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Triple Point launches upgrade of energy trading system
Triple Point Technology, a provider of commodity trading and risk management systems based in Westport, Connecticut, has released version 2.0 of Power XL, its advanced trading system for deregulated energy markets.
FOA slams single European market plans for commodity derivatives
The London-based Futures and Options Association (FOA) today said it was concerned that plans to include commodity derivatives within the European Commission’s new Investment Services Directive (ISD) and related Capital Adequacy Directive (CAD) could…
Op risk advances likely after dropping of Basel II floor, says Moody’s
Further advances in banks’ operational risk measurement and management are likely to be stimulated by the decision last week by global banking supervisors to drop the op risk ‘floor’ in their Basel II bank protective capital proposals, credit-rating…
Euronext maps out derivatives systems migration
Derivatives traded on Euronext Brussels and Euronext Paris will migrate within nine months to Liffe Connect, the electronic trading system developed by the London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (Liffe) before its takeover of £555…
UK watchdog welcomes banks’ decision to confirm customer identity
UK financial regulators welcomed a decision by the six major UK banks today to confirm the identity of their customers to help the international drive against money laundering.
Samsung Life shortlists three swap counterparties for cross-border RMBS
South Korean insurer Samsung Life is preparing to issue Korea’s first cross-border residential mortgage-backed securitisation (RMBS) to be launched in the third quarter of the year, and as part of the transaction, it has shortlisted three potential…
Op risk advances likely after dropping of Basel II floor, says Moody’s
Further advances in banks’ operational risk measurement and management are likely to be stimulated by the decision last week by global banking supervisors to drop the op risk ‘floor’ in their Basel II bank protective capital proposals, credit-rating…
US Credit Market Update: Credit spreads see another volatile week
The continued weak performance of US equity markets caused bearish investors to seek credit protection in the US last week. This caused volatility in the US credit derivatives market, with most company credit spreads widened in relatively high levels of…
FOA slams single European market plans for commodity derivatives
The London-based Futures and Options Association (FOA) today said it was concerned that plans to include commodity derivatives within the European Commission’s new Investment Services Directive (ISD) and related Capital Adequacy Directive (CAD) could…
Bear Stearns names Aisola head of convertibles research
Bear Stearns has hired Rao Aisola from Morgan Stanley as head of convertible bond research in New York.
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.
PwC report critical of bank risk management strategies
Many financial institutions are not managing the full spectrum of risks effectively, according to a new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). The report said financial services companies should re-evaluate their…
BBSP launches FX implied volatility forecasting
French technical analyst forecasting company BBSP has launched a service that charts and forecasts implied volatilities for currencies, officials at the firm said.
Fitch Risk Management to acquire NetRisk and OpVantage
New York-based Fitch Risk Management, part of rating agency Fitch, plans to acquire NetRisk and its subsidiary, OpVantage, both Connecticut-based risk management companies. The amount of the purchase has not been disclosed.
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…
Fitch Risk Management to acquire NetRisk and OpVantage
New York-based Fitch Risk Management, part of rating agency Fitch, plans to acquire NetRisk and its subsidiary, OpVantage, both Connecticut-based risk management companies. The amount of the purchase has not been disclosed.
Credit Markets Update: Negative equity sentiment transmutes into wider spreads
European credit default swap spreads were wider this week, with investors buying protection as credit concerns and accounting scandals in the US contributed to negative investor sentiment that led to a further battering of stocks.
Japan Credit Market Update: Increased protection buying send spreads wider
Japanese credit default swap spreads were wider this week, with investors buying protection on the back of new convertible bond issuance, more credit concerns and the possibility that accounting scandals seen in the US may spread to Japanese companies.
Credit quality improved but spreads widen in Q2, says S&P
Rating agency Standard and Poor’s (S&P) said global credit quality continued to improve in the second quarter of 2002. The global downgrade-to-upgrade ratio, which was 7:0 in the final quarter of 2001 was 5:3 in the first quarter of 2002 and 3:1 for the…
Implied volatility surge sees the return of institutional hedging
Short-term implied option volatility has shot up during the past month due to falling equity markets, which has led to increased institutional hedging, according to a report published this week by Goldman Sachs.
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…
UK bankers fear capital floors higher under latest Basel II plans
The British Bankers' Association (BBA) is concerned that global banking regulators appear to have raised and expanded the application of the capital charges floor in the Basel II bank Accord, a BBA official said today.
Commerzbank appoints Pomper to head credit sales
Commerzbank Securities, the investment banking division of Commerzbank, has appointed Avril Pomper as head of credit sales in London.