Transparency
The ETF liquidity mirage
Smoke and mirrors
Managers need to embrace transparency
Simon Ruddick, co-founder and managing director of hedge fund advisory Albourne Partners, speaks frankly about how managers should use transparency to become more attractive to investors.
Sponsored feature: Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Transparency in fund investments – a capital advantage
Dealer platforms weigh up life under Mifid
Weighing up life under Mifid
CoRep and FinRep: a "Frankenstein's monster" of reporting
Mind the language gap
Sponsored interview: Neil McGovern and Horace Chow of Sybase
Neil McGovern and Horace Chow discuss market trends, new regulation and areas of growth in the Asia region
Bank of England sets out code of practice on electronic trading
Members of the FX Joint Standing Committee comment on the recently reviewed Nips code, which includes a new section on electronic trading
Industry calls for further clarity on Mifid II
The European Commission tabled proposals to revise the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive on October 20. But traders remain concerned about the implications of a one-size-fits-all approach to foreign exchange
Energy Risk Europe: Remit language too loose, say panellists
Weaknesses exist in the language of new rules meant to prevent use of insider information and other forms of market abuse in the wholesale energy sector
BlackRock: More reforms needed for ETFs, beyond just transparency
Statement is beginning of "a series of recommendations" from BlackRock on ETF market, says iShares head of sales
Brokers welcome Iosco commodity derivatives supervision principles
The recommendations of global regulators to harmonise commodity derivatives regulation have received praise from brokers for not trying to divide 'speculation' from 'hedging'
Deutsche-Ille ruling changes sales practices for German dealers
Accentuate the negative
CME, Ice to launch repositories rivalling the DTCC
Banks have picked the DTCC to build a series of new derivatives repositories, but overlooked rivals CME and Ice vow to fight on
FERC requirements “burdensome & potentially misleading”
A move to boost the electricity market’s transparency through additional data reporting has drawn criticism and raised questions about the FERC’s focus. Pauline McCallion reports
Sefs threaten dealer-client relationship
Execution fears
Video: Market risk reporting requires standardisation, says Risk Europe keynote speaker
A plethora of methodologies for reporting market risk in annual reports makes transparency impossible, says Sanjay Sharma at Risk Europe in Brussels
Collection of videos from the Risk Europe 2011 conference
A selection of videos from the Risk Europe 2011 conference on April 5 & 6 in Brussels, Belgium
Isda AGM: industry fears post-trade transparency effects
Panellists discussed the blow-back the proposed 15-minute block-trade rule could have for end-users, as well as real-time trade transparency regulatory co-ordination
Why transparency isn’t always good for credit: Caveat lector column
Holy grail or holy cow?
Market-driven transparency
Market-driven transparency
S&P launches social responsibility index for Middle East and North Africa
S&P launches social responsibility index for Middle East and North Africa
Markit offers exposure to emerging markets sovereign debt
Markit offers exposure to emerging markets sovereign debt
Structured Products Europe: Simple still works
Simple still works
Editor's letter: January 2011
Editor's letter: January 2011