Infrastructure/People
A bright future?
Mexico
Returning heroes
GSEs
$2.2 billion loss as Fannie Mae mortgage purchases continue
Fannie Mae has posted a $2.2 billion loss for the first three months of 2008 as the government-sponsored entity continues to take a battering for its role in propping up the ailing US mortgage market.
Myriad challenges face industry
Round Table
Brenda Boultwood
Brenda Boultwood, Constellation Energy's chief risk officer, talks to Roderick Bruce about doing anything you set your mind to
Unclear for US nuclear
Uncertainty surrounding the US government's role in project finance for new nuclear generation is threatening to hold back the renaissance. David Watkins reports
Buying power?
GSEs
Can Fannie and Freddie fix the mortgage crisis?
The once-derided housing agencies, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, are being feted as potential saviours of the mortgage market after the authorities relaxed the laws limiting the amount of mortgage debt the agencies can hold. Simon Boughey reports
Profile: Bill Lindsay
The head of UK credit risk at Eurohypo tells Rob Mannix that the fundamentals of commercial property lending are just the same as they were pre-crisis
MFS Investment Management: Smoothing out the bumps
As seasoned investors will tell you, putting your money in emerging markets can be a rough ride. The highs may be high, but the lows can be even lower. The emerging markets debt team at MFS Investment Management are aiming to give their investors a…
Column: Nigel Sillis
The structured products that were once viewed as the F1 cars of the financial world - complex, efficient, high-performance - are now looking more like exhibits from Wacky Races
Traders get a taste for pick and mix
Relying exclusively on third-party applications for trading, pricing and risk management of mortgage-backed and other asset-backed securities does not make sense for all buy-side firms. Alternative investment manager Highland Financial Holdings Group has…
Mexico dances to a different tune
With US structured finance markets in the grip of the subprime squeeze, close neighbour Mexico might be expected to have suffered a similar fate. But strong investor demand for securitisation and homeowner-friendly government initiatives are combining to…
Crackdown!
Market Abuse
Derivatives Troubles
PROCESSING MATTERS
The best of both worlds
Hybrid Capital
Flotillas and battleships
Insurance Groups
Calling time
Pension Buyouts
Escaping the fees maze
Cover Story
The Noble art of managing risk
Special Report: Corporate profile