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A cost/benefit approach to Basel II

The cost of implementing Basel II could put banks at a competitive disadvantage compared with non-banks, and spur them to ‘de-bank’ to avoid this regulatory burden. Harry Stordel and Andrew Cross say regulators must look at the provisions from a cost…

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The active manager

SG Asset Management’s Stéphane Farouze provides tailor-made capital guarantees for investment managers. After closing some of the biggest deals in Europe, now he is eyeing the US

Nine billion ways to be snowed

Emanuel Derman separates real tools from passing trends in the risk management vocabulary. This article is adapted from his talk on Future Innovations in Risk Management, presented at the April Risk 2002 Conference in Paris

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Job moves

QUOTE OF THE MONTH: - “It is likely that doubt and a lack of market confidence will affect all energy trading for some time to come” Francis Hervé, chief executive of EDF Trading, the London-based trading subsidiary of Electricité de France (EDF),…

The benefits of Enron

Many corporations are keeping a low profile when it comes to their derivatives use. But when the Enron-related witch-hunts are over, companies may find that insurers and shareholders now view corporate hedging as a fiduciary duty

Soc Gen's Bouton heads IIF committee on Basel

The Institute of International Finance (IIF), a Washington-based banking organistion, has appointed Daniel Bouton, chairman and chief executive of Société Générale, as the chairman of its steering committee on regulatory capital.

HSBC boosts HK derivatives team

HSBC has bolstered its structured derivatives team in Asia with the appointment of Ka Lok Chau from Crédit Agricole Indosuez in Hong Kong. Chau will focus on product development and pricing models, according to John Flint, head of regional fixed-income…

Ethical rules needed to boost energy sector

Energy companies in the US and Europe should work together to establish rules for ethical behaviour to restore confidence in the energy sector and boost the liberalisation process, according to Janine McArdle, managing director of Aquila Europe.

Creditex hires European senior marketer

Online credit derivatives broker Creditex has expanded its European team by hiring David Eline as a senior marketer for Europe. In his new position he reports to Brad McKinnon, head of Creditex's London office.

ABN Amro adds to European forex team

ABN Amro has hired Eric Murciano to its institutional foreign exchange sales team. He will be responsible for the Dutch bank’s foreign exchange sales - including options - to French financial institutions.

Lehman boosts fixed-income team in Tokyo

Lehman Brothers has made two new hires to its fixed-income derivatives team in Tokyo. The US investment bank named Jeremy Martin as head swap trader, and Atsushi Ikeno as senior structurer and marketer. They both report to Satu Parikh, Lehman's head of…

Deutsche builds emerging market structured products group

Deutsche Bank has hired Hugo Faria to co-head its emerging market structured products area for the Americas. Faria will head the 14-person Latin America team, which develops products for credit, foreign exchange, commodities and interest rate risks.

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