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Mark up the scorecard
Sergio Scandizzo and Roberto Setola explore the application of a scorecard approach to the measurement of operational risk, assessing both its reliability as a risk-management tool and the practicalities of its implementation.
Mark up the scorecard
Sergio Scandizzo and Roberto Setola explore the application of a scorecard approach to the measurement of operational risk, assessing both its reliability as a risk-management tool and the practicalities of its implementation.
Reporting: a better performance measure
Past performance is no guarantee of future returns. RiskMetrics' John Matwey says more and more investors will therefore inevitably demand third-party reporting of risk positions taken by hedge funds.
End of the line. All change
The Financial Services Authority has released an update to CP171, its consultation paper on conflicts of interest within investment research. Now its impact on the future of credit research is becoming clearer, as Hardeep Dhillon discovers.
Ex-Deutsche Bank official set to join Currenex
John Farrell will join multi-bank foreign exchange portal Currenex in London in January as managing director for global institutions, reports Risk's sister publication FX Week .
UBS hires forex strategist in London
Mark McFarland has joined the foreign exchange strategy team at UBS in London as a senior strategist, a spokesperson for the bank told Risk’s sister publication FX Week .
ABN Amro builds in weather derivatives
ABN Amro has hired Henry Kus as director of weather and insurance derivatives. The Dutch bank said it had made the appointment in response to "rapidly increasing" investor demand for weather derivatives products.
Van der Moolen withdraws options business from Amex
Cohen, Duffy, McGowan (CDM), the options trading unit of Dutch financial services company Van der Moolen (VDM), is to resign from its role at the American Stock Exchange (Amex).
RiskMetrics' head of quant research joins Clinton Group
RiskMetrics' head of quantitative research, Allan Malz, has left to join New York investment company the Clinton Group, said a RiskMetrics spokesman.
Deutsche Bank appoints head of global markets in Russia
Deutsche Bank has created a new position of head of global markets in Russia and internally appointed Yuri Soloviev to the post.
Standard Chartered poaches JP Morgan Chase veteran
Standard Chartered has hired JP Morgan Chase veteran Richard Leighton as global head of foreign exchange options in London.
BarCap adds ANZ dealer
Edward Howard will join Barclays Capital in London in January, a spokeswoman for the bank told Risk's sister publication, FX Week .