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European parliament Econ chair confident on eurozone crisis resolution
Sharon Bowles, chair of the European parliament’s economic and monetary affairs committee, believes the end is in sight for the eurozone crisis. She is also positive on co-operation with US lawmakers....
A failure of bank governance is behind the recent Libor rate-fixing scandal – and these kinds of failings could pose systemic risks, says José Viñals
The crisis in the euro area has forced Europe’s insurers to reconsider their exposure to the less salubrious sovereign debt of southern Europe. Blake Evans-Pritchard reports on how they have been de-risking...
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Sponsored forum: Luxembourg
A panel of experts from the Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry, BNP Paribas Securities Services, DCG and Société Générale Securities Services convened to discuss the outlook for Luxembourg and the impact of the eurozone crisis, Ucits IV and...
No magic bullets: Macro-hedgers look for eurozone protection
Europe’s debt crisis could get worse, and some firms are looking for tail risk hedges in the foreign exchange market – but even magic bullets can backfire. Mark Pengelly reports
Eurozone crisis is a buyers' strike, not an uprising
Commentators portray the markets as aggressively attacking European government bonds. David Rowe argues what is really happening is a buyers’ strike motivated by fear – and warns failure to recognise this could result in bad policy
Fixing the flaw in sovereign CDSs
Good fortune ensured credit default swaps (CDSs) on Greek debt paid out at a level close to the actual losses suffered by bondholders in the country’s restructuring. But the market cannot rely on luck. Darrell Duffie and Mohit Thukral propose a redesign...
FX Week China: CNH/CNY forward divergence threat has stabilised
A reversal of the spread between offshore deliverable forwards and onshore NDFs that caused pain for speculators last year is unlikely to recur, say economists
Spanish banks allowed to ignore default risk for sovereign bonds
Banco de España is one of a number of European supervisors allowing its banks to ignore a Basel 2.5 requirement to model default risk on government bonds
Eurozone scenarios: political analysts give their views
Political analysts are increasingly being used by banks to help with eurozone scenario planning. Here, experts from two firms share their views on the key issues facing the single currency. By Michael Watt
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