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The headaches of op risk integration
The banking industry, spurred by Basel II, is acquiring systems to cope with the host of disparate issues that fall under the rubric of 'operational risk'. But how do you stitch these piecemeal solutions together?
Roundtable > Operational risk quantification: a discipline at a crossroads
Operational Risk magazine held its first European roundtable during Risk magazine's annual European congress, in Paris, on April 9.
ABN Amro delves into global OTC oil and gas derivatives
Dutch bank ABN Amro has started to offer its clients oil and gas hedging services, as part of its financial markets business, which incorporates debt capital markets, structured lending and risk management activities.
Reference Data's Dirty Little Secret
It turns out reference data standards will make it easier for customers to switch data vendors. There are growing whispers about how positively vendors will view that.
QIS3 results released by Basel Committee
A paper outlining the results of the third quantitative impact study (QIS3) was released by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision yesterday.
FMCL launches Asian oil forward curve data
The Forward Market Curve Limited (FMCL) has launched the first module of its ForwardMarketCurve (FMC) product – an all-broker methodology for achieving robust and accurate price discovery in forward commodity markets.
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NYSE Pushing Firms to Store IMs
The use of instant messaging (IM) at trading firms has reached a watershed point, and the popular method of communication is about to fall under regulatory scrutiny on May 2, when the SEC rules 17a-3 and 17a-4 concerning the retention of broker records…
Japanese banks: Turning up the heat
Japan's banks have faced a gruelling few months in the run-up to the fiscal year-end, with a plunge in equity prices putting severe pressure on capital ratios. But a further crisis may be just around the corner, writes Nick Sawyer.
High volatility in market leads to huge movements on DAX
The war in Iraq has seen liquidity cut to untradable levels with managed futures and CTAs under great pressure
Duke exits North America prop trading
Duke Energy has closed its proprietary trading business at its North American merchant energy businesses, Duke Energy North America (DENA) and Duke Energy Merchants (DEM). The move by the Charlotte, North Carolina-based energy company was not entirely…
Profile: JP Morgan treasury services moves beyond measurement
"We've got to an environment were there are enough scorecards and metrics in place," says Angus Grandfield, head of operational risk for the treasury services division of JP Morgan Chase's Europe, Middle East, and Africa region.
The Mastery Of Disaster
New technologies, clear plans and practice can help any Wall Street firm better prepare itself for a disaster the size and scope of the events of Sept. 11, 2001.