Opinion/Central banks
The low-yield environment is a challenge for regulators as well as insurers
The low-yield environment is a challenge for regulators as well as insurers
Firm action needed to deal with financially troubled eurozone
Europe needs to act
Opinion: Preparing for failure
Preparing for failure
Column: Charles Cronin
Flawed models, conflicts of interest, ineffectual leadership: the rating agencies have emerged from the financial crisis with little credit, and reform may strip them further of their influence
Max Bublitz: The great race ... to the bottom
Predicting how long the downturn will last is a fool's game. Past cycles are no useful indicator because we are undergoing a more tectonic shift in the global economic landscape
Swap stabilisers
Editor's letter
Legal Spotlight
The ECB has set minimum standards that ABS must meet if issuers are to use the securities as repo-eligible funding. Angus Duncan assesses the impact of these new rules on existing ABS
Why Basel's not faulty
The tenets of the Basel II Capital Accord are fundamentally sound; it's the methods that the banks are using to implement them that are not so sound
My money's on covered bonds
An asset class that has prospered throughout some of the most turbulent times in modern European history must surely be a serious investment prospect during the current downturn
Basel III?
Kommentar
Crunch time
Corporate credit is likely to suffer while banks repair their balance sheets
Column: Nigel Sillis
Labour costs are rising even though labour is no more scarce. How is this happening?
Legal spotlight
Moves to overhaul the legislation governing Russia's financial system are finally being undertaken. Martin Bartlam looks at what this means for the burgeoning derivatives market
Innovation, risk and recession
Editor's letter
Towards T+0 reconciliation
The Counterparty Risk Management Policy Group's third major policy statement appeared in early August - and it presents surprisingly radical demands, says David Rowe
Talking point - Are we facing a global economic slowdown?
In a special extended Talking Point, we ask whether the global economy is about to slip into recession, and, if so, what its effects may be. Our respondents reveal surprising differences of opinion..