Analysis
Regulators demand hedge fund look-through transparency
Looking through
OpRisk Benchmarking Survey 2014
This year's survey of operational risk managers shows that the importance of operational risk management is becoming more widely accepted – but there is still no consensus on how to involve it in different areas of the business
Trade of the month: Risk assessment
Trade of the month: Risk assessment
EBA: Common credit risk definitions vital
European regulators have overhauled bank reporting standards to ensure comparability, with new Finrep and Corep templates to be rolled out from this month. The latest step has been to agree common definitions for forborne and non-performing exposures…
FSB: work needed on consistent data standards
Public- and private-sector experts have worked hard over the past three years to develop the framework for a global legal entity identifier system, but more effort is needed to create consistent data standards for financial instruments and transactions,…
People: BNP Paribas to take RBS staff in structured products deal
The French bank will house up to 600 RBS staff after winning auction; SG CIB provides new CEO for Newedge; US futures business at Deutsche gets new boss; JP Morgan promotes divisional CFOs; SGX splits regulatory and risk roles
BNP Paribas wins mandates across four continents
Mandate watch
Stoxx launches Euro Stoxx Futures Roll Index
Index roundup
Market snapshot: Capital-at-risk and Barclays lead the way
Market Snapshot
Risk, complexity and the regulator
Trade of the Month
CBOE responds on Vix
CBOE responds on Vix
SGX forex futures launch signals market evolution
SGX is launching a new suite of Asian currency futures as a complement to its large Asian equity futures products, cementing its place as a forex trading centre for Asian currencies
Mariner encourages hedge fund community to adopt UN PRI
Mariner adopts UN PRI
Dalian iron ore futures contract trading volume falls away as question marks linger
Strong volumes on the first day of trading tailed off over the week although players deem it early days for determining the contract's success
London rubber-stamps deal for offshore RMB
UK capital city secures its role as the number one venue to trade RMB outside of Hong Kong with a series of agreements in October between London and Beijing
Lyxor ETF tracks quality European income stocks
ETF roundup
S&P Dow Jones Indices expands GSCI Dynamic Roll series
Index roundup
The value of stress-testing structured products
Trade of the month
Investec's FTSE 100 and RPI plan set to return capital and more
Above averaging
UBS reverse convertible breaches barrier as Research In Motion shares plummet
Disappointing harvest
Shanghai's free trade zone to spur China interest rate hedging market
The Shanghai FTZ could prove a rival to Hong Kong if the experiment is a success