Europe
OpRisk Europe 2012: Video
Highlights of the keynote speeches and discussions from this year's London conference
Update: EC publishes Prips regulation
As Europe's structured products professionals await the publication of the final version of the European Commission's Packaged Retail Investment Products regulation, the debate about what it should and should not include still rages
Commodity ETP activity drops 24% in a week, driven by precious metal fund outflows
Activity in commodity exchange-traded products falls sharply amid poor performance of the asset class
Eurozone scenarios: political analysts give their views
Unknown quantities
Greek exit threatens eurozone ALM
The Greek gift
Eurozone risk management gets political
Getting political
Europe’s institutional investors look to alternatives and cost-effective exposure
Institutional investors in Europe favour fixed-income and alternative assets as they continue de-risking their portfolios, with a focus on cost-effective market exposure and downside protection
European certificates and leverage products see Q1 trading surge
European exchanges record higher trading volumes in investment certificates and leverage products in the first quarter of the year
US equity ETFs draw big bucks as European ones lose them
While North American equity ETFs have had big inflows since the start of the year, those based on European equities have had huge outflows
Fixed-income ETFs lure the bulls, despite outflows
Fixed-income slowdown
Regulatory differences could be behind RWA inconsistency, report suggests
Initial findings of a review led by the European Banking Federation suggests differences in regulatory regimes could be behind a divergence in RWA numbers
Basel III commitment in question, says ex-committee member
The ongoing crisis in Europe is casting doubt over Basel III framework, says a former Basel Committee member
Stronger defences needed: stress testing a eurozone break-up
For a few dollars more
Esma: overburdened and under-resourced?
Esma under pressure
FVC custom indexes
FVC Custom Indexes
Asia lukewarm on European banking asset sell-off
Left on the shelf
Macquarie may close structured products business in Europe
Macquarie is considering shutting its structured products and exotics business in Europe as a result of unfavourable market conditions. The alarm bells were sounded were last December, when Todd Steinberg, global head of structured products left the bank
European power market coupling marches on
Market coupling marches forward
Eurozone scenario analysis goes microscopic
Familiarity breeds content
Dealers tackle euro redenomination risks
Back to the drachma?
Esma: questions grow as Emir deadline looms
Esma under pressure
Sovereign risk adjustments adds to demand for bond ETFs
Sovereign risk in Europe has taken on a whole new meaning since the onset of the eurozone crisis, so ETF providers are having to adapt
Icap's Spencer: 'not a prayer' of UK agreeing to FTT
Proposed EU trading tax would be vetoed by UK, says Icap's Spencer - if not, the broker will move its London HQ to New York