Trading systems
A dangerous idea
Encouraging and supporting sound internal risk management has become an important aspect of effective financial regulation. Imposing a regulatory capital charge for stress-test losses would undermine this important objective, argues David Rowe
Transatlantic regulatory convergence inches closer
Daily news headlines
Majority of firms unprepared for Mifid implementation, survey finds
Daily news headlines
SunGard launches Mifid Hub
SunGard aims to solve Mifid record keeping dilemna
Power struggle
After years of negotiations, market players believe that a tipping point in the liberalisation of European power markets could be near. But who will be in the driving seat, asks Oliver Holtaway
Data's destiny
Grid computing
A yen for financing
Yen-denominated mortgages have proven an attractive source of low-cost housing funding over the past 10 years. David Rowe asks whether these products are an accident waiting to happen
Barroso urges EU-US regulatory convergence
José Manuel Barroso singled out regulatory and standards convergence as key areas for EU-US relations
Meeting the pace of change
Energy trading is advancing so quickly it's sometimes difficult for software to keep pace. Energy Risk's software survey reveals almost half of respondents changed systems in 2006. David Watkins reports
Data's destiny
Grid Computing
Data's destiny
Grid Computing
Anderson A Delicate Balance - buy-side risk management systems feature
Risk management on the buy side has, over the course of the last few years, become a specialist business process in its own right. But there are still a myriad approaches to essentially the same challenge: ensuring that you do not expose your…
The technology gurus
Corporate statement
Falling on deaf ears
Cover story
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
Software Survey 2007
Software survey 2007
Microsoft and partners to offer “Mix and Match” Mifid solutions
Microsoft and its partners have launched a new package of solutions to help firms comply with the main challenges of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Mifid).
OpenLink acquires IRM
OpenLink, a provider of cross-asset trading and risk management software solutions, has purchased IRM, an Austrian-based energy solution provider focused on energy asset optimisation and strategic planning.
CPDOs: A volatility game
A triple-A rated structure that pays Libor plus 200bp. Who wouldn't be interested in such a product? Perhaps the sceptics warning against the 15 times leverage and the instrument's high exposure to volatility. Laurence Neville reports