Europe
Sovereign risk manager of the year: Dutch State Treasury Agency
Risk awards 2012
Supervision not regulation, says SEB's Hansen
Rather than rushing to increase regulation and potentially creating compliance costs and regulatory risks, authorities should be getting involved at the ground level to improve supervision, says Lars Hansen, Swedish insurer SEB Life’s chief risk officer
The renewed appeal of structured funds
Flexible performers
Fatca costs will fall on European firms, says JP Morgan exec
Head of European sales says new legislation produces an "untenable situation" where if clients choose to be non-compliant, firms will have to disengage from them
Structured Products Europe: volatility-based products come out of the shadows
Volatility was at the heart of the conversation at the Structured Products Europe conference in Frankfurt on November 21. Though whether volatility-based structured products will ever be sold in large volumes to retail investors in Europe continues to be…
Video: European power market participants bullish on market coupling
Participants within Europe's electricity markets expect market coupling to continue apace in the next few years, making a European-wide integrated power market possible by 2014
The Structured Products Europe Awards 2011 - The winners
Structured Products Europe Awards 2011
Europe's democracy deficit contributing to crisis
The democracy deficit
Fink: Billions could flow into preferreds as banks recapitalise
BlackRock chief calls for perpetual preferred shares to be counted towards Tier I capital at Europe's banks
Turner warns of capital requirements dilemma
FSA chair Adair Turner insists on the consideration of counter-cyclical macro-prudential policies in the run-up to regulatory structure overhaul
New Dow Jones blue-chip indexes to be used in structured products
Dow Jones Indexes launches Asia Dow and Europe Dow, which track 30 blue-chip companies in each region for use in ETFs and structured products
Profile: Daniel Gros on political risk and Europe's debt crisis
Time for a European Monetary Fund
Eurozone debt crisis: facing up to the risks of political uncertainty
The risks of political uncertainty
Video: Will trade reporting requirements under Mifid II lead to the creation of an efficient trading market in Europe?
Will trade reporting requirements under Mifid II lead to the creation of an efficient trading market in Europe?
Sponsored statement: RBS
Solvency II – Capitalising on market distortions
FVC custom indexes
FVC custom indexes
Wave of new regulation brings inconsistencies and loopholes
Divergent paths
US CLO issuance bouncing back in 2011, say experts
While CLO activity remains below pre-financial crisis levels, a demand for higher yields is driving US investor appetite
BIS must continue to evolve: Caruana
General manager, Jaime Caruana, says BIS must continue to adapt to a changing world and work to incorporate emerging economies effectively
Update: UBS expands derivatives structuring and adds to ex-Deutsche roster
The Swiss bank has named the heads of its global equities structuring operations, increasing its collection of former Deutsche Bank executives in the process
EBA will open bank books, Enria pledges
New regulatory authority needs to provide transparency, rein in Sifis, to be a success, says EBA chair Enria
FVC custom indexes
FVC custom indexes
European insurers exposure to problem sovereigns 'manageable'
European insurers exposure to problem sovereigns 'manageable'
Deconstructing Emir
Deconstructing Emir