South Africa
Agile, shared growth approach to managing risk in the current volatile market
Sponsored feature: Absa Corporate and Investment Banking
CCPs raise alarm on South African OTC reform
Push for CCPs to establish domestic presence riles LCH and CME
Profile: Kevin Gundle of Aurum Funds
FoHF boss accepts Hedge Funds Review's lifetime achievement award
Risk South Africa Rankings 2014
Dealers say prospects in South Africa are bright, despite macro concerns
A solid foundation for continuing growth
Sponsored Q&A: Barclays Africa
South Africa still unsure about onshore CCP
Long-awaited proposals do not address market's hottest debate
South Africa's Eskom ends CSA flirtation
No obvious benefit to posting collateral, says company's treasurer
Eskom: the struggle to keep South Africa's lights on
Debt has jumped fifty-fold at Eskom as it races to build new power stations
Internal models versus standard formula: South Africa's experience
Why insurers are choosing standard formula over internal model
South African proposals cause offshore clearing flap
Draft rules "could be reworded" concedes National Treasury
South African corporates expect to sign CSAs
Power giant Eskom and South African Airways want to cut hedging costs
Holes expected in South Africa’s draft clearing rules
Proposed regime could arrive this month, but scope will remain unclear
South African banks say NSFR changes do not go far enough
New proposals are positive, but banks warn they will still fall short of the ratio's minimum
Aperios finds value in concentrated emerging market long/short strategy
Aperios Emerging Connectivity Master Fund: Aperios Partners Investment Management
Emerging markets dealer of the year: Standard Bank
Standard Bank is a big player in its home market, with good international ties - now, the idea is to use those strengths to support the development of sub-Saharan Africa
The law of one price is gone
Sponsored statement: Absa
Risk South Africa Rankings 2013
Absa retains the title
JSE's rand swap clearing hopes in the balance
Local dealers believe domestic clearing would bifurcate derivatives netting sets
Rand volatility jolts South Africa's quanto stock futures market
Currency controls in South Africa limit the ability of domestic investors to build stakes in big overseas companies. Listed quanto futures are one way round that, but the users remain exposed to currency risk – so some banks are now pushing an options…
Unprepared insurers delay South Africa's risk-based solvency regime
Third quantitative impact study and economic impact study to be launched later this year
Risk & Return Cape Town: Treasury official calls for clarity on CCP equivalence
Lack of clarity on CCP equivalency leaves South African rules in limbo, says National Treasury's Natalie Labuschagne
Risk & Return Cape Town: Dealers expect deviation from NSFR standard
Bankers say some local markets may be forced to deviate from the NSFR standard – that’s if the Basel Committee decides to go ahead with it at all
Risk Johannesburg: JSE ‘monopoly’ hurts liquidity, says Investec exec
Regulators should open up listed derivatives market by encouraging dealer liquidity pools, algo trading expert tells conference
Risk Johannesburg: OTC data fragmentation prompts concern
South Africa's financial stability head warns it will be difficult to make use of data spread across multiple repositories – but South Africa may still set up its own database for rand-denominated trades