Australia
Hedging risks rethink
Sharp moves in foreign exchange currency pairs during the past 18 months have resulted in institutional investors reappraising their currency risks and hedging techniques. Some investors are using new instruments to better match their liquidity profiles…
Australian annuities - from boom to bust
The Australian superannuation system contains over A$1.2 trillion of assets, but the country’s annuity industry has yet to see any tangible inflow from the sector. As baby boomers retire, will this change and if so, does the industry have the risk…
Some CERs “not sexy” enough for investors: carbon industry heavyweight
Certified emissions reduction (CER) credits generated from clean development mechanism (CDM) projects, such as Chinese wind farms, are just “not sexy” enough for investors at the moment and they are looking to other regions like Africa, says Liz Bossley,…
Kupe light crude oil ready to ship
Origin Energy New Zealand has revealed that the Kupe gas project will be making the first shipment of light crude oil from Taranaki port on January 17.
LNG experts confident that Asia will take on Australian supply
PetroChina’s cancellation of its deal with Australia liquefied natural gas developer Woodside Petroleum is not indicative of a reduction in LNG demand from Asia, say experts.
Australia – renewables policy
As government support for renewables grows globally, Andrew Petersen and Eros Artuso of PwC look at Australia’s latest initiative and compare it with other schemes worldwide
Rays of hope
The turbulent conditions that have characterised the past two years have taken their toll on the Australian structured products market. But lessons regarding diversification and capital protection could offer a chink of light to investors. Wietske Blees…
Best in Australia - Citi
The market in Australia has received some shelter from the past year's financial crisis because fewer Lehman Brothers-backed products were distributed there than was the case elsewhere in the Asia-Pacific region. That aside, there has been no respite…
Risk Australia 2009 conference report
Australia appears to have escaped the worst of the global financial crisis, but at Risk Australia 2009, held in Sydney last month, bankers, academics and the Australia Treasury stressed there can be no room for complacency and focus must be placed on…
In the zone
Operational risk
Rays of hope
Structured products
To Copenhagen via Australia
The start of Australia's much talked-about carbon trading scheme has been put back a year to 2011. Andrew Petersen and Eros Artuso at PricewaterhouseCoopers discuss the details of the proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
ASIC lifts ban on shorting financials
Investors welcome easing of restrictions but say damage already done
Return of the linker
Inflation
Firm guidance
Cover story
A clear example
Op risk in Australia
Forging an index
Efforts by miner BHP Billiton to create an iron ore index that would represent the underlying benchmark for a series of derivatives instruments appear to be floundering as Chinese steel producers press hard for pricing advantage. Kathleen Kearney reports
Fears over future inflation mount
Inflation protection is at cheapest levels in years; investments may also be attractive
Dealers offer ways round Australian shorting ban
Australian ban on short selling is does not spell disaster for investors
Australia, Brazil, China, India, Korea, Mexico and Russia join Basel Committee
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