Central banks
Playing a long game
Longevity
An appetite for acquisition
Insurance M&A
The forex wildfire
Foreign exchange
European reflections
European Roundtable
Collateral thinking
Allustra
Awakening giant?
Some circumstances endure long enough to become embedded in the unexamined assumptions of a generation. In the case of the Japanese economy, these assumptions could prove costly, argues David Rowe
Promulgating pro-cyclicality
Systemic Risk
Centralising the server
Yahoo! has been at the cutting edge of the internet revolution for the past 10 years, but its treasury risk management team has been relatively conservative in its use of derivatives. Jayne Jung talks to Yahoo! treasurer Gideon Yu
Comeback for convertibles?
Taiwan
Low volatility may not last, says BIS report
Low levels of asset price volatility owe much to structural changes in the market, but a slower economy could still push volatility up again, according to a Bank for International Settlements (BIS) report.
Improved structure of markets, liquidity and better communication responsible for low volatility
Financial market volatility is at an all-time low due to improvements in the functioning and structure of global financial markets, increased liquidity and better communication between central banks and firms, according to a report released today by the…
Follow up: BIS on emerging economies
In this chapter of the Bank for International Settlements’ recent report on emerging markets, the BIS discusses the changing nature of risks facing banks.
FTSE and DIFX to launch sharia-compliant GCC indexes
Index provider FTSE and the Dubai International Financial Exchange (DIFX) have jointly created two sharia-compliant Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) country equity indexes for domestic, GCC, and international investors.
Paul de Fries, group risk manager, Noble Group
Paul de Fries is group risk manager of Noble Group. He began his career at the IPE, was a derivatives trader with Hull, and later joined ING Bank. He was head trader at Macquarie Bank before joining Noble in 2001
David Davies, chief financial officer, OMV
David Davies has been the chief financial officer at Austrian oil and gas group OMV since April 2002. A trained chartered accountant, Davies has held senior financial roles in companies that span a variety of industry sectors, including chemicals,…
Weathering power's demand
Using temperature forecasts to predict power demand has some major pitfalls. Here Martin Fischer and Michael Grossman suggest ways to glean more from forecasted temperature data
ILC to be under BHCA umbrella
REGULATORY UPDATE