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Prudential Securities hires futures head
New York-based Prudential Securities has made Alex Ladouceur its head of global futures, foreign exchange and metals – a newly created role. Ladouceur will drive all the company’s futures division operating activities, including sales and trading,…
ICE promotes sales and marketing staff
IntercontinetalExchange (ICE), which has bought London's International Petroleum Exchange, has promoted a number of its sales and marketing staff to manage the growth in business during the past 10 months, the company said.
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Investment companies are increasingly finding London a viable and attractive option to obtain a listing
Insurers get amber light with some green
BASEL - Global banking regulators have signalled they might agree to a role for operational risk insurance in the Basel II bank capital accord.
Beyond Basel II - operational risk management comes of age
Integrated, enterprise-wide, operational risk management can offer much more than just regulatory compliance.
UK lags Europe for Basel II implementation
BRUSSELS - The UK financial services sector lags most of Europe in its state of preparedness for the implementation of the proposed new Basel capital accord for internationally active banks, dubbed Basel II, according to research by professional services…
UK lags Europe for Basle II implementation
BASLE II UPDATE
Strategy, structure and information at Halifax
RISK MANAGEMENT
Insurers get amber light with some green
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Beyond Basle II -- operational risk management comes of age
RISK MANAGEMENT
What the banking industry (and others) told the Basel regulators
The Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates said the op risk capital charge may be left to the discretion of the national supervisor, and should be based not only on quantitative factors, but should take account of qualitative factors. The Central Bank…
Basel accord brings segmentation issues for systems companies
Basel II will segment the market for firms providing IT services to banks.
Equitable Life’s credit slips down junk bond slope
UK INSURANCE
Fraud squad goes in as UK insurer collapses
UK INSURANCE
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Basle accord brings segmentation issues for systems companies
BASLE II UPDATE