Structured products
Could the Basle II op risk charge be cut again?
FRONT PAGE NEWS
Regulators urged to enhance op risk oversight post September 11
WORLD TRADE CENTER AFTERMATH
Will Germany scupper Basle II?
BASLE II UPDATE
Is there hope in the advanced measurement approaches?
BASLE II UPDATE
Securities industry to set up business continuity group
WORLD TRADE CENTER AFTERMATH
Losses and lawsuits
LOSS DATABASE
Will hedge funds become retail products in the US?
Jeff Benjamin looks at why the MFA is proposing limited advertising to the general public, while categorically stating it has no intention to sell to retail investors
Researching the insurance market
'Popularity be damned' says Boston Partners
Sowing the seeds for future growth
First time hedge fund managers face a wide range of financing choices from seed capital providers and incubator programmes to conventional investors who want to negotiate terms. What are the differences between them and what are the pros and cons? Hedge…
Avoiding the next catastrophe
This piece is taken from Daniel J. Kramer's speech which was the keynote address at IMN and the International Herald Tribune's Symposium on high performance investing in Monte Carlo, Monaco.
JP Morgan Chase admits $500 million exposure to Enron
JP Morgan Chase said today that it has $500 million of unsecured exposure to Enron.
Danaharta launches Malaysia’s first CLO
Malaysia’s national asset management company Pengurusan Danaharta Nasional Berhad (Danaharta), which is targted at resolving the country’s non-performing loan problem, has issued its first asset-backed securitisation (ABS) worth $81.6 million.
Prime brokerage on Currenex by close of year
Currenex, the online global currency exchange, will make available prime brokerage services to members of its FXtrades forex platform by the close of 2001, according to Lori Mirek, the firm’s New York-based president and chief executive officer.
Indosuez in equity derivatives reorganisation
Credit Agricole Indosuez’s equity arm, CAI Equities, plans to introduce a single trading platform as part of its plans to integrate its global trading and derivatives operations. As a result, the firm's WI Carr Securities Asian derivatives team will…
ING Barings debuts with synthetic CDO in Asia
ING Barings, the investment banking arm of Dutch bancassurer ING, has arranged what it claims to be the first arbitrage synthetic collateralised debt obligation (CDO) transaction managed by a portfolio manager in Asia, in an attempt to cater to the…
Indosuez Asian derivatives team unaffected by cuts
Indosuez WI Carr Securities’ Asian derivatives team will not be affected despite cuts of 300-plus staff at the investment bank throughout the region, according to a senior official at the bank. The 22-strong derivatives team will instead be integrated…