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Why Coso is flawed
Coso not only fails to help a firm assess its risks, it actually obfuscates the risk assessment process. By Ali Samad-Khan
TriOptima trims six companies' oil swap portfolios
TriOptima, a Swedish company dedicated to reducing over-the-counter swap portfolios, has expanded its service into energy. The company has terminated its first group of multilateral OTC oil derivative swaps, with six companies eliminating unnecessary…
European Commission sues over emissions-trading legislation
The European Commission is taking legal action against Greece, Italy, Belgium and Finland for not fully transposing the emissions-trading directive into national law by December 31, 2003. Separately, Italy will receive a final written warning because it…
Fitch/Algorithmics deal analysis
New York-based global ratings and risk management specialist Fitch Group has acquired Toronto-based enterprise risk management software supplier Algorithmics for $175 million.
A wrong-way bet
China Aviation Oil (CAO) revealed in late November that it had lost $550 million through trading oil derivatives – but not before its Chinese parent sold $108 million in CAO shares. By Nick Sawyer, with additional reporting by Jill Wong
DDQ re-issues commodity-linked structured product
Dawnay Day Quantum (DDQ), a division of London-based financial services and property investment company Dawnay Day, has re-issued its commodity-linked structured product aimed at both the institutional and retail markets.
Setting a timetable
Regulators in Australia and Japan are the latest to set deadlines for their banks to comply with Basel II, and both differ slightly from the Basel Committee’s schedule. Nick Sawyer reports
The importance of ALM
The crossfire between the International Accounting Standards Board and the European Commission seems to have left corporates bewildered about the implications of IAS 39. Risk talks to leading advisory groups and corporates about the challenges ahead, and…
The game of life
UK life insurers have faced a new regulatory regime in the aftermath of the guaranteed annuity options disaster, which has led them to rethink their use of derivatives. Nicholas Dunbar talks to four leading life companies
Comptroller urges revamped disclosure for financial consumers
Acting Comptroller of the Currency Julie Williams has urged bankers, government officials and consumer advocates to coalesce their efforts to improve the system of disclosure for financial consumers.
Amerex gains sulpur dioxide trading privileges on CCX
Houston-based broker Amerex Energy has obtained SO 2 trading privileges on the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX), an emissions-trading marketplace. Amerex can now broker futures contracts in trading increments of 25-tonne SO2 allowances. The standard over…
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