Default risk
US distressed debt funds look to euro crisis for opportunities
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With default rates starting to recede and distressed fund managers reporting double-digit returns at the end of 2010, the stressed and distressed debt market may already have peaked. However, specialist...
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Paul Turner and Mark Sherrill discuss how to minimise exposure to the bankruptcy of a major energy counterparty
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HKEx plans to beef up its risk management following the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers in September 2008 by introducing margin rules and seeking more funds from cash clearing members. The move would bring...
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Defaults by stealth are rare: Marty Fridson column
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Out-of-the-blue events like Enron and WorldCom are the ones that investors fear the most, but wholly unforeseen blow-ups among high yield companies are very unusual.
The limitations of using correlation in default prediction
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Correlation as a concept has value when it comes to hedging risk, but users must also recognise its limitations in predicting the likelihood of outlier events.
'An explosion of sovereign debt'
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The chief economist at Independent Strategy, Bob McKee, explains why a repricing of sovereign debt and defaults of advanced economies would be “logical” outcomes in the next stage of the financial crisis. By Rob Davies
LBOs remain vulnerable to restructuring, says Pimco’s Jessop
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The current low default rate in the high yield market does not tell the full story, the executive vice-president and portfolio manager at Pimco tells Credit.
China's bond laws remain a 'quagmire' for foreign investors, warns advisory...
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Investors in Chinese corporate bonds may struggle to recover their money in the event of a bankruptcy, according to FS Asia Advisory.
Execs would not be surpised if Eurozone shrinks, report claims
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RBC Capital Markets survey say Greece most likely country to leave the eurozone.
Debt-ridden Spain and Portugal face new threats to credit status
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Clouds are gathering over the Iberian peninsula. Attention is shifting from Greece, given temporary respite by the EU-IMF bailout, to Spain and Portugal as fears mount over their fiscal deficits and spiralling unemployment figures.
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