Risk management/Economics
The price of political risk
Korea credit
Upgrading the rating process
As the debate rages over the usefulness of credit ratings, Moody's unveils a set of credit risk indicators derived from market movements. Will 'market implied ratings' silence the agencies' critics?
Upgrading the rating process
As the debate rages over the usefulness of credit ratings, Moody's unveils a set of credit risk indicators derived from market movements. Will 'market implied ratings' silence the agencies' critics? Nikki Marmery investigates
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Korea
A quiet revolution
Governments have traditionally kept their limited use of derivatives close to their chests. But some sovereigns are now broadening their mandates to encompass a wider array of risks and they are increasingly turning to the derivatives markets. By Navroz…
Awakening giant?
Some circumstances endure long enough to become embedded in the unexamined assumptions of a generation. In the case of the Japanese economy, these assumptions could prove costly, argues David Rowe
Follow up: BIS on emerging economies
In this chapter of the Bank for International Settlements’ recent report on emerging markets, the BIS discusses the changing nature of risks facing banks.
Jane McCarthy, manager of portfolio risk management BHP Billiton
Jane McCarthy is manager of portfolio risk management at BHP Billiton. She is responsible for quantitative portfolio modelling and risk analysis, including regular reporting to the board and financial risk management committee
Burying a problem
As North American power generators prepare for a carbon-constrained world, new coal plants are being built with the option of installing carbon capture and storage technology. And the economics could be about to improve, finds Catherine Lacoursiere
Powering up its bond markets
Russia
John Ryding
The chief US fixed-income economist at Bear Stearns gives his views on the outlook for inflation, the Fed's interest rate policy in the year ahead and how asset markets will react to further rate increases. Interview by Saskia Scholtes
Return of a heavyweight
Japan derivatives
Emerged economies
Profile
Industry gets energised
Attracting some 300 delegates, this year's Energy Risk USA conference was by far the biggest and most successful it's been since the fall of Enron, writes Stella Farrington
Argentina returns to credit market
Strong economic recovery enables Argentina to issue its first bond since 2001 default
Women in credit
Credit magazine profiles 50 top-achievers working in the global credit markets today