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Inflated expectations
It may seem counterintuitive, given these deflationary times, but inflation-linked fixed income strategies are proving a hit with investors as fiscal stimulus raises the threat that inflation will take...
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The collapse of the world's financial markets has given Solvency II internal models a new dimension. But how easy will it be to wrestle a uniform set of standards out of 27 different regulatory cultures?...
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Putting a price on assets for which no active market exists is a process mired in complexity and no little controversy. But the pricing models of yesteryear are simply not up to the job. David Patrikarakos looks at the new generation of valuation models...
BNP Paribas offers Millenium tracker fund
BNP Paribas has launched its Millenium Tracker Fund as part of its Privalto Ucits III OEIC (open-ended investment companies) range. The fund is designed to provide exposure the BNP Paribas Millenium 10 Europe Series 3 Total Return index, which comprises...
Fanciful funding
As issuer credit spreads soar, investors have been left baulking at their consequent mark-to-market losses, as well as sometimes dramatically wider bid-offer spreads. That said, the mark-to-market for structured products has generally been higher than...
Simple structures
An increase in risk premiums on sovereign debt is giving banks a headache in pricing certain credit-related structured products. Investor appetite for such deals is in evidence, but mainly for simple, unleveraged products. Sophia Morrell reports
A downward spiral?
Activity in the Italian structured products market has slumped as a result of retail investors getting burned by the insolvency of Lehman Brothers, as well as the wait-and-see stance of investors common across Europe. As investors gradually move their...
Back to basics
We take you back to the credit basics to review everything you thought you already knew but were too afraid to ask ... Susan Hinko of TriOptima explains multilateral terminations
Legal Spotlight
CDS dealers are under pressure to come up with a market-led solution to the clearing conundrum before regulators force one on them. Peter Green and Jeremy Jennings-Mares report
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