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Asia Risk Corporate Survey 2009

Banks that maintained the confidence of their clients during an unprecedented period of market volatility and turbulence were the big winners in Asia Risk's inaugural corporate survey, with Standard Chartered standing out most of all. Ben Marquand reports

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Crude but credible

Regulators are warming to the idea of introducing a leverage ratio to limit the excessive build-up of assets on bank balance sheets. But they face an uphill battle to create an internationally consistent measure that addresses differences in accounting…

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Safe haven

Gold has been a favourite with investors looking for a safe haven since last year's turbulence began. But will this persist in 2009, or will the precious metal start to lose its shine as a hedging option? Pauline McCallion finds out

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Strength from swaps

Asian nations are becoming increasingly assertive in co-ordinating financial stability efforts in the Asia Pacific, notably via a raft of new swap agreements between the region's largest economies. Are these efforts having the desired impact? Christopher…

Estimating intrinsic currency values

Forex market practitioners constantly talk about the strengthening or weakening of individual currencies. In this article, Jian Chen and Paul Doust present a new methodology to quantify these statements in a manner that is consistent with forex market…

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Commodities

Commodities participants are used to volatility. But the price moves that have taken place during the past year are almost unprecedented and have made life extremely tricky for many market participants.

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Drastic times

There is a growing consensus that large, global banking groups pose a threat to financial stability. Some have suggested large financial services groups be split up to focus on traditional markets and banking business - but is this the answer? By Duncan…

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Accounting for concessions

International Container Terminal Services has expanded its operations across the globe. Treasurer Rafael Jose Consing tells Asia Risk how the company manages risks and discusses the impact of new accounting rules for concessions. By Georgina Lee

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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

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