Capital markets
Power struggle: EU battles for supervisory convergence
European Commission’s review of the three supervisory authorities fraught with difficulties
EC: regulators could adapt rules to protect bond liquidity
Official recognises regulatory hit to corporate bond and repo markets, but rejects Mifid delay
Technology: banks start thinking inside the box
Monolithic capital markets systems are giving way to microservices, containers and APIs
Technology – Solving the new equation of capital markets
Sponsored video: Murex
Monitoring IT operational risks across US capital markets
This paper suggests an approach for assessing IT risk through an incident-based method for monitoring operational IT risk across an extended enterprise based on the ISACA Risk IT framework.
The regulatory challenges for Europe's capital markets union
Discussion crystallises over regulatory streamlining
Reinsurance sidecars evolving as competition for third-party capital hots up
Sidecars mimicking ILS funds to lure investors entering collateralised reinsurance space
Italy 'killing its capital markets' with HFT tax
Tax on high-frequency trading and equity derivatives introduced in Italy
Cat bond sponsors tempt investors with diversified perils and geographies
Innovative structures seek to break dominance of US wind peril over ILS market
Sidecar capacity set to grow as capital market investment increases
Third-party solutions increasingly sought by firms seeking reinsurance and retrocession
Sponsored statement: Standard Chartered
Asia’s local capital markets stand on the verge of a boom
Risk 25: How Basel III is turning borders into barriers
Turning borders into barriers
Cat product to transfer oil spill risk to capital markets
Catastrophe product looks to capitalise on perceived investor appetite for oil spill risk