Foreign exchange/Technology
Looking to beat the backlog
Special Report: Electronic trading - Trade confirmation
Wheels fall off LiquidityHub
London-based liquidity aggregation platform LiquidityHub stopped operating last week, having endured a lack of market interest in the face of the credit crunch.
The end of the monoline?
Fears that monoline bond insurers would lose their triple-A ratings rocked global capital markets in February. As bankers, regulators and industry chiefs gawp at the cracks in the insurers' foundations, Daniel Andrews investigates where it all went wrong…
CPDCs aim to lure structured credit-shy investors back to market
Credit derivative product companies, which offer counterparty protection against credit defaults, are looking to take advantage of wider CDS spreads to generate new business
Market graphic - European high-yield default rate
Although the markets are pricing in a jump in this year's European speculative-grade default rate to 7.5%, JPMorgan Credit Research predict a more modest rise of 2.5%
Hedging into the future
Variable Annuities
Emissions possible
Underlyings
Default lines
Credit ratings
Beyond the blueprint
Operational risk
Sky Road Power Platform Launched
Software solutions provider Sky Road has launched the Sky Road Power Platform, providing access to all pricing points in the PJM Interconnection, New England, New York, and Midwest Independent System Operator (ISO) /Regional Transmission Organization …
The business of saying no
Rising energy prices have caused an upturn in demand response - or energy curtailment - in the last two years. Elisa Wood looks at how this is impacting power markets
The Big Interview: Tim Congdon
The founder of Lombard Street Research and respected economist discusses the precedent for last summer's crisis with Matthew Attwood, and explains how policymakers are damaging the market
It's time to talk
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
An ideal installation
Software
Der Wert eines Systems
Sicherheitenmanagement
Credit tails
Model Risk
A retail focus
Equity derivatives
VAR: risk mitigant or amplifier?
Value-at-risk
CDS confirmation backlog
Trade processing
System overload
Private banks