Europe
Singapore bids to be Asian derivatives and clearing hub
Asian migration
Standard & Poor's Angel leaving company
Executive managing director Tony Angel is leaving Standard & Poor's after two years
Qbasis offers fund management strategy to retail through ETF
Futures fund manager Qbasis seeks a London listing for an ETF based on its strategy
Euro debt crisis prompts questions over collateral
European financial markets have been turned upside down by the sovereign debt crisis, with eurozone government bonds no longer regarded as completely risk-free. As a result, dealers are more wary of the correlation inherent in collateral denominated in…
Daiwa appoints heads of fixed income and debt capital markets
Vince Purton becomes Daiwa head of debt capital markets for Europe and the Middle East, and Chris Brown becomes deputy head of fixed income, also for Europe and the Middle East
Technology and regulation change game plan for brokers
Technological developments have transformed the face of European energy broking beyond recognition. Now regulatory changes could potentially alter this landscape even further. Alex Davis and Katie Holliday speak to the major brokers about their vision…
Kempen's property sector play
Access to property
Nomura recruits EMEA co-heads of fixed-income sales
Nomura appoints Guy Cornelius and Raffaele Ricci joint heads of fixed-income sales for Europe, Middle East and Africa
ICBC’s Wang warns on eurozone debt contagion and Chinese property fears
In a contribution to Asia Risk’s 15th anniversary edition, Wang Lili, executive director and senior executive vice-president of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, cites the European sovereign debt crisis as a key risk management challenge for…
Stressing out over stress tests: Rob Davies column
Observers are expressing doubts over how useful the latest round of Cebs stress tests for European banks will be.
Economic concerns keep credit trading activity flat
Normal service appears to be a long way from resuming in credit, as macroeconomic uncertainty continues to grip the financial markets.
German agency KfW maintains its €75bn issuance target for 2010
The head of capital markets at KfW, Horst Seissinger, explains how building long-term relationships with investors has helped the bank achieve its funding targets even during periods of extreme volatility in the financial markets.
ECB pins hope on new rescue measures to save Eurozone
The commencement of the ECB’s government bond purchase programme and the announcement of an EU loan facility for struggling peripheral countries resulted in an immediate tightening of spreads. Yet uncertainty remains as to whether beneficiaries will be…
Are US and Europe's economies at the point of divergence?
Strengthening fundamentals in the US and continued uncertainty over peripheral European economies have given rise to the notion that the US and Europe are undergoing a decoupling process. Credit looks at what this may mean for the US government bond and…
Amundi targets institutional demand with Eurostoxx ETFs on NYSE Euronext
Amundi has listed two more ETFs on NYSE Euronext in Paris in response to demand from institutional clients
ETFs: investors’ flexible friends
Exchange-traded funds have proliferated in Europe, offering institutional investors enormous investment choice and liquidity at a low cost. We find out how and why these products are attracting the interest of a diverse range of investors and look at the…
Source offers European ETF investors access to volatility
Source has brought exposure to volatility to the European market through an ETF based on the S&P 500 Vix Futures Index
Deutsche lists 10 exchange-traded commodities on the LSE
Deutsche Bank has listed 10 new exchange-traded commodities on the London Stock Exchange to complement the 19 it issued earlier this year in Frankfurt
Eurozone banking sector 'a slow-motion train wreck', says economist
Much work needs to be done to salvage Europe's banking sector but the continent's leaders are proving unequal to the task, says Larry Brainard.
European refineries face difficult times
European refining has been in the doldrums for the last few years. Alex Davis looks at the outlook for Europe’s refiners and at how this will affect hedging strategies
The slow growth of the carbon offsets market
Despite the integral role played by forests in efforts to combat global warming, the market for forest-based carbon offsets has been slow to develop. Katie Holliday talks to experts about how this landscape is now changing
Energy firms face capital adequacy squeeze
Impending regulation changes will have a profound impact on the operational side of the energy markets as energy companies face capital adequacy issues. Lianna Brinded investigates how companies will cope and what repercussions the changes will have on…
