Feature/Risk management/Economics
Uncertain futures
Special Report: Foreign exchange
Buckle up
Market Analysis
Cash bonds take a different track
As anyone on the financial markets rollercoaster will know, predicting the future path of your investments is next to impossible, particularly in the current economic climate. But a dislocation has appeared between the equity/CDS markets, which are…
Scenarios for all seasons
Technology
The victor emerges
Special Report: Regulator profile
Internal affairs
Operating models
Catching a cold
Liquidity Risk
The best scenario
Technology
A bright future?
Mexico
A man with a mission
The future of Russian energy under president-elect Dmitri Medvedev largely depends upon his ability to navigate the country's Byzantine political climate, writes Robert Amsterdam
MFS Investment Management: Smoothing out the bumps
As seasoned investors will tell you, putting your money in emerging markets can be a rough ride. The highs may be high, but the lows can be even lower. The emerging markets debt team at MFS Investment Management are aiming to give their investors a…
Mexico dances to a different tune
With US structured finance markets in the grip of the subprime squeeze, close neighbour Mexico might be expected to have suffered a similar fate. But strong investor demand for securitisation and homeowner-friendly government initiatives are combining to…
Still shackled
Cover story
Hyman Minsky and the credit crisis: How much do regulators know about today's finance?
The credit markets experienced their very own 'Minsky moment' last summer, when great swathes of financial instruments imploded under the weight of their own debt. But should regulators have predicted this crisis and done something to prevent it? By…
Liquidity or bust?
Regulation
Primed to recover
Netherlands
Default lines
Credit ratings