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SAS brings in Alexander as risk adviser
US risk analytics provider SAS has recruited British author and financial engineering academic Carol Alexander as a risk management adviser.
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.
Bank One set to launch options desk in London
Bank One has hired two senior dealers to set up a new foreign exchange options desk in London, a senior official at the Chicago-based bank told RiskNews' sister publication, FX Week .
BoA links major and emerging forex forwards in risk strategy drive
Bank of America (BoA) has merged its forwards and emerging markets forwards businesses in London, and hired three forwards traders globally as part of a continued drive to move to a strategic risk management model, a senior official told RiskNews' sister…
Survey sees rise in hedge fund investing by US institutions
Of over 1,000 US institutional investors surveyed by Greenwich Associates, a financial research and consulting firm based in Greenwich, Connecticut, one-third of the 203 funds with hedge fund stakes plan to invest more money in 2003, and not one fund…
Reveleus launches Basel II package
Boston-based financial analytics company, Reveleus, has launched a Basel II software product suite for enterprise risk management and compliance with the forthcoming capital regulations as specified by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS).
Reveleus launches Basel II package
Boston-based financial analytics company, Reveleus, has launched a Basel II software product suite for enterprise risk management and compliance with the forthcoming capital regulations as specified by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS).
Sony hit by poor earnings reports and downgrade threat
Credit default swap spreads on Japan’s largest consumer and electronics group, Sony, widened further this week, following weaker than expected earnings results and the potential threat of a downgrade by Moody’s Investor Services, say traders.
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.
Wanted: cash for new lines
Can Ferc’s standard market design encourage much-needed investment in the US power grid and develop a merchant model for transmission assets? By Kevin Foster
Sector roundup
Sectors
Leading dealers sign up to new CDS matching service
JP Morgan Chase, Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley have signed up for a new global credit default swap (CDS) matching service that the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) plans to launch in June.
Deutsche Bank adds to mortgages team
In the latest of a raft of hires to its mortgages team, Deutsche Bank has hired John Critelli as a senior structurer in its agency collateralised mortgage obligation (CMO) group.
Discovery becomes first US asset management client for Trema
Discovery Capital Management, a multi-asset-class emerging market hedge fund with $900 million in assets under management, has introduced Trema Finance Kit, a straight-through processing portfolio analysis, accounting and reporting tool.
'Restructuring' partly dumped as Basel shifts stance on risk mitigation
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, the architect of new banking regulation, Basel II, which is due for implementation by the end of 2006, has made a number of concessions in its proposed treatment of risk mitigation techniques in the release of…