest in hedging downside risk from palm oil producers is on the increase. So are producers locking in prices now or waiting for the market to rise even further?
Credible capital: regulators prepare to tackle RWA divergence
Credible capital
Retail Distribution Review holds no fear for Meteor
Relishing the RDR
Fraud and Financial Crime sponsored Q&A: Detica NetReveal
Reducing fraud in the information age
Online banking and cyber crime webinar: NICE Actimize
Crime without borders
Marrying economic imperatives with sustainable values
Lost in translation
Rabo gets ratings Serge
Rabo gets ratings Serge
Navigating the nuances of ETFs
Navigating the nuances of ETFs
Verdicchio joins Vulpes Investment Management
Bert Verdicchio has joined Vulpes Investment Management as chief risk officer
Volatile agricultural commodity prices drive hedging activities
Harvesting hedges
Rabobank lists Dutch ETF in partnership with ETF Securities
Rabobank has teamed up with ETF Securities to list an ETF tracking the Dutch AMX index
Euro investment grade (financial) deal of the year – Rabobank
Euro investment grade (financial) deal of the year – Rabobank
People: Delahaye steps up at BNP Paribas as Deudon takes on emerging markets role
People: BNP Paribas' Delahaye steps up
Carr joins Rabobank as head of ETF marketing
After leaving BNP Paribas in February, Matthew Carr has been appointed head of ETF marketing for Rabobank in London.
Contingency plans
Following recent issues of contingent capital by Lloyds Banking Group and Rabobank, other firms are eyeing similar issuance as a means of meeting higher capital requirements in a cost-effective way. But the Basel Committee, which is due to discuss the…
Against the grain
Pension fund performance in 2008 was appalling, with funding levels plunging across the globe – but some schemes sidestepped a funding crisis by focusing on effective risk management.
Rabobank appoints leaders for revamped structured products group
Dutch banking group Rabobank has appointed three new heads for its newly integrated structured products group.
Rabobank appoints new Asia-Pacific head of GFM
Rabobank International has promoted Martijn Nijziel as Asia-Pacific head of global financial markets (GFM) in Hong Kong from his previous position in Tokyo as Japan head of GFM.
Rabobank appoints renewables and carbon credit head in Asia
Rabobank International has promoted Jotdeep Singh to a newly created role as head of its renewable energy and carbon credits business in Asia. Based in Singapore, he will oversee transactions mainly in wind energy, biomass, solar and other renewables,…
Losing lustre
Structured products
Rabobank bails out Tango SIV
Rabobank has agreed to take the assets of Tango Finance, a structured investment vehicle (SIV) it sponsors, on to its balance sheet. The Dutch bank plans to do this in early 2008 to prevent a potential fire sale of the SIV’s high-quality assets.