People
Value-add is the key
Comment
Waiting for guidance
Basel Accord
Banks branch out
Corporate treasury
An upward spiral
Credit derivatives
To slash errors, give the sales trader STP capabilities
TECHNOLOGY COMMENT
Knight named new BIShead
REGULATORY UPDATE
McDonough bows out from New York Fed
REGULATORY UPDATE
A shares passion
Profile
Job moves
People
RiskNews review
RiskNews review
Shaking up hedge funds
Cover story
The Risk 2003 commodity and energy derivatives rankings
2003 Commodity & Energy Rankings
Extending to Asia
Continuous-linked settlement
A localised flood
Weather derivatives
Breaking down barriers
South Korea
BIS puts spotlight on credit risk transfer
In a report published today, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) highlighted disclosure, concentration and the role of ratings agencies as key features of the credit risk transfer market that may need to be addressed with regulation.
Bank of America to set up global forex structuring team
Bank of America plans to set up a global foreign exchange structuring team with the appointment of Eric Ohayon from Lehman Brothers.
Primus appoints Li as credit market strategist
Primus Financial Products, a New York-based wholesale provider of credit risk protection, has hired Rongfeng 'Becky' Li as a credit market strategist.
Merrill hires Galishoff to head proprietary mortgage arbitrage desk
Merrill Lynch has hired Alan Galishoff, previously head of the collateralised mortgage obligation (CMO) desk at JP Morgan Chase, to head its newly created mortgage relative value business.
UBS Warburg hires ex-Goldman prime brokerage head
Swiss investment bank UBS Warburg has hired Alex Ehrlich, the influential ex-head of Goldman Sachs' prime brokerage business, as its head of international hedge fund services.