Energy
Drawing the short straw
Northumbrian Water and Midlands Electricity
LDA group participants: vive la difference!
Basel Committee’s op risk conference
Actions speak louder
Financial consultancy firm CityIQ, commissioned by Swift and SmartStream, canvassed over 240 firms about their activities in the corporate actions arena. The May 2003 survey showed widespread automation potential.
A new dawn
Now that the financial community has finally become comfortable with derivatives, the next challenge is to trade these instruments using STP methods. STPforum reports
European buy side still lags in risk management
The findings of a recent survey show that buy-side firms have increased their focus on risk management, but are still well behind their sell-side counterparts.
German regulators begin industry dialogue
FRANKFURT - Germany's regulators are about to change the way they interact with the banking industry as they gear up to implement the operational risk portion of Basel II by 2006.
Weather derivatives notional volumes fall by $100 million
The Weather Risk Management Association (WRMA), the international trade organisation of the weather derivatives industry, yesterday said that the notional value of weather derivatives contracts fell by $100 million from last year’s figures.
Operational Risk and the CIO
Today's CIOs are cutting costs, addressing increased regulatory pressure, and exploring new, cheaper technologies. But are they also introducing more risk into the firm?
Prop desks set to reap rewards of forex volatility
Banks could be reaping rewards from their proprietary foreign exchange trading desks, as swift intra-day market moves continue, dealers told RiskNews ’ sister publication FX Week .
SAB – the magic brew
Company focus
Bursting the bubble
Credit of the month
Sweeping it under the carpet
German securitisation
Post-delivery problems
Credit Risk
Rhodia
News
Diversity in adversity
Commodities indexes
A blend of assets
Credit/equity hybrids
Holding steady
Comment
Op risk technology
CORPORATE STATEMENT
Implementing a scenario-based AMA
TECHNICAL FOCUS
Patriot Act task force receptive to industry’s AML feedback
ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING
German regulators begin industry dialogue
COVER STORY
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Technology
Cross-border conundrums
Credit Risk