Central banks
Capturing dividends
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Dead in the water?
Basel II
A debt of duty
Profile
Breaking the cycle
Basel II
Swap stabilisers
Editor's letter
FSA chair blames government for light-touch regulation
Daily news headlines
De Larosière report backs calls for a European regulator
Daily news headlines
Investec rolls latest offerings off production line
Investec Structured Products has launched its seventh suite of structured trades comprising accumulation, investment and income plans all linked to the FTSE 100 index. In the income category is the five-year FTSE 100 and RPI Combination Plan 6, which…
Speculation over regulation mounts as Madoff lawsuits rack up
European investment funds are preparing to face tighter regulation in the wake of the Madoff scandal.
De Larosiere calls for ECB to lead European macro supervision
The European Central Bank would lead a new body intended to provide early warning of future financial crises, under proposals presented to the European Commission today.
New single-name CDS sparks hedging worries
Plans to reshape the US single-name credit default swap (CDS) market are causing concerns among some credit portfolio managers, due to a limit on their ability to get capital relief for hedges under Basel II.
Global carbon trading to grow by 20% in 2009
The global carbon market will see a 20% boost in volume in 2009, according to the latest figures from Point Carbon.
Bernanke: Public-private partnership required to value toxic assets
The involvement of both the public and private sectors is essential to accurately value illiquid assets before public funds are used to remove them from dealer balance sheets, Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke claimed yesterday.
EU leaders agree outline of global financial regulation
Daily news headlines
LCH.Clearnet bid sparks conflict-of-interest debate
A proposal by a consortium of major derivatives dealers to acquire London-based clearing house LCH.Clearnet has led to suggestions that banks becoming intimately involved in the clearing process could present a conflict of interest.
CAP details expose transatlantic split on capital
Today's news that the US Treasury and other regulators may compel US banks to raise capital levels puts them even more at odds with UK and European overseers, who have downplayed the need for more capital in recent weeks.
Trichet: Eurozone CCP will help improve oversight
European Central Bank president Jean-Claude Trichet backed a central counterparty (CCP) for clearing credit default swap (CDS) trades in the eurozone today, in a speech that also called for banker compensation to be linked to avoiding excessive leverage.
US Wrap: Reverse convertibles strike back on February’s busiest day
The US market had its busiest day of the month yesterday, waking up a moribund week. The 30-product flurry consisted of 25 Barclays-issued reverse convertible notes.
US Treasury doubles aid to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
The US Treasury is investing another $200 billion in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, as part of a fresh effort to prevent a wave of foreclosures.
BoE stability chief calls for stress war games
Banks could be forced to carry out joint stress tests to model the knock-on effects of a single disturbance on the entire financial system, according to the Bank of England's head of financial market stability, Andrew Haldane.
CIC opts for MSCI Barra multi-asset analytics
China Investment Corp (CIC) has signed up to use risk and performance analytics provided by New York-based MSCI Barra, called Barra Analytics, for an undisclosed sum.
A supervisor for Europe?
Editor's blog