Derivatives
Top 10 articles on Risk.net in 2010
A quick overview of the top ten articles across the whole of Risk.net in 2010 provides a roadmap of the year's main themes
Risk awards 2011: Deutsche wins house of the year
Deutsche Bank wins derivatives house of the year, while John Hull collects the lifetime achievement award
Bird and Bird adds Morlino in Italy
Bird and Bird has hired Silvia Morlino as Italian counsel in Milan. Morlino joins the commercial law firm from Allen & Overy.
US regulation update
Caught in the net?
House of the year: Deutsche Bank
Risk awards 2011
Foreign exchange derivatives house of the year: JP Morgan
Risk awards 2011
Hedge fund derivatives house of the year: Deutsche Bank
Risk awards 2011
Insurance risk manager of the year: Metlife
Risk awards 2011
Hu takes leave of the SEC
The Fin man
Isda's Richard Metcalfe: Regulatory risk has many faces
Insightful trading
Citi names Treadwell to lead derivatives clearing in Asia
Citi prime finance Asia Pacific is building up a derivatives clearing team in response to moves by regulators to improve supervision of OTC clearing services
South Korean export markets won’t slow
South Korean freight derivatives growth will not slow, despite the financial regulator’s institutional warning to Barclays and a caution to an individual at JP Morgan for breaking local banking rules by selling inappropriate currency derivatives that are…
IEA: Derivatives not to blame for oil's strength
The International Energy Agency (IEA) says that supply and demand fundamentals are to blame for oil price strength, not speculative derivatives products
IASB has change of heart on hedge accounting
Proposed new rules on hedge accounting - published by the IASB this morning - are intended to make life easier for corporate hedgers
Last-minute power plant hedging will push up carbon prices
Prices for European Union carbon allowances (EUAs) will rise sharply in 2012 as companies hurry to hedge their emissions compliance requirements by the end of that year.
CFTC wants power market input on Dodd-Frank rule-makings
CFTC commissioners are concerned about the breadth of the Dodd-Frank swap dealer definition; staff call for electricity sector comments
Malaysian Airlines cuts hedging programme
Malaysian Airlines (MAS) reduced its jet fuel hedging capacity amid uncertain price movements
Irish bailout forces oil hedging strategies revision
Oil hedging strategies to be revised after Irish bailout pushes up oil prices
Daiwa moves for Korea derivatives licence and reaffirms Asia expansion drive
Daiwa Capital Markets finalised its purchase of the Asian equity derivatives and global convertible business of KBC today, and reaffirmed its Asian expansion drive with a bid to secure licences in South Korea
Ex-Morgan Stanley team create systematic trading investment boutique
Investment focus said to be on highly liquid, transparent instruments, and strategy will use a quantitative approach
Rising gas prices to force power hedging strategy re-evaluation
Risk managers say gas price rises will force a rethink on current hedging strategies for power generation assets.
Banks could circumvent Volcker rule by gaining hedge fund exposure synthetically
Volcker rule may contain loophole that allows banks to invest in hedge funds
Nat gas hedging hit by regulation and fundamentals
Experts link drop in natural gas trading activity and liquidity to fundamentals and regulatory uncertainty
Energy Risk Europe 2010
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