Operational risk
Trojan horse rules by John Thirlwell, ORRF
INDUSTRY COMMENT
Insolvency: a survival guide
The collapse of Parmalat has forced European legislators to take a long, hard look at the laws governing insolvency. Moves are now afoot to bring these regimes more in line with a Chapter 11 style of bankruptcy legislation, as Oliver Holtaway discovers
A solution to counterparty credit risk?
The race is on to find a solution to outstanding issues such as counterparty risk, double default and the treatment of illiquid assets on trading books before Basel II is enshrined in regulation.
Basel II: capital concerns
Basel II has forced banks, long the mainstay of lending to European corporates, to re-evaluate the amount of money they lend. However Alan McNee reports that far from leading to a huge drop in bank lending, Basel II may actually have the opposite effect.
US agencies issue QIS4 and LDCE survey materials
American financial regulators (the Agencies) have issued survey materials for the fourth Quantitative Impact Study (QIS4) and the Loss Data Collection Exercise (LDCE) in preparation for the implementation of the Basel II capital framework in the country.
US agencies issue QIS4 and LDCE survey materials
US financial regulators have issued survey materials for the fourth Quantitative Impact Study (QIS4) and the Loss Data Collection Exercise (LDCE) in preparation for the implementation of the Basel II capital framework in the US.
Sand, sea and securities
international financial centres
Slave to the rithm
algorithmic trading
Alternative investments: asset allocation in multimanagement
asset allocation
From Russia... with gloves on
Shareholder activism in Russia has historically been a distinctly dangerous pastime, but for investors in The Hermitage Fund and its manager William Browder, it has produced returns of 990% since 1996.
The objective advocate
business profile
Learning to live with currency normality
Risk management
Meeting the challenge of Basel II head on
Banking sector
Hedge funds solve the risk culture puzzle
As recent reverses amply demonstrate, risks beyond investment risk can cause even the most sophisticated hedge funds to take a battering. Navroz Patel finds out about leading managers' greatest fears, and how they are tackling thorny issues such as…
Structured credit desks woo retail investors
retail CDO bid
Tail dependency in op risk models
Practitioner's Corner Modelling
Samad-Khan quits SAS
Measurement Advances
Briefs
Management Intelligence
The organisational turf war
Internal Strategy Turf War
Briefs
Measurement Advances
A foundation for KPI and KRI
Technical Focus KRIS & KPIS
Where did the big SOX spend go?
Compliance Sarbanes-Oxley
IM scare for securities trading firms
Management Intelligence