International Monetary Fund (IMF)
FSB definition of shadow banking paints 'incomplete picture'
IMF paper says FSB's shadow banking definition is too narrow
New role for Okazawa at BNPP, and other recent job moves
Job changes in the derivatives, regulation and risk industry throughout Asia
G-7 promises to complete bulk of crisis reforms this year
Too-big-to-fail issue, swap market overhaul and shadow banking all on to-do list
Bank of England to lay off up to 100 staff, and other recent job news
Changing hats – March 2014
Sovereign hedging picks up as developing countries end fuel subsidies
A push to eliminate fuel subsidies across much of Africa, the Middle East and Asia is raising interest in the use of commodity hedging by governments as a way of containing social unrest. But it remains a challenge to get sovereign commodity hedging…
Sovereigns look to hedge fuel imports after Morocco deal
More energy importing countries are in talks about hedging fuel purchases after Morocco’s sovereign hedging deal, say bankers
Leveraged ETFs under the spotlight
Imperfect storm
IMF: Making Basel III work in emerging markets
For many countries, Basel III is not an all-or-nothing choice. Part of Michaela Erbenova's job at the IMF is to help them work out which bits make sense. By Lukas Becker
Renminbi may never be fully liberalised, says GSAM’s O’Neill
As China relaxes controls on its currency, the yuan is set to become more widely used. However, government control is likely to be maintained. Full convertibility may never happen, says Jim O’Neill
IMF's Blanchard warns Europe could drag world economy down
IMF chief economist says ‘three-speed’ global economy could be dangerous
Rise in CCPs may spur collateral fragmentation
Currency controls
Central clearing obligations cause collateral headaches in Asia
Collateral thinking
Top 10 operational risks for 2013
Old and new dangers
Model behaviour: supervisors grapple with internal model approval
With regulators struggling to get comfortable with insurers’ internal models, and with the memory of the subprime crisis still lingering, the question of how to ensure that the models are robust is worrying supervisors. Blake Evans-Pritchard reports
IMF: CCP structure increases systemic risk
The likely increase in the number of central counterparties will create more 'pockets of risk', says senior economist
China to widen RMB trading band again before end-2012
A speaker at FX Week Asia argued that further liberalisation of the RMB was on the cards in the near future
Managing operational risk in African nations
The African way
New Esma ETF guidelines change the rules on securities lending in favour of synthetics
The latest European Securities and Markets Authority guidelines for Ucits ETFs will make life more difficult for physically backed ETFs and point to a growing acceptance of synthetic funds
Lack of governance to blame for Libor scandal, says IMF official
A failure of bank governance is behind the recent Libor rate-fixing scandal – and these kinds of failings could pose systemic risks, says José Viñals
ETFs under the microscope
Under the microscope
Governments should support development of longevity risk market – IMF
Governments should support development of longevity risk market – IMF
Greek bailout deal fails to dent CDS spreads
Sovereign spreads flat or wider despite agreement on fresh bailout for Greece
