Structured products
Icap looks to buy First Broker Securities
Icap, the world's largest inter-dealer broker, is in discussions to buy First Broker Securities, the New York-based interdealer broker specialising in US-denominated corporate debt and high-yield bonds, according to an Icap spokesman.
Opening up Germany’s gas market
Germany
Two hubs or one?
Germany
At the heart of Europe
Germany
Controlling power
Germany
Clearing the way?
Germany
Changes afoot at rating agencies
Basel II
Accentuate the positive
Introduction
Robeco’s synthetic age
Case study
Credit derivatives platforms turn to structured products
Electronic trading
Managing the exposure challenge
Credit risk reporting
Less is more with tailored credit portfolios
Sponsor`s statement
Globalisation and equity index exposure
Does the global presence of large multinational companies diminish the diversification effect inequity portfolios? Gary Robinson argues that this is indeed the case, and suggests a remedy
Regulator hits back at Basel II critics
Much of the complexity for which the Basel II bank capital accord is criticised is the inevitable result of three highly desirable features of the pact - namely, risk sensitivity, wide applicability and the shifting of the task of risk measurement to…
Insurance companies - On the road to Basel III
UK regulators want to harmonise regulation of the financial services sector - and they have insurance companies in their sights.
SAN Storm
Disaster recovery issues have thrust network-based storage into the spotlight. Lehman Brothers reveals the complex layers of storage systems that allowed business to continue after last year's World Trade Center attacks.
Asset managers run for cover
UK investment firms are facing increasing risk management pressures, thanks to new regulatory initiatives, legal challenges and a shift in operating environment. Coping will require a major investment in technology infrastructure – especially in the…
Basel regulators still hope for 2005 date as doubts increase
The Basel II bank capital adequacy accord could still come into effect by 2005, even if quite late in that year, although the date very much hangs in the balance, international regulatory sources said in early March.
Enron-related regulatory issues hit derivatives industry
Enron's collapse has sparked calls for more derivatives regulation and stricter accounting standards in the US. What proposals should the derivatives industry be concerned about?
Changes afoot at rating agencies
Rating agencies are under fire once again, this time for failing to anticipate Enron’s bankruptcy. But they are looking to improve their methodology. What do the changes mean for banks that will have to rely on their ratings under Basel II?
Credit risk reporting: Managing the exposure challenge
Mass financial shocks – including Enron and Argentina – are forcing banks to disclose more information, faster, about their credit exposures to satisfy skittish investors. How are banks' technology infrastructures coping with this challenge?
New disclosure rule boosts pension risks
New UK accounting rule FRS 17 will force companies to disclose pensions liabilities on corporate balance sheets. The risk management issues are wide-ranging, and experts have few easy answers. Furthermore, the new rule could soon be adopted in a number…