Financial stability

Q & A: CESR chairman Eddy Wymeersch

Eddy Wymeersch, chairman of the Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR), talks to Risk about the effects the financial crisis will have on regulators and central banks.

Profile: David Strachan

The FSA's head of financial stability would seem to have his work cut out for him. He talks to Alexander Campbell about new rules that should safeguard against future bank failures

Don't bet on the bank

The failure of a major investment bank. The bailout of the US mortgage agencies. The rumoured demise of further financial institutions. Now does not seem like the ideal time to be investing in the financials sector. Or does it? Laurence Neville reports

Beware the Russian bear

The tables have turned on the Russian debt markets. After a splurge of corporate issuance in the last three years, the latter half of this year has proven a tough time for the country's financial markets. Falling oil prices, the Georgian conflict,…

Structured credit's re-formation

The structured credit market has been blamed for much of the turmoil in credit and, by association, the wider global economy. But many market participants remain convinced that structured credit has a major role to play in the financial landscape of the…

Legal spotlight

Moves to overhaul the legislation governing Russia's financial system are finally being undertaken. Martin Bartlam looks at what this means for the burgeoning derivatives market

Towards T+0 reconciliation

The Counterparty Risk Management Policy Group's third major policy statement appeared in early August - and it presents surprisingly radical demands, says David Rowe

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