Eurozone
ECB in talks with dealers on buying inflation-linked bonds
Dealers will present their case as to why the ECB should buy linkers as well as nominal bonds in a conference call today
Use of OECD ratings in US market risk proposals questioned
Country risk classifications "are not sovereign ratings" says OECD. US regulators last month proposed using them as an alternative to external credit ratings
IMF looks to strengthen Asian ties to combat global economic crisis
The IMF is looking to work with Asian countries to lessen the impact of the global crisis on the region, says David Lipton, IMF first deputy managing director
Japan still backs EFSF despite threat to AAA rating
The expectation that Standard & Poor’s decision to downgrade France and Austria will have a knock-on impact on the EFSF will not deter further Japanese investment in its bonds, says Japanese official
Asian institutionals take aggressive stance on volatility
Tackling the tail
Tech firms prepare euro break-up contingencies
Break-up blues
Derivatives house of the year: JP Morgan
Risk awards 2012
Interest rate derivatives house of the year: Deutsche Bank
Risk awards 2012
Equity derivatives house of the year: JP Morgan
Risk awards 2012
Credit derivatives house of the year: Deutsche Bank
Risk awards 2012
Inflation derivatives house of the year: Royal Bank of Scotland
Risk awards 2012
Bank risk manager of the year: JP Morgan
Risk awards 2012
Hedge fund of the year: Brevan Howard Asset Management
Risk awards 2012
Sovereign risk manager of the year: Dutch State Treasury Agency
Risk awards 2012
Derivatives law firm of the year: Allen & Overy
Risk awards 2012
How the CCP location debate helped split the EU
Location, location, location
2012: another year of living dangerously
2012: another year of living dangerously
Markets braced for tough 2012 in FX
Market participants share their expectations for a challenging year ahead in the foreign exchange industry
Dealers call for ECB to buy inflation bonds as Italy faces exit from key index
Further downgrades for Italy would cause its inflation-linked bonds to drop out of a Barclays Capital index, prompting mass selling by fund managers, dealers fear
Conservatives take CCPs to heart after UK/EU split
David Cameron's demand for the UK to be exempt from an ECB policy on clearing houses helped prompt last month's split with the EU - and is earning applause from eurosceptic Conservatives
Supervision not regulation, says SEB's Hansen
Rather than rushing to increase regulation and potentially creating compliance costs and regulatory risks, authorities should be getting involved at the ground level to improve supervision, says Lars Hansen, Swedish insurer SEB Life’s chief risk officer
Little seasonal cheer for bank CDS spreads
Europe's big banks have endured a rocky month of ratings downgrades, eurozone discord and funding stress
Asia Risk 2011 interdealer rankings: Dealers
The eurozone crisis has been the main driver of Asian markets in recent months, and with concerns about a possible break-up of the euro growing, end-users have been reluctant to invest. In what has been a tricky environment for dealers, market…