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Re-evaluating valuation
Subprime mortgage woes continue to send shudders through the markets. Rising delinquencies, rating downgrades and falling prices have left investors with huge losses on CDO of ABS investments. The losses have revealed discrepancies in the valuation of…
Drowning in liquidity
Our fascination with liquidity tells us a lot about the psychology of the financial markets
Issuer Focus - Network Rail
Network Rail's head of corporate finance, Samantha Pitt, talks to Nikki Marmery about the company's unique historical legacy, its plans to start issuing debt from its own balance sheet and its renewed focus on index-linked bonds
The net widens
Grid computing is ubiquitous in investment banking, yet until now the energy trading and risk management space has been slow on the uptake. This looks set to change, reports David Watkins
Operating optimally
The increase in energy trading in recent years has brought significant opportunities but also a rise in operational risk, leaving systems struggling to keep up. Barney Brown at Detica identifies some areas of operational risk deriving from both internal…
Full steam ahead for FFAs
The freight derivatives market has attracted an influx of new players recently thanks to the spread of clearing. With more banks and hedge funds poised to enter, Roderick Bruce looks at what opportunities the market offers and how it needs to develop next
The Parthenon freeze
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Untangling the system
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Rush for assets
Infrastructure
Outsourcing options
Hedge funds
Mounting problems
India Risk - Basel II
Liability conundrum
Special Report - China
In the shadows
Booming over-the-counter derivatives markets may be generating huge revenues for dealers, but they are also casting a worrying shadow over trading book profits in the form of counterparty credit risk. Are contingent credit default swaps the answer?
Indian reserve bank deputy emphasises regulatory role
Rakesh Mohan, deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India, has stressed the importance of central banks’ role in financial regulation.
The CDO manager hit parade
With nearly 300 CDO managers plying their trade in today's global markets, investors are hard-pressed to decide who's top of the pops and who's a one-hit wonder. Rachel Wolcott speaks to influential investors to find out which managers they really rate
Issuer focus: VTB Bank Europe
VTB Bank Europe is the European arm of Russia's second-largest bank, VTB, which raised $8 billion in May in the biggest IPO so far this year. Global head of treasury Vladimir Sokolov talks to Nikki Marmery about investor demand for Russian debt and his…
Legal spotlight: principles-based regulation
Legal Spotlight
Pimco's emerging markets team
Defending gains
The product drift
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