Issue: Jul 2011
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COVER STORY
Italy fiscal struggles raise new fears over creditworthiness
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On the face of things Italy’s economy looks to be the most robust of all the so-called PIIGS countries, but scratch beneath the surface and you find a worrying picture emerging
EDITOR'S LETTER
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The changing environment in which banks operate has made adaptability a core attribute for success this year
EDITOR'S CHOICE
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Central clearing for over-the-counter derivatives could be jeopardised by draft capital rules that encourage banks to clear, but discourage them from...
Video interview
US corporate credits offer opportunities – Dan Fuss interview
The US has been buoyed by quantitative easing, with some investors now signalling a tailing off in the bond market as the programme ends.
But opportunities remain in the US bond market, and investors should be looking to corporate credit for some of the best opportunities, as Loomis Sayles’ Dan Fuss describes in a two-part interview with Credit magazine.
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Best e-trading platform: Bloomberg
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Bloomberg scooped the Credit award for 'Best e-trading platform' for corporates and sovereigns this year, in an environment of regulatory development in...
Greece debt volatility provides openings for basis trading
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The bond-CDS basis trade is back with a vengeance, sparked by volatility in the debt of Greece – not to mention that of Ireland and Portugal. But the...
Credit Awards 2011: Methodology
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Methodology for Credit Awards 2011
Best bank overall for credit: Barclays Capital
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Credit Awards 2011 winner: Barclays Capital – Best bank overall for credit
Best bank for euro bonds: JP Morgan
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Credit Awards 2011 winner: JP Morgan – Best bank for euro bonds
Best bank for non-core currencies: RBC Capital Markets
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Credit Awards 2011 winner: RBC Capital Markets – Best bank for non-core currencies
Best bank for covered bonds: Deutsche Bank
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Credit Awards 2011 winner: Deutsche Bank – Best bank for covered bonds
Best bank for ABS: Royal Bank of Scotland
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Credit Awards 2011 winner: Royal Bank of Scotland – Best bank for ABS
Best bank for Islamic finance: HSBC
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Credit Awards 2011 winner: HSBC – Best bank for Islamic finance
Best agency broker: Evolution Securities
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Credit Awards 2011 winner: Evolution Securities – Best agency broker
Best independent research provider: CreditSights
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Credit Awards 2011 winner: CreditSights – Best independent research provider
Unconstrained bond funds gain momentum as investors turn away from benchmarks
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Asset managers have reported demand from clients for so-called unconstrained bond strategies; freeing them from the rigidity of managing to benchmark...
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Credit Awards 2011: The winners!
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Barclays Capital wins Best Bank Overall for Credit, with JP Morgan also scooping a number of awards – but which other banks performed strongly?
Bonds don’t always behave as their risk profile should dictate – Marty Fridson column
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The expectation that higher-risk bonds will outperform lower-risk bonds in a scenario of declining risk is often refuted by the evidence. What causes...
When ‘bad’ assets aren’t bad – Caveat Lector column
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Something rotten’s going on. ‘Bad’ assets shouldn’t linger like a bad smell; they should be picked up by careful dealers with a nose for a winner, just...
Eurozone bailouts exacerbating the problem – John Redwood interview
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The MP and chairman of the investment committee at Evercore Pan-Asset says bondholders must learn to stomach restructurings of eurozone sovereign debts...
Credit risk models alone do not capture sovereign risk – Nicholas Spiro profile
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Sovereign risk analysis needs to combine model-driven research with qualitative indicators, says Nicholas Spiro, founder of Spiro Sovereign Strategy
Latest issue - News
Credit markets people moves – July 2011
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A monthly roundup of all the comings and goings in the credit markets
Credit investors nervous over withdrawal of QE2
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The much-anticipated end of quantitative easing in the US is giving rise to fears over the economic and financial fallout when the central bank’s life...
CBOE relaunches credit event binary options
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After a false start in 2007, when the Chicago Board Options Exchange previously unveiled credit event binary options, the product is back – with a few...
Iceland returns to market with $1bn 5yr deal
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Three years after high profile banking crisis paralysed Iceland’s economy, the country makes a return to debt markets with five-year bond deal that...
In conversation with...Luke Spajic, Pimco
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The head of European credit portfolio management at Pimco talks to Credit's Alex Monro about the ongoing Eurozone crisis, and the likely investment themes for 2011.
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