Sovereigns, supranationals and agencies (SSAs)
Harrisburg woes spark fears of muni crisis
Harrisburg woes spark fears of muni crisis
Advanced economies risk slipping into Japan-style 'lost decade'
Lessons from the lost decade
Advance refunding of municipal bonds threatens future value
Making the right call
Stick with government bonds – even if they are overpriced: Andrew Dalton profile
All about the assets: Andrew Dalton profile
Uncertainty over future of UK nuclear regulation
Uncertainty over future of UK nuclear regulation
German economy under pressure from bank losses and euro crisis
Bond investors have snapped up German Bunds in recent weeks, with Europe’s sovereign debt crisis triggering a flight to quality. But is Germany really the safe haven it appears? Credit explores potential vulnerabilities in the German economy and assesses…
German agency KfW maintains its €75bn issuance target for 2010
The head of capital markets at KfW, Horst Seissinger, explains how building long-term relationships with investors has helped the bank achieve its funding targets even during periods of extreme volatility in the financial markets.
ECB pins hope on new rescue measures to save Eurozone
The commencement of the ECB’s government bond purchase programme and the announcement of an EU loan facility for struggling peripheral countries resulted in an immediate tightening of spreads. Yet uncertainty remains as to whether beneficiaries will be…
Knock-on effects of US drilling ban could be long-lasting
What longer-term implications could the moratorium on new drilling in the Gulf of Mexico have on production costs and supply amid uncertainty over new regulations asks Pauline McCallion
Sovereign debt and CDSs: a collection of articles from Risk.net
The world is watching nervously as sovereign debt is rocked by fiscal and economic crises in the eurozone.
Australian inflation market boosted by linker issuance
Linker limitations
Debt-ridden Spain and Portugal face new threats to credit status
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.
Fiscal austerity measures could hit corporate credit, analysts warn
As governments across Europe announce austerity measures designed to rein in deficits, sovereign and corporate bond investors are divided over the scale and timing of the cuts.
Inflation issuers face Greek fallout
Issuance of sovereign inflation-linked bonds is expected to reach record highs this year as governments struggle with vast fiscal deficits. With investors shaken by the crisis in Greece, however, some issuers may have to draw on the lessons of the crisis…
EU reform: the devil’s in the detail
It’s all very well to make grand statements about the need for a new financial supervision framework in Europe, but can the EU work out the practicalities of reform?
Carry trade bonanza
Asian governments and quasi-government entities have issued record volumes of debt this year. This, combined with strong currency moves, is fuelling swaps activity in the markets. Can it last? William Rhode reports
The weight of blame
The public's perception of banks has hit rock bottom, and politicians have pounced on the opportunity provided by the crisis to increase their own popularity. So banks face not only loss of business but also increased regulation.
Sovereign underpinning
Mortgage funding
OECD urges governments to tackle disaster risk
Daily news headlines
The world turns to hedging
Introduction
Bridging the deficit gap
Municipal derivatives
Powering up at the AfDB
Systems