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Hong Kong to launch new commodities exchange
Hong Kong is to launch a new exchange offering energy and commodity products in a bid to capitalize on the boom in Chinese demand for raw materials.
Derivatives Summit: Improve processing now, OECD market chief says
Despite ongoing market turmoil, the future for derivatives is bright. Or at least it will be if the industry’s risk management infrastructure is tightened up, said Hans Blommestein, head of the capital markets programme at the Organisation for Economic…
Derivatives Summit: Investors should heed lessons of crisis, summit told
Investors should heed the lessons of the credit crunch by changing the products they invest in, said senior BNP Paribas bankers speaking at Risk ’s 2008 Derivatives Summit in London.
Business leaders make post-2012 carbon trading recommendations
A group of 91 chairmen and CEOs of major global businesses has presented recommendations for the post-2012 carbon reduction regime to replace the Kyoto Protocol.
Calyon chooses Caplin Trader
Calyon, the investment banking arm of Credit Agricole, has selected Caplin Trader as the basis for its new online single-dealer portal for fixed income trading. The trading system, developed by technology vendor Caplin Systems, is intended to complement…
DekaBank opts for SunGard system
German bank and asset manager DekaBank has deployed SunGard’s Asset Arena Compliance system, including the Ucits III country specific rules, in a bid to expand structured product and derivative coverage for Germany and Luxembourg.
And the winner is...
The annual Energy Risk Awards honour the outstanding talent at the heart of the energy risk management industry. Find out the who’s won and why...
Risk management concerns focus attention on technology solutions
Risk management solutions
Credit funds seek flexibility and sustainability from IT solutions
Innovative software solutions for credit strategies are a challenge. IT companies offer a plethora of solutions for an environment that lacks standardisation and needs a high degree of automation. Jamie Wynn-Williams reports
Prime suspect
Knowing the exact quality of the loans in a securitisation pool is key if investor appetite for mortgage securities is to return. Chris Ames, an asset-backed portfolio manager at Schroders, discusses what's prime, what's not, and what has to happen for…
Solid as a rock
Distressed Debt