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&lt;!-- end-subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- summary --&gt; Dealers will have to change the way they approach long-dated derivatives business, says Barclays Capital’s Jerry del Missier &lt;!-- end-summary --&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;!--- Start Artilce title image --&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="jerry-del-missier" src="http://www.risk.net/IMG/229/93229/jerry-del-missier-320x198.jpg" title="" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;!-- End Article Title Image --&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472836/s/1c8ee43e/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&amp;title=Del+Missier%3A+%22status+quo+won%27t+work%22+for+long-dated+trades&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Frisk-magazine%2Fnews%2F2145571%2Fdel-missier-status-quo-wont-dated-trades%3FWT.rss_f%3DNews%26WT.rss_a%3DDel%2BMissier%253A%2B%2522status%2Bquo%2Bwon%2527t%2Bwork%2522%2Bfor%2Blong-dated%2Btrades" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Del+Missier%3A+%22status+quo+won%27t+work%22+for+long-dated+trades&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Frisk-magazine%2Fnews%2F2145571%2Fdel-missier-status-quo-wont-dated-trades%3FWT.rss_f%3DNews%26WT.rss_a%3DDel%2BMissier%253A%2B%2522status%2Bquo%2Bwon%2527t%2Bwork%2522%2Bfor%2Blong-dated%2Btrades" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/126178109344/u/0/f/472836/c/32411/s/1c8ee43e/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/126178109344/u/0/f/472836/c/32411/s/1c8ee43e/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/126178109344/u/0/f/472836/c/32411/s/1c8ee43e/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:43:35 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.risk.net/risk-magazine/news/2145571/del-missier-status-quo-wont-dated-trades?WT.rss_f=News&amp;WT.rss_a=Del+Missier%3A+%22status+quo+won%27t+work%22+for+long-dated+trades</guid></item><item><title>Pimco total return ETF will be tipping point for actively managed funds</title><link>http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472836/s/1c8ee440/l/0L0Srisk0Bnet0Cstructured0Eproducts0Cnews0C21455840Cpimco0Etotal0Ereturn0Eetf0Etipping0Eactively0Emanaged0Efunds0DWT0Brss0If0FNews0GWT0Brss0Ia0FPimco0Ktotal0Kreturn0KETF0Kwill0Kbe0Ktipping0Kpoint0Kfor0Kactively0Kmanaged0Kfunds/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt; &lt;!-- link --&gt; &lt;a href=http://www.risk.net/&gt;Risk.net&lt;/a&gt; &lt;!-- end-link --&gt; &lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- end-subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- summary --&gt; Actively managed ETFs are becoming more and more popular with investors, and the launch of a big mutual fund strategy with an ETF wrapper by Pimco will be a watershed moment for the industry &lt;!-- end-summary --&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;!--- Start Artilce title image --&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="gavelandscales" src="http://www.risk.net/IMG/423/94423/gavelandscales-320x198.jpg" title="Pimco total return ETF to be a tipping point for the actively-managed ETF industry" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;!-- End Article Title Image --&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472836/s/1c8ee440/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&amp;title=Pimco+total+return+ETF+will+be+tipping+point+for+actively+managed+funds&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Fstructured-products%2Fnews%2F2145584%2Fpimco-total-return-etf-tipping-actively-managed-funds%3FWT.rss_f%3DNews%26WT.rss_a%3DPimco%2Btotal%2Breturn%2BETF%2Bwill%2Bbe%2Btipping%2Bpoint%2Bfor%2Bactively%2Bmanaged%2Bfunds" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Pimco+total+return+ETF+will+be+tipping+point+for+actively+managed+funds&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Fstructured-products%2Fnews%2F2145584%2Fpimco-total-return-etf-tipping-actively-managed-funds%3FWT.rss_f%3DNews%26WT.rss_a%3DPimco%2Btotal%2Breturn%2BETF%2Bwill%2Bbe%2Btipping%2Bpoint%2Bfor%2Bactively%2Bmanaged%2Bfunds" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/126178109343/u/0/f/472836/c/32411/s/1c8ee440/kg/294/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/126178109343/u/0/f/472836/c/32411/s/1c8ee440/kg/294/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/126178109343/u/0/f/472836/c/32411/s/1c8ee440/kg/294/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:36:21 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.risk.net/structured-products/news/2145584/pimco-total-return-etf-tipping-actively-managed-funds?WT.rss_f=News&amp;WT.rss_a=Pimco+total+return+ETF+will+be+tipping+point+for+actively+managed+funds</guid></item><item><title>European CCP group elects Eurex exec as new chair</title><link>http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472836/s/1c8e2785/l/0L0Srisk0Bnet0Crisk0Emagazine0Cnews0C21453720Ceuropean0Eccp0Eelects0Eeurex0Eexec0Echair0DWT0Brss0If0FNews0GWT0Brss0Ia0FEuropean0KCCP0Kgroup0Kelects0KEurex0Kexec0Kas0Knew0Kchair/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt; &lt;!-- link --&gt; &lt;a href=http://www.risk.net/&gt;Risk.net&lt;/a&gt; &lt;!-- end-link --&gt; &lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- end-subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- summary --&gt; Eurex's Marcus Zickwolff elected to chair European clearing house group &lt;!-- end-summary --&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;!--- Start Artilce title image --&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="Marcus Zickwolff at Eurex" src="http://www.risk.net/IMG/245/210245/marcus-zickwolff-eurex-2012-320x198.jpg" title="" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;!-- End Article Title Image --&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472836/s/1c8e2785/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&amp;title=European+CCP+group+elects+Eurex+exec+as+new+chair&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Frisk-magazine%2Fnews%2F2145372%2Feuropean-ccp-elects-eurex-exec-chair%3FWT.rss_f%3DNews%26WT.rss_a%3DEuropean%2BCCP%2Bgroup%2Belects%2BEurex%2Bexec%2Bas%2Bnew%2Bchair" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=European+CCP+group+elects+Eurex+exec+as+new+chair&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Frisk-magazine%2Fnews%2F2145372%2Feuropean-ccp-elects-eurex-exec-chair%3FWT.rss_f%3DNews%26WT.rss_a%3DEuropean%2BCCP%2Bgroup%2Belects%2BEurex%2Bexec%2Bas%2Bnew%2Bchair" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/126178283999/u/0/f/472836/c/32411/s/1c8e2785/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/126178283999/u/0/f/472836/c/32411/s/1c8e2785/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/126178283999/u/0/f/472836/c/32411/s/1c8e2785/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:21:11 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.risk.net/risk-magazine/news/2145372/european-ccp-elects-eurex-exec-chair?WT.rss_f=News&amp;WT.rss_a=European+CCP+group+elects+Eurex+exec+as+new+chair</guid></item><item><title>Hong Kong retail investors look to ELIs for their yield needs</title><link>http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472836/s/1c8cfa29/l/0L0Srisk0Bnet0Cstructured0Eproducts0Cnews0C2145460A0Chong0Ekong0Eretail0Einvestors0Elook0Eelis0Eyield0DWT0Brss0If0FNews0GWT0Brss0Ia0FHong0KKong0Kretail0Kinvestors0Klook0Kto0KELIs0Kfor0Ktheir0Kyield0Kneeds0K/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt; &lt;!-- link --&gt; &lt;a href=http://www.risk.net/&gt;Risk.net&lt;/a&gt; &lt;!-- end-link --&gt; &lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- end-subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- summary --&gt; Retail investors in Hong Kong are favouring equity-linked investments on the back of more stringent regulatory requirements for structured products. At the same time, the appetite for foreign exchange-linked products – most of which escape the new rules – continues to develop in volume and sophistication &lt;!-- end-summary --&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;!--- Start Artilce title image --&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="Hong Kong map" src="http://www.risk.net/IMG/226/108226/hongkongmap-320x198.jpg" title="Taking a better look at ELIs and FX" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;!-- End Article Title Image --&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472836/s/1c8cfa29/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&amp;title=Hong+Kong+retail+investors+look+to+ELIs+for+their+yield+needs&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Fstructured-products%2Fnews%2F2145460%2Fhong-kong-retail-investors-look-elis-yield%3FWT.rss_f%3DNews%26WT.rss_a%3DHong%2BKong%2Bretail%2Binvestors%2Blook%2Bto%2BELIs%2Bfor%2Btheir%2Byield%2Bneeds%2B" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Hong+Kong+retail+investors+look+to+ELIs+for+their+yield+needs&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Fstructured-products%2Fnews%2F2145460%2Fhong-kong-retail-investors-look-elis-yield%3FWT.rss_f%3DNews%26WT.rss_a%3DHong%2BKong%2Bretail%2Binvestors%2Blook%2Bto%2BELIs%2Bfor%2Btheir%2Byield%2Bneeds%2B" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/126178369732/u/0/f/472836/c/32411/s/1c8cfa29/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/126178369732/u/0/f/472836/c/32411/s/1c8cfa29/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/126178369732/u/0/f/472836/c/32411/s/1c8cfa29/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:18:05 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.risk.net/structured-products/news/2145460/hong-kong-retail-investors-look-elis-yield?WT.rss_f=News&amp;WT.rss_a=Hong+Kong+retail+investors+look+to+ELIs+for+their+yield+needs+</guid></item><item><title>Fatca statement adds to confusion</title><link>http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472836/s/1c8cfa2a/l/0L0Srisk0Bnet0Coperational0Erisk0Eand0Eregulation0Cnews0C2145440A0Cfatca0Estatement0Eadds0Econfusion0DWT0Brss0If0FNews0GWT0Brss0Ia0FFatca0Kstatement0Kadds0Kto0Kconfusion/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt; &lt;!-- link --&gt; &lt;a href=http://www.risk.net/&gt;Risk.net&lt;/a&gt; &lt;!-- end-link --&gt; &lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- end-subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- summary --&gt; A statement released alongside draft Fatca regulations makes for further confusion, says expert &lt;!-- end-summary --&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;!--- Start Artilce title image --&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="US regulations" src="http://www.risk.net/IMG/846/206846/us-regs-320x198.jpg" title="" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;!-- End Article Title Image --&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472836/s/1c8cfa2a/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&amp;title=Fatca+statement+adds+to+confusion&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Foperational-risk-and-regulation%2Fnews%2F2145440%2Ffatca-statement-adds-confusion%3FWT.rss_f%3DNews%26WT.rss_a%3DFatca%2Bstatement%2Badds%2Bto%2Bconfusion" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Fatca+statement+adds+to+confusion&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Foperational-risk-and-regulation%2Fnews%2F2145440%2Ffatca-statement-adds-confusion%3FWT.rss_f%3DNews%26WT.rss_a%3DFatca%2Bstatement%2Badds%2Bto%2Bconfusion" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/126178369731/u/0/f/472836/c/32411/s/1c8cfa2a/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/126178369731/u/0/f/472836/c/32411/s/1c8cfa2a/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/126178369731/u/0/f/472836/c/32411/s/1c8cfa2a/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:11:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.risk.net/operational-risk-and-regulation/news/2145440/fatca-statement-adds-confusion?WT.rss_f=News&amp;WT.rss_a=Fatca+statement+adds+to+confusion</guid></item><item><title>High-yield investor stampede met with new ETF offerings</title><link>http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472836/s/1c8ce50c/l/0L0Srisk0Bnet0Cstructured0Eproducts0Cnews0C21454360C0Eyield0Einvestor0Estampede0Emet0Eetf0Eofferings0DWT0Brss0If0FNews0GWT0Brss0Ia0FHigh0Eyield0Kinvestor0Kstampede0Kmet0Kwith0Knew0KETF0Kofferings/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt; &lt;!-- link --&gt; &lt;a href=http://www.risk.net/&gt;Risk.net&lt;/a&gt; &lt;!-- end-link --&gt; &lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- end-subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- summary --&gt; The long-promised revival in Europe's high-yield bond market has sent ETF providers rushing to create fixed-income investments that fit the bill &lt;!-- end-summary --&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;!--- Start Artilce title image --&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="Zebra stampede" src="http://www.risk.net/IMG/952/191952/zebra-stampede-0109-320x198.jpg" title="Investec joins high-yield stampede" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;!-- End Article Title Image --&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472836/s/1c8ce50c/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&amp;title=High-yield+investor+stampede+met+with+new+ETF+offerings&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Fstructured-products%2Fnews%2F2145436%2F-yield-investor-stampede-met-etf-offerings%3FWT.rss_f%3DNews%26WT.rss_a%3DHigh-yield%2Binvestor%2Bstampede%2Bmet%2Bwith%2Bnew%2BETF%2Bofferings" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=High-yield+investor+stampede+met+with+new+ETF+offerings&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Fstructured-products%2Fnews%2F2145436%2F-yield-investor-stampede-met-etf-offerings%3FWT.rss_f%3DNews%26WT.rss_a%3DHigh-yield%2Binvestor%2Bstampede%2Bmet%2Bwith%2Bnew%2BETF%2Bofferings" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/126178277589/u/0/f/472836/c/32411/s/1c8ce50c/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/126178277589/u/0/f/472836/c/32411/s/1c8ce50c/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/126178277589/u/0/f/472836/c/32411/s/1c8ce50c/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:52:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.risk.net/structured-products/news/2145436/-yield-investor-stampede-met-etf-offerings?WT.rss_f=News&amp;WT.rss_a=High-yield+investor+stampede+met+with+new+ETF+offerings</guid></item><item><title>Emir clearing rules agreed - but calls grow for delay to Esma deadlines</title><link>http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472836/s/1c87f1ae/l/0L0Srisk0Bnet0Crisk0Emagazine0Cnews0C21452880Cemir0Eclearing0Erules0Eagreed0Ecalls0Egrow0Edelay0Eesma0Edeadlines0DWT0Brss0If0FNews0GWT0Brss0Ia0FEmir0Kclearing0Krules0Kagreed0K0E0Kbut0Kcalls0Kgrow0Kfor0Kdelay0Kto0KEsma0Kdeadlines/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt; &lt;!-- link --&gt; &lt;a href=http://www.risk.net/&gt;Risk.net&lt;/a&gt; &lt;!-- end-link --&gt; &lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- end-subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- summary --&gt; Delays in the adoption of Europe's new clearing rules have eaten into the time Esma has to meet its June 30 rule-writing deadline &lt;!-- end-summary --&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;!--- Start Artilce title image --&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="eu-flag" src="http://www.risk.net/IMG/437/88437/eu-flag-320x198.jpg" title="" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;!-- End Article Title Image --&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472836/s/1c87f1ae/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&amp;title=Emir+clearing+rules+agreed+-+but+calls+grow+for+delay+to+Esma+deadlines&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Frisk-magazine%2Fnews%2F2145288%2Femir-clearing-rules-agreed-calls-grow-delay-esma-deadlines%3FWT.rss_f%3DNews%26WT.rss_a%3DEmir%2Bclearing%2Brules%2Bagreed%2B-%2Bbut%2Bcalls%2Bgrow%2Bfor%2Bdelay%2Bto%2BEsma%2Bdeadlines" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Emir+clearing+rules+agreed+-+but+calls+grow+for+delay+to+Esma+deadlines&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Frisk-magazine%2Fnews%2F2145288%2Femir-clearing-rules-agreed-calls-grow-delay-esma-deadlines%3FWT.rss_f%3DNews%26WT.rss_a%3DEmir%2Bclearing%2Brules%2Bagreed%2B-%2Bbut%2Bcalls%2Bgrow%2Bfor%2Bdelay%2Bto%2BEsma%2Bdeadlines" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/126178066005/u/0/f/472836/c/32411/s/1c87f1ae/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/126178066005/u/0/f/472836/c/32411/s/1c87f1ae/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/126178066005/u/0/f/472836/c/32411/s/1c87f1ae/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:56:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.risk.net/risk-magazine/news/2145288/emir-clearing-rules-agreed-calls-grow-delay-esma-deadlines?WT.rss_f=News&amp;WT.rss_a=Emir+clearing+rules+agreed+-+but+calls+grow+for+delay+to+Esma+deadlines</guid></item><item><title>Strongest start to the year for US ETPs, say reports</title><link>http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472836/s/1c8595ea/l/0L0Srisk0Bnet0Cstructured0Eproducts0Cnews0C21451210Cstrongest0Estart0Eetps0Ereports0DWT0Brss0If0FNews0GWT0Brss0Ia0FStrongest0Kstart0Kto0Kthe0Kyear0Kfor0KUS0KETPs0J2C0Ksay0Kreports/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt; &lt;!-- link --&gt; &lt;a href=http://www.risk.net/&gt;Risk.net&lt;/a&gt; &lt;!-- end-link --&gt; &lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- end-subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- summary --&gt; AUM for ETPs in January have set a record high, with US inflows representing 84% of global new assets for the month. &lt;!-- end-summary --&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;!--- Start Artilce title image --&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="big-etf" src="http://www.risk.net/IMG/741/199741/big-etf-320x198.jpg" title="US ETPs garner strong inflows in January" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;!-- End Article Title Image --&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472836/s/1c8595ea/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&amp;title=Strongest+start+to+the+year+for+US+ETPs%2C+say+reports&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Fstructured-products%2Fnews%2F2145121%2Fstrongest-start-etps-reports%3FWT.rss_f%3DNews%26WT.rss_a%3DStrongest%2Bstart%2Bto%2Bthe%2Byear%2Bfor%2BUS%2BETPs%252C%2Bsay%2Breports" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Strongest+start+to+the+year+for+US+ETPs%2C+say+reports&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Fstructured-products%2Fnews%2F2145121%2Fstrongest-start-etps-reports%3FWT.rss_f%3DNews%26WT.rss_a%3DStrongest%2Bstart%2Bto%2Bthe%2Byear%2Bfor%2BUS%2BETPs%252C%2Bsay%2Breports" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/126178323759/u/0/f/472836/c/32411/s/1c8595ea/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/126178323759/u/0/f/472836/c/32411/s/1c8595ea/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/126178323759/u/0/f/472836/c/32411/s/1c8595ea/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:59:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.risk.net/structured-products/news/2145121/strongest-start-etps-reports?WT.rss_f=News&amp;WT.rss_a=Strongest+start+to+the+year+for+US+ETPs%2C+say+reports</guid></item><item><title>Strongest ever start to the year for US ETPs, say reports</title><link>http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472836/s/1c8639dd/l/0L0Srisk0Bnet0Cstructured0Eproducts0Cnews0C21451210Cstrongest0Estart0Eetps0Ereports0DWT0Brss0If0FNews0GWT0Brss0Ia0FStrongest0Kever0Kstart0Kto0Kthe0Kyear0Kfor0KUS0KETPs0J2C0Ksay0Kreports/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt; &lt;!-- link --&gt; &lt;a href=http://www.risk.net/&gt;Risk.net&lt;/a&gt; &lt;!-- end-link --&gt; &lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- end-subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- summary --&gt; January sees record high in exchange-traded product assets under management, with US inflows representing 84% of global new assets for the month &lt;!-- end-summary --&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;!--- Start Artilce title image --&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="big-etf" src="http://www.risk.net/IMG/741/199741/big-etf-320x198.jpg" title="US ETPs garner strong inflows in January" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;!-- End Article Title Image --&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472836/s/1c8639dd/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&amp;title=Strongest+ever+start+to+the+year+for+US+ETPs%2C+say+reports&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Fstructured-products%2Fnews%2F2145121%2Fstrongest-start-etps-reports%3FWT.rss_f%3DNews%26WT.rss_a%3DStrongest%2Bever%2Bstart%2Bto%2Bthe%2Byear%2Bfor%2BUS%2BETPs%252C%2Bsay%2Breports" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Strongest+ever+start+to+the+year+for+US+ETPs%2C+say+reports&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Fstructured-products%2Fnews%2F2145121%2Fstrongest-start-etps-reports%3FWT.rss_f%3DNews%26WT.rss_a%3DStrongest%2Bever%2Bstart%2Bto%2Bthe%2Byear%2Bfor%2BUS%2BETPs%252C%2Bsay%2Breports" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:59:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.risk.net/structured-products/news/2145121/strongest-start-etps-reports?WT.rss_f=News&amp;WT.rss_a=Strongest+ever+start+to+the+year+for+US+ETPs%2C+say+reports</guid></item><item><title>Industry split over draft Fatca regulations</title><link>http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472836/s/1c8595eb/l/0L0Srisk0Bnet0Coperational0Erisk0Eand0Eregulation0Cnews0C21450A480Cindustry0Esplit0Edraft0Efatca0Eregulations0DWT0Brss0If0FNews0GWT0Brss0Ia0FIndustry0Ksplit0Kover0Kdraft0KFatca0Kregulations/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt; &lt;!-- link --&gt; &lt;a href=http://www.risk.net/&gt;Risk.net&lt;/a&gt; &lt;!-- end-link --&gt; &lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- end-subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- summary --&gt; Industry experts disagree on the effectiveness of the much-anticipated draft Fatca rules &lt;!-- end-summary --&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;!--- Start Artilce title image --&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="Stephen Fiamma at Allen &amp;amp; Overy" src="http://www.risk.net/IMG/706/194706/stephen-fiamma-allen-overy-320x198.jpg" title="" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;!-- End Article Title Image --&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472836/s/1c8595eb/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&amp;title=Industry+split+over+draft+Fatca+regulations&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Foperational-risk-and-regulation%2Fnews%2F2145048%2Findustry-split-draft-fatca-regulations%3FWT.rss_f%3DNews%26WT.rss_a%3DIndustry%2Bsplit%2Bover%2Bdraft%2BFatca%2Bregulations" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Industry+split+over+draft+Fatca+regulations&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Foperational-risk-and-regulation%2Fnews%2F2145048%2Findustry-split-draft-fatca-regulations%3FWT.rss_f%3DNews%26WT.rss_a%3DIndustry%2Bsplit%2Bover%2Bdraft%2BFatca%2Bregulations" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/126178323758/u/0/f/472836/c/32411/s/1c8595eb/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/126178323758/u/0/f/472836/c/32411/s/1c8595eb/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/126178323758/u/0/f/472836/c/32411/s/1c8595eb/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:53:06 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.risk.net/operational-risk-and-regulation/news/2145048/industry-split-draft-fatca-regulations?WT.rss_f=News&amp;WT.rss_a=Industry+split+over+draft+Fatca+regulations</guid></item><item><title>HSBC appoints new head of European credit trading</title><link>http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472836/s/1c8453a3/l/0L0Srisk0Bnet0Crisk0Emagazine0Cnews0C21449190Chsbc0Eappoints0Ehead0Eeuropean0Ecredit0Etrading0DWT0Brss0If0FNews0GWT0Brss0Ia0FHSBC0Kappoints0Knew0Khead0Kof0KEuropean0Kcredit0Ktrading/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt; &lt;!-- link --&gt; &lt;a href=http://www.risk.net/&gt;Risk.net&lt;/a&gt; &lt;!-- end-link --&gt; &lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- end-subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- summary --&gt; Asif Godall to replace Paul Gooding, who will lead HSBC’s offshore RMB venture in London &lt;!-- end-summary --&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;!--- Start Artilce title image --&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="people and processes" src="http://www.risk.net/IMG/369/209369/people-processes-320x198.jpg" title="" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;!-- End Article Title Image --&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472836/s/1c8453a3/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&amp;title=HSBC+appoints+new+head+of+European+credit+trading&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Frisk-magazine%2Fnews%2F2144919%2Fhsbc-appoints-head-european-credit-trading%3FWT.rss_f%3DNews%26WT.rss_a%3DHSBC%2Bappoints%2Bnew%2Bhead%2Bof%2BEuropean%2Bcredit%2Btrading" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=HSBC+appoints+new+head+of+European+credit+trading&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Frisk-magazine%2Fnews%2F2144919%2Fhsbc-appoints-head-european-credit-trading%3FWT.rss_f%3DNews%26WT.rss_a%3DHSBC%2Bappoints%2Bnew%2Bhead%2Bof%2BEuropean%2Bcredit%2Btrading" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/126178044889/u/0/f/472836/c/32411/s/1c8453a3/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/126178044889/u/0/f/472836/c/32411/s/1c8453a3/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/126178044889/u/0/f/472836/c/32411/s/1c8453a3/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:24:12 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.risk.net/risk-magazine/news/2144919/hsbc-appoints-head-european-credit-trading?WT.rss_f=News&amp;WT.rss_a=HSBC+appoints+new+head+of+European+credit+trading</guid></item><item><title>Banks want derivatives collateral included in LCR</title><link>http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472836/s/1c83f09c/l/0L0Srisk0Bnet0Crisk0Emagazine0Cnews0C21417220Cbanks0Ederivatives0Ecollateral0Eincluded0Elcr0DWT0Brss0If0FNews0GWT0Brss0Ia0FBanks0Kwant0Kderivatives0Kcollateral0Kincluded0Kin0KLCR/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt; &lt;!-- link --&gt; &lt;a href=http://www.risk.net/&gt;Risk.net&lt;/a&gt; &lt;!-- end-link --&gt; &lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- end-subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- summary --&gt; Received collateral is currently counted towards the liquidity reserve at some large banks, but should not be included in the LCR, say sceptics, who argue the assets can't be relied upon &lt;!-- end-summary --&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;!--- Start Artilce title image --&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="coin-stacks" src="http://www.risk.net/IMG/441/207441/coin-stacks-320x198.jpg" title="" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;!-- End Article Title Image --&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472836/s/1c83f09c/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&amp;title=Banks+want+derivatives+collateral+included+in+LCR&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Frisk-magazine%2Fnews%2F2141722%2Fbanks-derivatives-collateral-included-lcr%3FWT.rss_f%3DNews%26WT.rss_a%3DBanks%2Bwant%2Bderivatives%2Bcollateral%2Bincluded%2Bin%2BLCR" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Banks+want+derivatives+collateral+included+in+LCR&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Frisk-magazine%2Fnews%2F2141722%2Fbanks-derivatives-collateral-included-lcr%3FWT.rss_f%3DNews%26WT.rss_a%3DBanks%2Bwant%2Bderivatives%2Bcollateral%2Bincluded%2Bin%2BLCR" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/126178042171/u/0/f/472836/c/32411/s/1c83f09c/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/126178042171/u/0/f/472836/c/32411/s/1c83f09c/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:15:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.risk.net/risk-magazine/news/2141722/banks-derivatives-collateral-included-lcr?WT.rss_f=News&amp;WT.rss_a=Banks+want+derivatives+collateral+included+in+LCR</guid></item><item><title>Insurers must not be treated like banks in policies to tackle systemic risk – Geneva Association</title><link>http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472836/s/1c818747/l/0L0Srisk0Bnet0Clife0Eand0Epension0Erisk0Cnews0C21449310Cinsurers0Etreated0Ebanks0Epolicies0Etackle0Esystemic0Erisk0Egeneva0Eassociation0DWT0Brss0If0FNews0GWT0Brss0Ia0FInsurers0Kmust0Knot0Kbe0Ktreated0Klike0Kbanks0Kin0Kpolicies0Kto0Ktackle0Ksystemic0Krisk0K0JE20J80A0J930KGeneva0KAssociation/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt; &lt;!-- link --&gt; &lt;a href=http://www.risk.net/&gt;Risk.net&lt;/a&gt; &lt;!-- end-link --&gt; &lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- end-subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- summary --&gt; Insurance industry helps to stabilise money flows and should not be weakened by regulatory initiatives to address crisis in financial industry, says think-tank &lt;!-- end-summary --&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;!--- Start Artilce title image --&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="regulation" src="http://www.risk.net/IMG/530/189530/regulationstackofpaper-320x198.jpg" title="" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;!-- End Article Title Image --&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472836/s/1c818747/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&amp;title=Insurers+must+not+be+treated+like+banks+in+policies+to+tackle+systemic+risk+%E2%80%93+Geneva+Association&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Flife-and-pension-risk%2Fnews%2F2144931%2Finsurers-treated-banks-policies-tackle-systemic-risk-geneva-association%3FWT.rss_f%3DNews%26WT.rss_a%3DInsurers%2Bmust%2Bnot%2Bbe%2Btreated%2Blike%2Bbanks%2Bin%2Bpolicies%2Bto%2Btackle%2Bsystemic%2Brisk%2B%25E2%2580%2593%2BGeneva%2BAssociation" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Insurers+must+not+be+treated+like+banks+in+policies+to+tackle+systemic+risk+%E2%80%93+Geneva+Association&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Flife-and-pension-risk%2Fnews%2F2144931%2Finsurers-treated-banks-policies-tackle-systemic-risk-geneva-association%3FWT.rss_f%3DNews%26WT.rss_a%3DInsurers%2Bmust%2Bnot%2Bbe%2Btreated%2Blike%2Bbanks%2Bin%2Bpolicies%2Bto%2Btackle%2Bsystemic%2Brisk%2B%25E2%2580%2593%2BGeneva%2BAssociation" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/126178027165/u/0/f/472836/c/32411/s/1c818747/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/126178027165/u/0/f/472836/c/32411/s/1c818747/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:09:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.risk.net/life-and-pension-risk/news/2144931/insurers-treated-banks-policies-tackle-systemic-risk-geneva-association?WT.rss_f=News&amp;WT.rss_a=Insurers+must+not+be+treated+like+banks+in+policies+to+tackle+systemic+risk+%E2%80%93+Geneva+Association</guid></item><item><title>UK should veto financial transaction tax, say Risk.net readers</title><link>http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472836/s/1c818748/l/0L0Srisk0Bnet0Crisk0Emagazine0Cnews0C21447260Cuk0Eveto0Efinancial0Etransaction0Etax0Erisknet0Ereaders0DWT0Brss0If0FNews0GWT0Brss0Ia0FUK0Kshould0Kveto0Kfinancial0Ktransaction0Ktax0J2C0Ksay0KRisk0Bnet0Kreaders/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt; &lt;!-- link --&gt; &lt;a href=http://www.risk.net/&gt;Risk.net&lt;/a&gt; &lt;!-- end-link --&gt; &lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- end-subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- summary --&gt; An overwhelming majority of Risk.net readers says David Cameron must protect the City and veto the FTT &lt;!-- end-summary --&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;!--- Start Artilce title image --&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="pound-sterling-money-coins-notes" src="http://www.risk.net/IMG/616/209616/pound-sterling-money-coins-notes-320x198.gif" title="" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;!-- End Article Title Image --&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472836/s/1c818748/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&amp;title=UK+should+veto+financial+transaction+tax%2C+say+Risk.net+readers&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Frisk-magazine%2Fnews%2F2144726%2Fuk-veto-financial-transaction-tax-risknet-readers%3FWT.rss_f%3DNews%26WT.rss_a%3DUK%2Bshould%2Bveto%2Bfinancial%2Btransaction%2Btax%252C%2Bsay%2BRisk.net%2Breaders" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=UK+should+veto+financial+transaction+tax%2C+say+Risk.net+readers&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Frisk-magazine%2Fnews%2F2144726%2Fuk-veto-financial-transaction-tax-risknet-readers%3FWT.rss_f%3DNews%26WT.rss_a%3DUK%2Bshould%2Bveto%2Bfinancial%2Btransaction%2Btax%252C%2Bsay%2BRisk.net%2Breaders" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/126178027164/u/0/f/472836/c/32411/s/1c818748/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/126178027164/u/0/f/472836/c/32411/s/1c818748/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:05:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.risk.net/risk-magazine/news/2144726/uk-veto-financial-transaction-tax-risknet-readers?WT.rss_f=News&amp;WT.rss_a=UK+should+veto+financial+transaction+tax%2C+say+Risk.net+readers</guid></item><item><title>Private banks caught in the crossfire from retail regulations</title><link>http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472836/s/1c7f3899/l/0L0Srisk0Bnet0Cstructured0Eproducts0Cnews0C2141310A0Cprivate0Ebanks0Ecaught0Ecrossfire0Eretail0Eregulations0DWT0Brss0If0FNews0GWT0Brss0Ia0FPrivate0Kbanks0Kcaught0Kin0Kthe0Kcrossfire0Kfrom0Kretail0Kregulations/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt; &lt;!-- link --&gt; &lt;a href=http://www.risk.net/&gt;Risk.net&lt;/a&gt; &lt;!-- end-link --&gt; &lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- subheading --&gt; Status anxiety &lt;!-- end-subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- summary --&gt; Private banks have tended to concentrate on the super-wealthy – clients they now call professional investors – but as new regulations governing structured products continue to categorise most high-net-worth individuals as retail investors, private banks are left grappling with the same regulatory challenges as their retail counterparts. Magda Ali reports &lt;!-- end-summary --&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;!--- Start Artilce title image --&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="simon-gleeson" src="http://www.risk.net/IMG/697/209697/simon-gleeson-clifford-chance-320x198.gif" title="Simon Gleeson, Clifford Chance" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;!-- End Article Title Image --&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472836/s/1c7f3899/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&amp;title=Private+banks+caught+in+the+crossfire+from+retail+regulations&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Fstructured-products%2Fnews%2F2141310%2Fprivate-banks-caught-crossfire-retail-regulations%3FWT.rss_f%3DNews%26WT.rss_a%3DPrivate%2Bbanks%2Bcaught%2Bin%2Bthe%2Bcrossfire%2Bfrom%2Bretail%2Bregulations" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Private+banks+caught+in+the+crossfire+from+retail+regulations&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Fstructured-products%2Fnews%2F2141310%2Fprivate-banks-caught-crossfire-retail-regulations%3FWT.rss_f%3DNews%26WT.rss_a%3DPrivate%2Bbanks%2Bcaught%2Bin%2Bthe%2Bcrossfire%2Bfrom%2Bretail%2Bregulations" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/126178191383/u/0/f/472836/c/32411/s/1c7f3899/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/126178191383/u/0/f/472836/c/32411/s/1c7f3899/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:56:51 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.risk.net/structured-products/news/2141310/private-banks-caught-crossfire-retail-regulations?WT.rss_f=News&amp;WT.rss_a=Private+banks+caught+in+the+crossfire+from+retail+regulations</guid></item><item><title>Arnaud Sarfati to exit SG CIB in reshuffle</title><link>http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472836/s/1c7f389b/l/0L0Srisk0Bnet0Cstructured0Eproducts0Cnews0C21441460Carnaud0Esarfati0Eexit0Esg0Ecib0Ereshuffle0DWT0Brss0If0FNews0GWT0Brss0Ia0FArnaud0KSarfati0Kto0Kexit0KSG0KCIB0Kin0Kreshuffle/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt; &lt;!-- link --&gt; &lt;a href=http://www.risk.net/&gt;Risk.net&lt;/a&gt; &lt;!-- end-link --&gt; &lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- subheading --&gt; Sarfati to leave as SG rings the changes &lt;!-- end-subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- summary --&gt; Arnaud Sarfati is expected to leave SG CIB; John Tessar joins JVB Financial; Levy and Mutin say goodbye to UBS; Deborah Fuhr no longer headed to Bank of America Merrill Lynch; Whitehead heads commodities at SG CIB; Nomura bolsters Asia-Pacific equities and global macro strategy teams; BarCap names Bacha as new equity derivatives head &lt;!-- end-summary --&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;!--- Start Artilce title image --&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="Arnaud Sarfati Societe Generale" src="http://www.risk.net/IMG/454/204454/arnaud-sarfati-320x198.gif" title="Arnaud Sarfati" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;!-- End Article Title Image --&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472836/s/1c7f389b/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&amp;title=Arnaud+Sarfati+to+exit+SG+CIB+in+reshuffle&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Fstructured-products%2Fnews%2F2144146%2Farnaud-sarfati-exit-sg-cib-reshuffle%3FWT.rss_f%3DNews%26WT.rss_a%3DArnaud%2BSarfati%2Bto%2Bexit%2BSG%2BCIB%2Bin%2Breshuffle" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Arnaud+Sarfati+to+exit+SG+CIB+in+reshuffle&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Fstructured-products%2Fnews%2F2144146%2Farnaud-sarfati-exit-sg-cib-reshuffle%3FWT.rss_f%3DNews%26WT.rss_a%3DArnaud%2BSarfati%2Bto%2Bexit%2BSG%2BCIB%2Bin%2Breshuffle" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/126178191382/u/0/f/472836/c/32411/s/1c7f389b/kg/294/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/126178191382/u/0/f/472836/c/32411/s/1c7f389b/kg/294/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:36:18 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.risk.net/structured-products/news/2144146/arnaud-sarfati-exit-sg-cib-reshuffle?WT.rss_f=News&amp;WT.rss_a=Arnaud+Sarfati+to+exit+SG+CIB+in+reshuffle</guid></item><item><title>ETF roundup</title><link>http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472836/s/1c7f389e/l/0L0Srisk0Bnet0Cstructured0Eproducts0Cnews0C21442460Cetf0Eroundup0DWT0Brss0If0FNews0GWT0Brss0Ia0FETF0Kroundup/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt; &lt;!-- link --&gt; &lt;a href=http://www.risk.net/&gt;Risk.net&lt;/a&gt; &lt;!-- end-link --&gt; &lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- subheading --&gt; ETF roundup &lt;!-- end-subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- summary --&gt; &lt;!-- end-summary --&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;!--- Start Artilce title image --&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="tightropewalker" src="http://www.risk.net/IMG/888/102888/tightropewalker-320x198.jpg" title="Direxion launches ETFs based on S&amp;amp;P risk control index series" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;!-- End Article Title Image --&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472836/s/1c7f389e/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&amp;title=ETF+roundup&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Fstructured-products%2Fnews%2F2144246%2Fetf-roundup%3FWT.rss_f%3DNews%26WT.rss_a%3DETF%2Broundup" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=ETF+roundup&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Fstructured-products%2Fnews%2F2144246%2Fetf-roundup%3FWT.rss_f%3DNews%26WT.rss_a%3DETF%2Broundup" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/126178191381/u/0/f/472836/c/32411/s/1c7f389e/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/126178191381/u/0/f/472836/c/32411/s/1c7f389e/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:29:14 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.risk.net/structured-products/news/2144246/etf-roundup?WT.rss_f=News&amp;WT.rss_a=ETF+roundup</guid></item><item><title>Index roundup</title><link>http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472836/s/1c7ee1db/l/0L0Srisk0Bnet0Cstructured0Eproducts0Cnews0C2144190A0Cindex0Eroundup0DWT0Brss0If0FNews0GWT0Brss0Ia0FIndex0Kroundup/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt; &lt;!-- link --&gt; &lt;a href=http://www.risk.net/&gt;Risk.net&lt;/a&gt; &lt;!-- end-link --&gt; &lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- subheading --&gt; Index roundup &lt;!-- end-subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- summary --&gt; &lt;!-- end-summary --&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;!--- Start Artilce title image --&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="newspumpjackoil" src="http://www.risk.net/IMG/960/91960/newspumpjackoil-320x198.jpg" title="Dow Jones-UBS track longer-dated commodities future contracts" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;!-- End Article Title Image --&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472836/s/1c7ee1db/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&amp;title=Index+roundup&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Fstructured-products%2Fnews%2F2144190%2Findex-roundup%3FWT.rss_f%3DNews%26WT.rss_a%3DIndex%2Broundup" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Index+roundup&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Fstructured-products%2Fnews%2F2144190%2Findex-roundup%3FWT.rss_f%3DNews%26WT.rss_a%3DIndex%2Broundup" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/126178282078/u/0/f/472836/c/32411/s/1c7ee1db/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/126178282078/u/0/f/472836/c/32411/s/1c7ee1db/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:14:41 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.risk.net/structured-products/news/2144190/index-roundup?WT.rss_f=News&amp;WT.rss_a=Index+roundup</guid></item><item><title>Metals indexes give precious performance</title><link>http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472836/s/1c7dd592/l/0L0Srisk0Bnet0Cstructured0Eproducts0Cnews0C21447570Cmetals0Eindexes0Eprecious0Eperformance0DWT0Brss0If0FNews0GWT0Brss0Ia0FMetals0Kindexes0Kgive0Kprecious0Kperformance/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt; &lt;!-- link --&gt; &lt;a href=http://www.risk.net/&gt;Risk.net&lt;/a&gt; &lt;!-- end-link --&gt; &lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- end-subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- summary --&gt; It has been a good start to the year for industrial and precious metals, reflecting increasing optimism towards commodities. ETF providers have responded to bullish sentiments with the launch of both broad commodity- and sector-targeted funds &lt;!-- end-summary --&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;!--- Start Artilce title image --&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="p-metals" src="http://www.risk.net/IMG/956/92956/p-metals-320x198.jpg" title="Precious and industrial metals make good returns in 2012" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;!-- End Article Title Image --&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472836/s/1c7dd592/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&amp;title=Metals+indexes+give+precious+performance&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Fstructured-products%2Fnews%2F2144757%2Fmetals-indexes-precious-performance%3FWT.rss_f%3DNews%26WT.rss_a%3DMetals%2Bindexes%2Bgive%2Bprecious%2Bperformance" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Metals+indexes+give+precious+performance&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Fstructured-products%2Fnews%2F2144757%2Fmetals-indexes-precious-performance%3FWT.rss_f%3DNews%26WT.rss_a%3DMetals%2Bindexes%2Bgive%2Bprecious%2Bperformance" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/126178004568/u/0/f/472836/c/32411/s/1c7dd592/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/126178004568/u/0/f/472836/c/32411/s/1c7dd592/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:43:57 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.risk.net/structured-products/news/2144757/metals-indexes-precious-performance?WT.rss_f=News&amp;WT.rss_a=Metals+indexes+give+precious+performance</guid></item><item><title>Dealers agree standard index CCDS documentation</title><link>http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472836/s/1c7ce7ae/l/0L0Srisk0Bnet0Crisk0Emagazine0Cnews0C21446660Cdealers0Eagree0Estandard0Eindex0Eccds0Edocumentation0DWT0Brss0If0FNews0GWT0Brss0Ia0FDealers0Kagree0Kstandard0Kindex0KCCDS0Kdocumentation/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt; &lt;!-- link --&gt; &lt;a href=http://www.risk.net/&gt;Risk.net&lt;/a&gt; &lt;!-- end-link --&gt; &lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- end-subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- summary --&gt; The development of an index CCDS product will help market participants hedge counterparty risk, say proponents &lt;!-- end-summary --&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;!--- Start Artilce title image --&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="contract" src="http://www.risk.net/IMG/916/91916/contract-320x198.jpg" title="Signed, sealed and (almost) delivered" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;!-- End Article Title Image --&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472836/s/1c7ce7ae/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&amp;title=Dealers+agree+standard+index+CCDS+documentation&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Frisk-magazine%2Fnews%2F2144666%2Fdealers-agree-standard-index-ccds-documentation%3FWT.rss_f%3DNews%26WT.rss_a%3DDealers%2Bagree%2Bstandard%2Bindex%2BCCDS%2Bdocumentation" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Dealers+agree+standard+index+CCDS+documentation&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Frisk-magazine%2Fnews%2F2144666%2Fdealers-agree-standard-index-ccds-documentation%3FWT.rss_f%3DNews%26WT.rss_a%3DDealers%2Bagree%2Bstandard%2Bindex%2BCCDS%2Bdocumentation" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/126177998969/u/0/f/472836/c/32411/s/1c7ce7ae/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/126177998969/u/0/f/472836/c/32411/s/1c7ce7ae/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:03:36 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.risk.net/risk-magazine/news/2144666/dealers-agree-standard-index-ccds-documentation?WT.rss_f=News&amp;WT.rss_a=Dealers+agree+standard+index+CCDS+documentation</guid></item><item><title>Macquarie may close structured products business in Europe</title><link>http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472836/s/1c7c17ad/l/0L0Srisk0Bnet0Cstructured0Eproducts0Cnews0C21446980Cmacquarie0Eclose0Estructured0Eproducts0Ebusiness0Eeurope0DWT0Brss0If0FNews0GWT0Brss0Ia0FMacquarie0Kmay0Kclose0Kstructured0Kproducts0Kbusiness0Kin0KEurope0K/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt; &lt;!-- link --&gt; &lt;a href=http://www.risk.net/&gt;Risk.net&lt;/a&gt; &lt;!-- end-link --&gt; &lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- end-subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- summary --&gt; Macquarie is considering shutting its structured products and exotics business in Europe as a result of unfavourable market conditions. The alarm bells were sounded were last December, when Todd Steinberg, global head of structured products left the bank &lt;!-- end-summary --&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;!--- Start Artilce title image --&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="closed-for-business" src="http://www.risk.net/IMG/916/51916/closed-big-jpg2210-320x198.jpeg" title="" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;!-- End Article Title Image --&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472836/s/1c7c17ad/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&amp;title=Macquarie+may+close+structured+products+business+in+Europe&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Fstructured-products%2Fnews%2F2144698%2Fmacquarie-close-structured-products-business-europe%3FWT.rss_f%3DNews%26WT.rss_a%3DMacquarie%2Bmay%2Bclose%2Bstructured%2Bproducts%2Bbusiness%2Bin%2BEurope%2B" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Macquarie+may+close+structured+products+business+in+Europe&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Fstructured-products%2Fnews%2F2144698%2Fmacquarie-close-structured-products-business-europe%3FWT.rss_f%3DNews%26WT.rss_a%3DMacquarie%2Bmay%2Bclose%2Bstructured%2Bproducts%2Bbusiness%2Bin%2BEurope%2B" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/126178265577/u/0/f/472836/c/32411/s/1c7c17ad/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/126178265577/u/0/f/472836/c/32411/s/1c7c17ad/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:35:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.risk.net/structured-products/news/2144698/macquarie-close-structured-products-business-europe?WT.rss_f=News&amp;WT.rss_a=Macquarie+may+close+structured+products+business+in+Europe+</guid></item><item><title>Energy trading system provider Brady acquires Navita, Syseca</title><link>http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472836/s/1c786d43/l/0L0Srisk0Bnet0Cenergy0Erisk0Cnews0C21445960Cenergy0Etrading0Eprovider0Ebrady0Eacquires0Enavita0Esyseca0DWT0Brss0If0FNews0GWT0Brss0Ia0FEnergy0Ktrading0Ksystem0Kprovider0KBrady0Kacquires0KNavita0J2C0KSyseca/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt; &lt;!-- link --&gt; &lt;a href=http://www.risk.net/&gt;Risk.net&lt;/a&gt; &lt;!-- end-link --&gt; &lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- end-subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- summary --&gt; Technology provider Brady will be expanding its presence in energy trading and risk management technology through the purchase of Navita Systems and Syseca &lt;!-- end-summary --&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;!--- Start Artilce title image --&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="technology arms race" src="http://www.risk.net/IMG/775/95775/technologyarmsrace-320x198.jpg" title="" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;!-- End Article Title Image --&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472836/s/1c786d43/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&amp;title=Energy+trading+system+provider+Brady+acquires+Navita%2C+Syseca&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Fenergy-risk%2Fnews%2F2144596%2Fenergy-trading-provider-brady-acquires-navita-syseca%3FWT.rss_f%3DNews%26WT.rss_a%3DEnergy%2Btrading%2Bsystem%2Bprovider%2BBrady%2Bacquires%2BNavita%252C%2BSyseca" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Energy+trading+system+provider+Brady+acquires+Navita%2C+Syseca&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Fenergy-risk%2Fnews%2F2144596%2Fenergy-trading-provider-brady-acquires-navita-syseca%3FWT.rss_f%3DNews%26WT.rss_a%3DEnergy%2Btrading%2Bsystem%2Bprovider%2BBrady%2Bacquires%2BNavita%252C%2BSyseca" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/126178242150/u/0/f/472836/c/32411/s/1c786d43/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/126178242150/u/0/f/472836/c/32411/s/1c786d43/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:56:35 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.risk.net/energy-risk/news/2144596/energy-trading-provider-brady-acquires-navita-syseca?WT.rss_f=News&amp;WT.rss_a=Energy+trading+system+provider+Brady+acquires+Navita%2C+Syseca</guid></item><item><title>Trading positions - people moves in energy risk management</title><link>http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472836/s/1c74ec36/l/0L0Srisk0Bnet0Cenergy0Erisk0Cnews0C21442960Ctrading0Epositions0Epeople0Emoves0Eenergy0Erisk0Emanagement0DWT0Brss0If0FNews0GWT0Brss0Ia0FTrading0Kpositions0K0E0Kpeople0Kmoves0Kin0Kenergy0Krisk0Kmanagement0K/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt; &lt;!-- link --&gt; &lt;a href=http://www.risk.net/&gt;Risk.net&lt;/a&gt; &lt;!-- end-link --&gt; &lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- subheading --&gt; Energy Risk -Trading positions – February 2012 &lt;!-- end-subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- summary --&gt; Energy Risk catches up with the latest appointments, promotions and departures in global commodity markets &lt;!-- end-summary --&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;!--- Start Artilce title image --&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="people-outline" src="http://www.risk.net/IMG/315/86315/people-outline-320x198.jpg" title="" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;!-- End Article Title Image --&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472836/s/1c74ec36/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&amp;title=Trading+positions+-+people+moves+in+energy+risk+management&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Fenergy-risk%2Fnews%2F2144296%2Ftrading-positions-people-moves-energy-risk-management%3FWT.rss_f%3DNews%26WT.rss_a%3DTrading%2Bpositions%2B-%2Bpeople%2Bmoves%2Bin%2Benergy%2Brisk%2Bmanagement%2B" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Trading+positions+-+people+moves+in+energy+risk+management&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Fenergy-risk%2Fnews%2F2144296%2Ftrading-positions-people-moves-energy-risk-management%3FWT.rss_f%3DNews%26WT.rss_a%3DTrading%2Bpositions%2B-%2Bpeople%2Bmoves%2Bin%2Benergy%2Brisk%2Bmanagement%2B" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/126177949097/u/0/f/472836/c/32411/s/1c74ec36/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/126177949097/u/0/f/472836/c/32411/s/1c74ec36/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:17:06 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.risk.net/energy-risk/news/2144296/trading-positions-people-moves-energy-risk-management?WT.rss_f=News&amp;WT.rss_a=Trading+positions+-+people+moves+in+energy+risk+management+</guid></item><item><title>Remit guidance requires more specific definitions</title><link>http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472836/s/1c74ec38/l/0L0Srisk0Bnet0Cenergy0Erisk0Cnews0C21442750Cremit0Eguidance0Erequires0Especific0Edefinitions0DWT0Brss0If0FNews0GWT0Brss0Ia0FRemit0Kguidance0Krequires0Kmore0Kspecific0Kdefinitions/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt; &lt;!-- link --&gt; &lt;a href=http://www.risk.net/&gt;Risk.net&lt;/a&gt; &lt;!-- end-link --&gt; &lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- subheading --&gt; Remit guidance requires more specific definitions &lt;!-- end-subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- summary --&gt; Acer guidance on Remit needs to contain clearer definitions of market manipulation and insider trading, and could cause serious liquidity problems, say market experts. By Ellen Davis &lt;!-- end-summary --&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;!--- Start Artilce title image --&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="Remit guidance requires more specific definitions" src="http://www.risk.net/IMG/660/209660/shu-77851792-magnifyingglasspuzzle-320x198.jpg" title="" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;!-- End Article Title Image --&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472836/s/1c74ec38/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&amp;title=Remit+guidance+requires+more+specific+definitions&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Fenergy-risk%2Fnews%2F2144275%2Fremit-guidance-requires-specific-definitions%3FWT.rss_f%3DNews%26WT.rss_a%3DRemit%2Bguidance%2Brequires%2Bmore%2Bspecific%2Bdefinitions" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Remit+guidance+requires+more+specific+definitions&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Fenergy-risk%2Fnews%2F2144275%2Fremit-guidance-requires-specific-definitions%3FWT.rss_f%3DNews%26WT.rss_a%3DRemit%2Bguidance%2Brequires%2Bmore%2Bspecific%2Bdefinitions" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/126177949096/u/0/f/472836/c/32411/s/1c74ec38/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/126177949096/u/0/f/472836/c/32411/s/1c74ec38/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:56:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.risk.net/energy-risk/news/2144275/remit-guidance-requires-specific-definitions?WT.rss_f=News&amp;WT.rss_a=Remit+guidance+requires+more+specific+definitions</guid></item><item><title>Africa leads the trend towards fuel subsidies removal</title><link>http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472836/s/1c74ec39/l/0L0Srisk0Bnet0Cenergy0Erisk0Cnews0C21442830Cafrica0Eleads0Etrend0Efuel0Esubsidies0Eremoval0DWT0Brss0If0FNews0GWT0Brss0Ia0FAfrica0Kleads0Kthe0Ktrend0Ktowards0Kfuel0Ksubsidies0Kremoval/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt; &lt;!-- link --&gt; &lt;a href=http://www.risk.net/&gt;Risk.net&lt;/a&gt; &lt;!-- end-link --&gt; &lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- subheading --&gt; Africa leads the trend towards fuel subsidies removal &lt;!-- end-subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- summary --&gt; As more African countries remove fossil fuel subsides, an increase in downstream investment is expected. Jay Maroo lookes at whether other oil producers may now follow suit. &lt;!-- end-summary --&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;!--- Start Artilce title image --&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="Oil" src="http://www.risk.net/IMG/609/164609/ist-15155626-oilbarreldesert-320x198.jpg" title="" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;!-- End Article Title Image --&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472836/s/1c74ec39/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&amp;title=Africa+leads+the+trend+towards+fuel+subsidies+removal&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Fenergy-risk%2Fnews%2F2144283%2Fafrica-leads-trend-fuel-subsidies-removal%3FWT.rss_f%3DNews%26WT.rss_a%3DAfrica%2Bleads%2Bthe%2Btrend%2Btowards%2Bfuel%2Bsubsidies%2Bremoval" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Africa+leads+the+trend+towards+fuel+subsidies+removal&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Fenergy-risk%2Fnews%2F2144283%2Fafrica-leads-trend-fuel-subsidies-removal%3FWT.rss_f%3DNews%26WT.rss_a%3DAfrica%2Bleads%2Bthe%2Btrend%2Btowards%2Bfuel%2Bsubsidies%2Bremoval" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/126177949095/u/0/f/472836/c/32411/s/1c74ec39/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/126177949095/u/0/f/472836/c/32411/s/1c74ec39/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:54:04 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.risk.net/energy-risk/news/2144283/africa-leads-trend-fuel-subsidies-removal?WT.rss_f=News&amp;WT.rss_a=Africa+leads+the+trend+towards+fuel+subsidies+removal</guid></item></channel></rss>

