Opinion/Exchanges
Column: John Wraith
The Bank of England has yet to reveal how it intends to wind down its quantitative easing programme of buying back gilts - assuming, of course, the policy achieves its aims
From alpha to omega
The standard measures of credit risk do not efficiently capture the possible distribution of losses on a portfolio. But the Omega function may provide a solution for investors. Gene Yeboah
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
Column: Nick Chamie
A huge rise in the funding needs of developed nations will hurt emerging markets
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
Column: Nigel Rendell
Recent EU members are finding that adopting the euro is a trickier process than anticipated.
Regulatory reaction
Editor's letter
Legal Spotlight
ABS investors may shudder at the mention of the word 'subprime', but that shouldn't deter issuers from using securitisation to raise capital. In our special extended feature, Neal Handa and Bruce Bloomingdale look at how the credit crisis has affected…
Your trusted adviser
Editor's letter
Guaranteeing more
Comment
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... Teresa Callaghan, at credit management firm Transcom, looks at the debt sale market
Column – Nigel Rendell
Emerging markets, particularly China, may provide a welcome source of returns this year but investors need to watch out for the effects of any US recession on the sector.
Market graphic - Recessionary pricing
The effects of a US recession on Europe are hard to quantify, but European spreads are already pricing in a mild recession, according to JPMorgan Credit Research. Is this enough?
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 ... Gavan Nolan, credit analyst at Markit Group in London, looks at credit indices
Pressure point
Editor's letter
A devil in disguise?
Comment
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 ... Mark Beeston, president of trade affirmation platform T-Zero, looks at novations
No silver bullet
The emergence of contingent credit default swaps has presented banks with a new way to manage their counterparty credit exposures. However, they have important limitations, argues David Rowe
Talking point: exchange-traded credit
Talking point