Asia Risk - 2009-03-01
Articles in this issue
Regulatory wrangling
Structured products
Sovereign underpinning
Mortgage funding
Breaking the cycle
Basel II
Sovereign hedging lessons
The big oil-hedging losses at Sri Lankan state-owned refiner Ceylon Petroleum Corporation provide another salutary lesson in the proper use of derivatives. Is the situation reflective of state-owned energy companies as a group? By Joe Marsh
Revolvers misfiring?
Funding risks
Low in the water
Freight derivatives
Rates squared
Vladimir Piterbarg introduces a conveniently parameterised class of multi-factor quadratic Gaussian models, develops calibration formulas and explains the advantages of this class of models over alternatives currently available for the pricing and risk…
Collateral damage
Securities lending
On the move
People
ADB highlights risks posed by growth of local bond markets
Sovereign bond sales will increase significantly this year
Offshore lenders face Chinese property developer debt headache
Creditors of property companies worried over repayments
A debt of duty
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