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Awards

Sovereign of the year: Riksgälden

Sweden's national deficit forecast roughly trebled at the start of this year, after the central bank decided to boost its US dollar reserves. The Riksgälden publicly questioned the need for the money - but had to go through with the financing. This year…

13 Jan 2014

Credit risk

In-house system of the year: Royal Bank of Scotland

A 30-fold increase in its computing grid, enabling coverage of 90% of the bank's derivatives business - a two-year overhaul of the counterparty risk framework at Royal Bank of Scotland wins this year's in-house system award

13 Jan 2014

Derivatives

Progress and peril: Dodd, Maijoor, Pirrong and more on the G-20 reforms

Last year was a landmark for the derivatives reforms laid out by the Group of 20 nations in 2009, with clearing, trading and reporting rules all coming online in the US. But it was also just the start of efforts to co-ordinate and align the rules…