Greece
From Greek tragedy to Cypriot farce
The crisis in Cyprus may come to be seen as a turning point towards reduced moral hazard and a viable future for the euro, but David Rowe argues many pitfalls remain
Banks may be canning traders by the thousands as they look to reshape their businesses in the new regulatory environment, but there’s one resource they can’t do without: lawyers. The Dodd-Frank Act...
Investors in Greece appear calmer than in May and June, when fears of currency redenomination saw structured product sales surge
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House of the year
BNP Paribas Total return swaps on the iBoxx corporate bond indexes were started last year by a working group of banks in which BNP Paribas took a leading role, alongside Markit. The French bank worked with JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley in the early development...
ALM Europe: ‘Economic case’ for Basel III delay, says SG economist
Sequencing of the reforms is wrong, Société Générale's chief European economist tells conference
UK banks reveal size of eurozone funding gaps
Banks reduce cross-border funding of peripheral eurozone assets in an attempt to mitigate redenomination risk - but funding gap still tops £10 billion for Spain
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...
Sponsored forum: Inflation
Policy-makers in Europe and the UK are pursuing a policy of austerity, but calls for measures to stimulate growth are getting louder. Meanwhile, new execution and clearing regulations are coming into force. How are inflation markets responding to these...
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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