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Barclays unveils Guaranteed Deposit Accounts in Offshore Bonds range
Barclays Capital has launched two products as the latest offering in its Structured Deposit Series for Offshore Bonds range. The five-year World Equity Deposit Account offers protected exposure to a basket of four equally-weighted indexes, comprising the…
More writedowns coming at UBS
UBS will report more writedowns in its second-quarter results, due on August 12, the Swiss bank warned today.
Basel committee outlines reforms for rating agencies
The Committee on the Global Financial System (CGFS) – a group affiliated with the Bank for International Settlements that monitors developments in financial markets for the G10 countries – released on July 4 its findings on failures in structured finance…
Barclays Wealth enhances rates on investment range
Barclays Wealth is launching a range of capital protected investments with improved terms on growth and income products, which are designed to maximise returns in volatile markets. The Protected FTSE Plan offers 1.5 times the rise in the FTSE 100 index…
TriOptima prepares to face Isda-backed rival
The new credit derivatives tear-up service announced by Isda yesterday will use a more flexible method of simplifying credit portfolios - but established provider TriOptima in Stockholm disputes it will be any better than its own service.
Cheyne auction reflects harsh reality for SIVs
An expected restructuring of the assets of defunct structured investment vehicle (SIV) Cheyne Finance later this month underlines the harsh reality faced by many investors in the vehicles, who are likely to get little or none of their money back.
Markit and Creditex launch op risk CDS platform
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HM Treasury assesses depositor protection
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Barclays Capital launches US power index
Barclays Capital, the investment banking division of Barclays Bank PLC, has launched the first US national benchmark index for power prices.
Creditex and Markit to run Isda's tear-up service
Interdealer broker Creditex and London-based market data provider Markit will run an industry-wide tear-up service for credit default swaps under the aegis of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (Isda), starting later this month.
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Carbon traders connect
Over 1,000 delegates signed up to the Environmental Risk carbon trading e-symposium, a live online conference hosted by Energy Risk on May 28. Roderick Bruce looks at some of the highlights
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
Between software and a hard place
The influx of new financial entrants to the energy markets is fuelling demand for less expensive web-hosted ETRM solutions and changing attitudes across the industry. How realistic such solutions currently are, however, is under debate, writes Will Rhode
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
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Investors should heed lessons of credit crisis
Choose products carefully, warns BNP Paribas, Tighten up risk infrastructure, says the OECD's Hans Blommestein