Regulation/Economics
A matter of state
State pensions
Making progress
Basel II
Making progress
The recovery in Japan’s banking sector means that country’s banks are closer to meeting the minimum capital adequacy requirements of Basel II than was anticipated even 12 months ago. However, challenges remain, particularly with regards to data. By John…
How long will the shopping spree last?
China appears set on a programme of foreign energy asset acquisition. Maria Kielmas looks into the implications for the energy industry
Perspectives - Kelvin Flynn & David Maund
10-year anniversary
Derivatives markets - A brief history of time
10-year anniversary
Dutch Decision Time
Pension Fund Solvency
European ABS: Will it end in tiers?
As part of a special focus on asset-backed securities, we take a look at the European ABS market. After a prolonged period of spread compression, credit tiering may be making a return to the market, as Alan McNee reports
A calculated gamble
After a promising start, Canadian carbon trading has slowed. The country has much work to do if it wants to get a domestic greenhouse-gas trading market running ahead of the 2008 Kyoto deadline. By Catherine Lacoursiere
Emerging markets Fundamentally sound
market forum
David Rosenberg
Q&A
From windows to doors
Malaysia
US economic data helps drive derivatives volumes – BIS
Stronger economic indicators in the US have pushed the derivatives markets into heightened activity this year, according to the quarterly review of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), published yesterday.
European ABS: Will it end in tiers?
ABS Tiering