Asia Risk
Sponsored statement: China Construction Bank
China Construction Bank fortifies its leading market position
Why the West can’t bank on China this time round
China concerns
ANZ appoints new chief risk officer
Chief risk officer Chris Page to retire after 39 years in banking. ANZ names Nigel Williams as his successor
On the move
On the move
Asian institutional investors take aggressive stance on volatility
Taking on the tail
Financial institutions move to address funding squeeze in Asia
Funding dilemmas
Asia Risk wealth rankings 2011: The results
Asia Risk wealth rankings 2011
Australian regulator releases Basel III liquidity proposals
Australia's prudential regulator publishes discussion paper for liquidity reforms under Basel III. In addition, the Reserve Bank of Australia announces further details for its committed liquidity facility to address the liquidity shortage banks will face…
Private banks hit by cost and revenue pressures: Kathryn Shih interview
Q&A – Kathryn Shih, UBS Wealth Management
The lure of leveraged funds in China
The lure of leverage
Australia weighs up move to adopt Basel III early
Jumping the gun
Despite hurdles, clearers map out forex ambitions
Clearing a way for forex
CFTC urged to rethink rules that threaten cross-margining
Pushed to the margins
Dealers face up to OTC clearing's tech revolution
All systems go
Funding cost adjustments for derivatives
Funding cost adjustments for derivatives
Multiple local CCPs better than one global super-CCP – Siddhartha Roy profile
The beauty of diversity
Video: New York Fed’s Marc Saidenberg denies US go-slow on Basel II implementation
The US is introducing Basel II at a similar pace to international peers and is also committed to timely implementation of Basel III, according to Marc Saidenberg, senior vice-president of bank supervision at the New York Fed, who warns of the dangers of…
Apec finance chiefs affirm commitment to Basel III and central clearing
Apec finance chiefs pledge to implement Basel III capital, liquidity and OTC derivative reforms at 18th Apec finance ministers' meeting in Hawaii
Flowers defends MF Global as a ‘prudently run’ securities firm, despite Chapter 11 filing
JC Flowers head says reliance on short-term funding is a weakness of whole securities industry – not just MF Global. He adds a worsening eurozone crisis could lead to investment opportunities in troubled banks
Video: ING Asia CRO Doug Caldwell on Solvency II and use of liquidity swaps in Asia
Local insurers are still offering products at cheaper prices compared with insurers offering risk-based capital structures compliant with Solvency II, according to Doug Caldwell, chief risk officer for ING Asia-Pacific in Hong Kong. Caldwell also…
CSRC’s Shang takes over from Liu at CBRC; industry veterans selected to head CSRC and CIRC
A round of new chairships was completed in October across three Chinese financial regulators in a move that saw the heads of two Chinese state-owned commercial banks promoted to lead the securities and insurance regulators
FSB unveils list of global systemically important financial institutions
Four Asian banks are among the FSB's initial list of global systemically important financial institutions, including three from Japan and one from China
Photogallery: Asia Risk Congress 2011
A free-to-view gallery of photographs from the annual Asia Risk conference held in the Four Seasons hotel in Hong Kong on October 25, 2011
Thai banks deploy continuity plans as settlement and liquidity risks rise due to floods
The Bank of Thailand and the country’s leading banks are moving to ensure the country’s payments systems do not grind to a halt due to Thailand’s worst flooding in 50 years. So far, Thailand’s high value settlement system as well as cash reserves at…