Italy
Icap launches repo settlement facility to reduce counterparty risk
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Ready for reform
Italian Pensions
A focus on funds
The Italian structured products market is shrinking in the global financial crisis, while exchange-traded funds race ahead. Traditional methods of guaranteeing structured products were brought into question at the Structured Products Milan conference,…
Editor's letter
Editorial
Italease to launch securitisation repo
Troubled Milanese leasing specialist Banca Italease plans to securitise an €800 million portion of its lease portfolio, structured with ABN Amro.
Italy’s fast track to Mifid
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European Securitisation Forum proposes amendments to Italian law
Trade body the European Securitisation Forum (ESF) has called for a review of Italian securitisation laws to enhance growth and competitiveness.
Blackouts spark supply debate
The world’s energy regulators met in Rome last month, days after the Italian blackout on September 28. Perfect timing, it would seem – but what are the regulators going to do about Europe’s bottlenecked grid? Paul Lyon reports
Revealed: Goldman Sachs’ mega-deal for Greece
Greece uses swaps to hit EU debt ratios
Round table > "We need a better Basel Accord"
Risk invited leading players in the securitisation industry to a round-table discussion on thefuture of new business. Despite a booming Italian market, concerns over regulatory issuesdominated proceedings.
Cargill Investor Services expands into Italy
Cargill Investor Services, the futures and options broking unit of commodities trading company Cargill, has joined the Italian Derivatives Market (IDEM) - part of the Borsa Italiana - as a general clearing member.
Best of breed
Introduction
Cofiri’s risk transformation
Investment banking
Insurance companies’ slow embrace
Credit derivatives
“We need a better Basel Accord”
Securitisation
