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Eurozone scenario analysis goes microscopic
When Risk first wrote about scenario analysis of the eurozone debt crisis in June 2010, banks were sketching out a variety of outcomes and then attaching rough market moves to them. The scenarios themselves...
Announcement that Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi will resign does little to calm markets; bond yields hit euro area record high, raising the stakes for a potential default
HSBC's senior economist for the Middle East and North Africa tells delegates at FX Invest conference the region has dealt with two big challenges this year, but it stands in better shape than some developed...
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Eurozone debt crisis: facing up to the risks of political uncertainty
The eurozone debt crisis requires a political solution, but markets are losing faith in politicians’ ability to provide it. By Alex Monro
Sean Corrigan talks emerging market risks
Diapason Commodities's Sean Corrigan discusses Chinese hard landings, Mena unrest, the role of Opec, quantitative easing and the likely market reactions to a Greek default
Jean-Marc Bonnefous talks China and QE2
Jean-Marc Bonnefous, managing partner, Tellurian Capital Management, talks Chinese growth scenarios, quantitative easing, and their impact on commodity markets
Oil and oil products markets buffeted by tsunami
Oil prices have fluctuated in the wake of the political upheavals in the Middle East and the tsunami disaster in Japan. Ned Molloy reports on the latest market developments
Editor's letter: April 2011
With less than three months to go before the official deadline set by US Congress for new rules to be completed under the Dodd-Frank financial reform act, there is still much uncertainty about what to expect. In our discussions with leading market participants...
Credit investors must beware political risk: Michael Krautzberger profile...
The head of European fixed income at BlackRock tells Credit why political risk is a key consideration in 2011, why he remains positive on European credit and that investors can ill-afford to ignore Eurozone peripherals
High yield rally continues as Middle East unrest fails to dent credit...
The Middle Eastern crisis had little impact on the broader credit markets last month, as technical factors remain strong – particularly among high yield names.
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