Solvency II
Briefs
REGULATORY UPDATE
FSA website updates Pillar IIdiscussions
REGULATORY UPDATE
From windows to doors
Malaysia
Knocking down barriers
Reinsurance
A MAD idea?
MARKET ABUSE DIRECTIVE REGULATION
Commodities conundrum
Regulation
MiFID working group created
REGULATORY UPDATE
Briefs
REGULATORY UPDATE
The Italian Inquisition
Regulation
What banks can learn from Solvency II
Capital adequacy
The ABC of ORMs
Creating an effective operational risk management (ORM) framework is essential for the institution looking to stay afloat in today’s volatile op risk environment. Gene Álvarez provides an in-depth analysis of how such a framework can be put in place
In a muddle over MiFID
The EU’s Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) has appeared like a bolt from the blue for most op risk managers. Should they be scared? By Duncan Wood
Consolidated supervision row brews
BRUSSELS -- European financial services associations are furious that the compromise text produced by the European Council on December 7, 2004, for the capital requirements directive (CRD) did not modify the European Commission’s proposals on…
Hall of FAME
hall of fame
In a muddle over MiFID
MIFID REGULATION
Consolidated supervision row brews
COVER STORY
CAD makes slow progress through Parliament
BRUSSELS -- The progress of the Capital Adequacy Directive (CAD) in the European Parliament remains slow. Although the European Commission (EC) was keen to have the legislation voted on before the summer, its introduction for official discussion has been…
From Basel II to Basel III
Financial institutions face major challenges in modelling credit portfolio risk, particularly in the field of CDOs. Walter Schulte-Herbrüggen and Gernot Becker argue that the main challenge will be in model testing, due to the increasingly customised…
The game of life
UK life insurers have faced a new regulatory regime in the aftermath of the guaranteed annuity options disaster, which has led them to rethink their use of derivatives. Nicholas Dunbar talks to four leading life companies
From Basel II to Basel III
Portfolio risk
FSA releases Basel II information
REGULATORY UPDATE
CAD makes slow progress through Parliament
REGULATORY UPDATE
Oiling the wheels
Bribery and corruption is a hot topic, not least in the energy sector. Energy Risk this month looks at recent high-profile cases and what governments are doing to combat the problem. By Daren Allen and Kelly Williams
The game of life
Cover story