Insurance
Where credit's due
Japan's public sector
In the shadows
Counterparty Credit Risk
Six of the best - the secret to Hexam's success
Managers at boutique Hexam Capital have vowed Hexam will not have more than six partners, will cap assets at $3bn, and abide by process. David Walker chats with them...
How to keep the barbarians at bay
The recent attempted buyout of Sainsbury's showed that no one is safe from the clutches of private equity; cash-rich houses are now clubbing together in joint bids to target even the largest names. Matthew Attwood explains the consequences for credit…
Investors shy away from curve steepeners
Credit curve steepener trades using constant maturity swaps have emerged as an innovative way to take advantage of the much-anticipated rise in credit volatility. So what is hampering take-up of these products? By Hardeep Dhillon
Q&A: Laura Fazio
The head of media and entertainment in the Americas at Dresdner Kleinwort in New York explains what film distribution securitisations offer investors
Canaras Capital
Anthony Clemente, chief executive of New York-based investment manager Canaras Capital, talks to Victor Anderson about the challenges facing a start-up business in the 'alternative' fund management space, including the thorny issue of transparency
CDOs: what does the future hold?
12. the outlook
CLOs of leveraged loans
6. leveraged loan CLOs
The challenge of diversity
Features
A political matter
Cover story
The expectation game
Practitioner profile
Paternoster leads bulk purchase buyouts
Paternoster, the London-based bulk purchase vehicle, is leading the surge in voluntary bulk buyouts of corporates’ pension schemes, a year on from the launch of these vehicles.
Plus ça change
macroeconomics
The Big Interview: Paul McCulley
Pimco's portfolio manager talks to Dalia Fahmy about chasing yield in an expensive asset class, and what he's expecting will trigger the next market downturn
Q&A: Sean Flannery
The chief investment officer for the Americas at State Street Global Advisors in New York discusses the opportunities offered by decomposition of risk as a result of the growth of the credit derivatives market
Equities and the passions
Editor's letter