Exchanges
ICE cool about further regulation
ICE Futures chairman Bob Reid said today he was “relaxed” about the CFTC regulation of ICE Futures Europe.
ICE and NGX expand physical natural gas clearing
IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) and Calgary-based Natural Gas Exchange (NGX) are to provide deal entry capability to energy brokers for physically cleared OTC natural gas contracts.
PowerShares launches Frontier Countries ETF on Nasdaq
Invesco PowerShares has launched its frontier countries ETF, designed to offer access to particular equity markets in the Middle East and North Africa, on the Nasdaq stock exchange.
Singapore announces commodities exchange
Trading technology company Financial Technologies Group is to launch a Singapore-based commodities exchange, it has announced.
World Bank tests water with Malawi drought risk trade
The World Bank will close a weather derivatives trade by October 1, a move intended to hedge the Malawian government against the financial risk of severe or catastrophic drought.
Liffe to clear credit derivatives in Q4
London-based derivatives exchange Liffe will begin clearing contracts linked to the Markit iTraxx indexes of European credit default swaps (CDSs) during the fourth quarter of 2008.
Q&A: Regulator calls for greater insurance against liquidity risk
Arthur Angulo, senior vice-president of banking supervision at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and co-chair of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s Working Group on Liquidity, talks to Risk about recent initiatives to improve liquidity risk…
SEC moves to reduce reliance on credit ratings
Daily news headlines
Nasdaq OMX offers wind energy
Index provider Nasdaq OMX and research firm Clean Edge have launched the Nasdaq OMX Clean Edge Global Wind Energy index, which is designed to provide exposure to companies that are primarily manufacturers, developers, distributors, installers and users…
GFI introduces Nymex CAPP
Inter-dealer broker GFI has introduced a Nymex look-alike Central Appalachian (CAPP) coal contract that can be cleared via Nymex Clearport.
Power in numbers
Amid the ongoing M&A wave in the exchange and interdealer broker space, six smaller independent brokers have joined forces in a bid to stay afloat in ever-deepening liquidity pools. David Watkins reports
Marty Malinow
Newly crowned WRMA president Marty Malinow tells David Watkins that there's fewer than six degrees of separation between life, business and the weather markets
A meeting of minds
Now in its 12th year, the Energy Risk USA conference in Houston once again brought together key figures in the energy industry to debate the hottest topics. The Energy Risk team reports
That sinking feeling
Underwater loans
Liquid gold?
Covered bonds
Grahame Mcgirr & James Bagshawe
All the talk in the financial markets is about going back to basics. This drive towards simplicity and transparency is what underpins Islamic finance. Credit speaks to two senior executives from recently launched Shariah house Gatehouse Bank about a…
Jeff Sprecher & Sunil Hirani
The chairman and CEO of derivatives exchange ICE and the CEO of derivatives processing firm Creditex talk about the companies' recent merger, and how the CDS markets will cope with a unique set of challenges ahead
Gulf states face inflation threat to single currency
Plans by the Gulf Co-operation Council to launch a single currency by 2010 are beginning to look optimistic, with the spectre of runaway inflation throwing the whole scheme into doubt
LDI and beyond
Pension Risk Management
Learning from pressure
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