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FXall edges ahead of rivals

FXall is edging ahead in the battle for supremacy among multi-bank FX trading portals, according to a major survey of the market made public last week.

ICE to offer power clearing

Atlanta-based commodities market-place IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) and the Board of Trade Clearing Corporation (the Clearing Corporation) are to offer clearing services for the most actively traded over-the-counter US power products beginning at the…

DPM appoints chief financial officer and assistant controller

New Jersey-based Derivatives Portfolio Management (DPM), which provides data-gathering, risk analysis and reporting services to financial institutions, has appointed Steve Mandell as chief financial officer and Judy Yellin as assistant controller, both…

European Union Basel II/Cad 3 timetable remains tight

The European Commission’s plans to apply risk-based protective capital rules to banks in the European Union (EU) remain on a tight schedule following yesterday’s progress statement on the Basel II bank Accord by global banking regulators, a Commission…

CSFB lures top quant Lipton from Deutsche

Alexander Lipton, the first recipient of Risk 's 'quant of the year award' in 2000, has joined Credit Suisse First Boston as a director in the firm's global modelling and analytics team in New York, reporting to managing director Daniel Brown.

European Union Basel II/Cad 3 timetable remains tight

The European Commission’s plans to apply risk-based protective capital rules to banks in the European Union (EU) remain on a tight schedule following yesterday’s progress statement on the Basel II bank Accord by global banking regulators, a Commission…

Rift emerges at CFTC over Feinstein bill

Thomas Erickson, a commissioner of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), yesterday said he fully supports increased oversight of energy derivatives trading, in the wake of Enron’s collapse. Erickson, testifying before the US Senate…

Isda welcomes “positive” Basel II statement

The progress statement on the Basel II bank accord issued today by global regulators was mostly positive, said officials at the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (Isda), the trade body for the world’s financial risk management industry.

Basel II op risk floor abandoned

Global banking regulators said today they would eliminate the floor on capital charges under the advanced approaches to measuring operational risk in the Basel II bank accord.

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