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The hunt for talent
Demand for experienced oil traders has never been fiercer with ever more companies competing for a finite talent pool. Securing oil traders in 2008 will be tough, and some firms may be forced to alter their business models in order to survive, writes…
Counting the costs
The cost of much needed oil exploration and production projects has spiralled recently. Roderick Bruce looks at what is driving the cost rises and what their effect may be
Doing the right thing
HBOS has been at the forefront of structuring mortgage finance deals in the European markets. During recent turmoil, the bank has twice issued covered bonds in a bid to reopen that sector. It seems that head of securitisation and covered bonds at Bank of…
Changing the rules
Regulation
Plugging the data gaps
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Starting from zero
The EBRD's Alex Tanase has worked with mortgage lenders across central and eastern Europe to develop nascent mortgage markets - often starting from nothing. By Dippy Singh
The subprime shake-down
The subprime mortgage market - the root of all the summer's troubles - may well be in turmoil but nobody is suggesting it is about to disappear as a source of financing for securitisations. The question is, what part will it play when the dust finally…
How bonus structures contributed to the credit crisis
For a fistful of dollars
Hedge funds: The bargain hunters
There are rich pickings to be had amongst the ruins of the summer's ravaged credit markets: hedge funds that survived the crisis are now putting together funds to invest in the wide availability of cheap securities. Nikki Marmery meets the executives at…
Deal of the month
Royal Bank of Scotland
Funds of funds surge back into credit
Lured by the return of relative value, funds of funds are once again investing in credit. In these troubled times, they argue that the diversification of their strategies offers safer investments than single-manager credit hedge funds. Nikki Marmery…
The Big Interview: Andrew Feltus
The man who controls Pioneer Investment Management's $11 billion high-yield bond portfolio tells Dalia Fahmy how he plans to make money in 2008
Profile: Avarina Miller
The senior vice-president at Demica, the provider of working capital services, talks to Matthew Attwood about how volatility is increasing appetite for more traditional structures
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CHANGING HATS
GRC Roundtable: Getting the edge
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