Operational risk
Top of the league
Energy and Commodity Rankings 2007: Energy
Leading the pack
Increased investment in the steadily growing commodity derivatives markets is paying off for many new entrants, but the old guard continues to maintain the biggest piece of the pie. Oliver Holtaway reports
Compliance solutions
Compliance with regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley and Mifid is putting an increasing burden on energy-trading firms. Roderick Bruce looks at ways of overcoming the latest regulatory hurdles
Q&A: Charles Romilly
ECU Group in London uses currency management to reduce clients' lending costs. As it starts pitching to corporates for the first time, ECU's head of corporate liability management explains how it works
CESR seeks to measure acceptance of Mifid
REGULATORY UPDATE
All in the mind
The number of op risk patent applications filed in the US has soared. Duncan Wood investigates the efforts being made to protect intellectual property
Time for change
Implementation of the core principles of op risk still has a long way to go in the Asia-Pacific region. Ellen Davis reports
3L3 outlines its 2007 work programme
REGULATORY UPDATE
A better execution
In the first of a series of six articles on Mifid, Victoria Pennington seeks clarification on a number of issues swirling around the best execution debate
Event horizon
Rick Cech takes a second look at what makes up operational risk event types, and asks if there is a more advanced way to define them
Russia opens up
Russia is moving ahead with Basel II implementation, with a new industry working group and new regulatory rules. Ellen Davis reports
Trade bodies oppose split start dates
REGULATORY UPDATE
Banks call for 'third way' to implement Basel II
COVER STORY
Wise to the system
Software survey
Creating the LDI infrastructure
UK pensions
Software Survey 2007
Software survey 2007
Preparing for Mifid
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A kick up the backside
Just what are the world's regulators doing to help move forward the discussion around operational risk?
Combating money laundering and terrorist financing
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HKMA out with new SPM
HKMA issues a supervisory policy manual (SPM) on the “Use of Internal Models Approach to Calculate Market Risk”.
JP Morgan recommends changes to Basel II NPR
JP Morgan Chase has set out to US regulators what it considers to be the main operational concerns over the interagency notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) to implement a new risk-based capital framework based on Basel II.
New Mifid trade body established
LIBA, AFEI, ASSOSIM and SSDA set up new trade body as a forum for European regulatory changes.