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Changing role of the CRO and risk management
John Lee, Group CRO of Maybank, believes that the strength of a bank’s risk culture can be determined by what leaders focus on, their crisis management skills and the bank’s reward and recruitment process.
EU banks’ decreasing exposure to Asian assets: Volatility or opportunity?
Date: Jan 30, 2012
Author: Doron Foo
Categories: Databook, Risk and Regulation
Keywords: European Banks, Loans, Market Share, Liquidity Risk
European banks contribution to total loans in Asia saw a huge decrease from 30% in 2007 to 16% in 1H 2011. What implications does this trend have for economies and markets across the region?
"Partnership, innovation key to grow trade finance"
Date: Jan 12, 2012
Author: Wong Wei Han
Categories: Trade Finance, Transaction Banking
Keywords: Tony Sacre, CBA, Letter of Credit, Liquidity, Supply Chain
Commonwealth Bank’s head of global trade finance and international payments Tony Sacre underlines focus on growing markets, innovation and partnership cultivation as factors of successful trade finance.
Covered bonds growth outlook for banks in the Asia Pacific region remains bleak
Lacking the financial maturity or need for developed markets in the Asia Pacific region, covered bonds are not likely to see significant growth in the near future.
Corporates favour liquidity and risk management from their transaction banks
Banks that are listening are hearing their corporates tell them that they need to be flexible and offer credit all down the line.
Fragmentation experiment seems inevitable
Date: Dec 21, 2011
Author: Steve Grob
Categories: Exchanges, Markets & Exchanges
Keywords: Chi-X, PureMatch, ASX, HFT, Liquidity Fragmentation, Trading Platform
Steve Grob, director of group strategy for Fidessa, feels that the HFT community is likely to remain cautious about embracing Chi-X and PureMatch fully in the very short term.
Asian banks can learn from MF Global disaster
Directors of boards to play the ‘devil’s advocate’ in counteracting the influence of the CEO and overseeing the company.
Some banks in the Asia Pacific region may need to toughen up against new liquidity rules
Naoko Nemoto, managing director of financial institutions ratings at Standard & Poor’s feels that most banks in the Asia Pacific region are in better shape than their global peers for Basel III.
“OTC derivatives regulation is working in our favour”
In an exclusive video interview, Tim Howell, CEO, Euroclear, discusses growing liquidity and risk mitigation, expanding into other markets, and the impact of algo-trading on the clearing business.




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