Trading systems

All change

As foreign exchange trading becomes ever more efficient, brokers are finding themselves competing for hedge fund business

Sponsor's article > Credit risk catches up

When Basel II was first proposed in 1999, credit risk models lagged way behind market risk models. But that's changed, which means we need less prescriptive rules for determining credit risk capital.

A bigger deal in platforms

After three years of consolidation in electronic trading, are brokers getting what they want from the players who are left and do the providers themselves know where they are going?

Sponsor's article > When is best practice good enough?

A dramatic change in banking regulation has been the move from prescriptive procedures towards 'best practice' risk management. Disagreements about how quickly the new approach can be applied to credit risk is central to arguments about revising Basel II.

China - Meeting the competition

China's financial institutions have realised the need to apply best practice in managing risk, and have been implementing cutting-edge risk management systems. But there are challenges in obtaining reliable data, writes Clive Davidson.

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