Spain
Deposit flight threatens banks' eurozone ALM efforts
Attempts to match assets and liabilities on a country-by-country basis could be threatened if Greece exits eurozone, lenders fear
European power market series: Iberia
Building bridges
Amundi makes its debut in Spain with the launch of five ETFs
Amundi ETF has launched five ETFs in Spain, marking its entry into an ETF market that providers believe has growth potential despite being relatively undeveloped
Risk Espana rankings 2012
Light at the end of the tunnel
Top 50 Global Custody Mandates Survey 2012
Andrew Tjaardstra reviews the major mandates from asset managers, pension funds, insurers and banks during the year 2011
Structured Products Espana: Grappling with regulation
The hunt for silver linings
Financial market shake-up in Spain triggers changes in retail structured product wrappers
Fiscal and regulatory reforms announced by the new Spanish government have led market participants to rethink wrappers and product maturities, with growth and fund-linked products likely to benefit
Greek bailout deal fails to dent CDS spreads
Sovereign spreads flat or wider despite agreement on fresh bailout for Greece
CDS market holds breath as Greek bail-out talks continue
Spreads are static and volumes light as EU finance ministers and the Greek government try to reach agreement over bail-out terms
Dealers tackle euro redenomination risks
Back to the drachma?
Interest rate derivatives house of the year: Deutsche Bank
Risk awards 2012
Eurozone CDS spreads fall on French-German fiscal deal
Risk perceptions in the eurozone fell today as France and Germany agreed new treaty plans that will sanction fiscally irresponsible member states
German CDS spreads level out after weak debt auction spooks markets
Cost of insuring against a German government default remains stable after yesterday’s lacklustre debt auction, but risk perceptions on German banks surge
Best in Spain
Best in Spain
Dealers predict CVA-CDS loop will create sovereign volatility
A recipe for disaster?
Europe's democracy deficit contributing to crisis
The democracy deficit
CDS spreads in holding pattern as row delays eurozone deal
Spreads flat or slightly tighter despite political squabbling over size of EFSF
European bank spreads decline amid talk of recapitalisation plans
Risk perceptions on European banks fall as Merkel and Sarkozy agree to produce a recapitalisation plan within the month
Lloyds and RBS CDS spreads steady despite downgrade
The decision by Moody’s to downgrade Lloyds and RBS fails to spark surge in CDS spreads, while other European banks finish more or less unchanged on the week despite continuing woes in the eurozone
Deutsche Bank tops Risk interdealer rankings
Deutsche claims top spot for third year running, with JP Morgan a close second
Spanish gas market growth slowing, says OIES
Although Spain's gas market has grown faster than all other major Euorpean countries, it now faces a number of challenges, says the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies (OIES)
Short-selling bans spark confusion over index trades and extraterritoriality
Dealers say volumes have been light as market participants try to work out scope of bans – with confusion arising on index trades and the geographic reach of the rules
Protected banks welcome new European short-selling bans
Regulators need to protect markets from "rumours and false information" say bans' supporters