Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA)
Commonwealth Bank of Australia issues five series of Shield CLNs
Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) is issuing five series of credit-linked notes (CLNs), maturing on September 4, 2006 and referenced on a portfolio of 100 equally weighted investment-grade credits.
CBA to use Fenics FX for options trading on worldwide basis
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has employed New York-headquartered GFI Group’s Fenics FX system as its global standard foreign exchange options pricing and analysis tool. The bank will deploy the system as the standard interface in all of its…
CBA enhances risk management and dealing technology
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has carried out a series of initiatives aimed at enhancing efficiencies in its dealing and risk management operations.
Australian capital/asset ratios consistent with credit ratings, says S&P
MELBOURNE – The capital to asset ratios of the four major Australian banks, as measured by credit rating agency Standard and Poor’s own approaches, are consistent with the banks’ double A ratings, S&P said today.
Beyond the pail
Australia’s regulator has hinted that it may work outside of the Basel Accord to set its own risk weightings for residential mortgages if adjustments aren’t made, writes Nick Sawyer.
Back to the floor
Australia’s major banks are all targeting the advanced measurement approach for calculating operational risk capital under the new Basel Accord. As such, the concept of a floor is proving irksome, writes Nick Sawyer.