Trading systems
All change
As foreign exchange trading becomes ever more efficient, brokers are finding themselves competing for hedge fund business
Joint Forum hires new chairman
People news
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.
Bouncing back
New frontiers
a changing landscape
Derivatives debate
Bursting with energy
Technology
Fuller figures
Electronic trading: Introduction
All platforms
Electronic trading: Profiles
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.
Technology news
Oil
Rabobank to implement SunGard credit risk software
Rabobank will implement Credient MC2, a credit risk measurement package owned by SunGard Trading and Risk Systems, as a cheaper alternative than investing in a new credit system infrastructure.
Rabobank to implement SunGard credit risk software
Rabobank will implement Credient MC2, a credit risk measurement package owned by SunGard Trading and Risk Systems, as a cheaper alternative than investing in a new credit system infrastructure.
Sponsor's Article > SunGard's Basel II 'webinar' may help you solve the data issues
You are invited to join SunGard and Financial Insights on the 18th November 2003 for a webinar on how to organise and manage your balance sheet data in preparation for 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.
RiskMetrics and iBoxx debut dollar indices
Credit tech
Caruana: 2006 implementation of Basel II still on target, despite difficulties
Despite recent controversies in the wake of the third Basel II consultative paper (CP3), Jaime Caruana, governor of the Bank of Spain and chairman of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, says he believes the new Basel II Accord will be implemented…
Sponsor's article > Updated SunGard Basel II CD now available
SunGard Trading and Risk Systems has updated its Basel II CD to reflect events up to and including October.