Central banks/People

The pipeline cleaner

Chris Whitman, group treasurer of Deutsche Bank, talks to Alexander Campbell about maintaining bank liquidity

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

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…