Liquidity

The liquidity lifeline

The Basel Committee intends to introduce internationally binding liquidity standards, to include both a requirement for a liquid assets buffer and longer-term structural funding constraints. How will the measures be calculated and what will the…

Trade of the month: Secondary trading

The secondary trading of structured products in the UK is limited by low liquidity, which is partly due to bid-offer spreads that are wide enough to deter investors. While most providers of retail structured products in the UK publish prices throughout…

Ahead of the herd

The UK Financial Services Authority will finalise its new liquidity requirements by the end of the year, but certain aspects of the proposals remain highly contentious, and the regulator has been criticised for rushing ahead of the Basel Committee, which…

Eye on Asia

Alain Papiasse took over as chief executive of corporate and investment banking at BNP Paribas in April this year. Christopher Jeffery met with him in Hong Kong to talk about the French bank's strategy in Asia

UK banks braced for punitive liquidity rules

The UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) is pressing ahead with plans to implement strict liquidity rules from the end of this year, but banks remain highly critical of certain aspects of the new regime.

Basel liquidity standards due in December

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision is set to unveil quantitative liquidity requirements for public consultation at its quarterly meeting in December, the co-chair of the committee's liquidity working group has told Risk News.

Reporting riddle

A requirement by the UK Financial Services Authority for financial institutions to run regular reports on their liquidity positions from next year has raised a number of operational challenges. Is this fuelling a move towards enterprise risk management?…

The trace race

The concept of traceability has been a great success in the food industry. Would its adoption by the structured products industry be the quickest way to restore confidence in European markets and help a shattered banking sector? Participants at last…

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