Central banks/People
Testing the covenant
Features
CDO managers under scrutiny
Collateralised debt obligation
Raising the stakes
Second generation
In the shadows
Counterparty Credit Risk
The pipeline cleaner
Chris Whitman, group treasurer of Deutsche Bank, talks to Alexander Campbell about maintaining bank liquidity
FSF calls for action on hedge funds
FSF makes recommendations on hedge funds
Broken joints
Moody's Investors Service's determination to change its rating approach, and its subsequent decision to revise its controversial joint default analysis methodology, has left the agency's reputation in tatters.
Whose side is your consultant on?
Choosing the most appropriate front- and middle-office software often requires companies to seek expert advice. However, consultant expertise and objectivity can vary greatly. Choosing the right software consultant is a task itself, writes Ryan Rogers of…
The Big Interview: Chris Flanagan
Following the crisis in subprime mortgages in the US, the head of global structured finance research at JPMorgan in New York talks to Dalia Fahmy about spillover risks for auto loans
The CDO Factory
CDO boutique Cohen & Company has emerged as a major force in the structured credit market. But as a niche operator, it has to think and act fast to stay ahead of the competition. Dalia Fahmy talks to senior management and discovers that the key is…
Russia wakes up to ABS
After years of being the 'next big thing', the Russian asset-backed securitisation market has finally arrived. Laurence Neville looks at the factors that have caused this sleeping giant to awaken
CDOs: what does the future hold?
12. the outlook
CDO managers - Do the ends justify the fees?
Credit Risk
Set for meltdown?
Cover story
Micro scope widens
Micro-finance
A turning point
Nordic Risk - Profile
Nowhere to run
Equity derivatives - Non-recourse financing
Has Asia got the appetite for local currency CDS?
The development of a robust local currency credit default swap market in Asia has come a step closer following the first public won-denominated CDS trade in Korea late last year. Alice Hales looks at whether the ingredients are there for such a market to…
Calyon sues Mizuho over CDO team lift-out
The French bank files a lawsuit in a Manhattan court alleging that an "illicit scheme" resulted in 11 of its cash CDO team departing en masse to Mizuho
Subprime: the burning issue for CDO investors
As the outlook for the US mortgages sector goes from bad to worse, which CDOs, investors, and dealers will be left holding a hot potato? Matthew Attwood finds out
Data's destiny
Grid computing