Central banks
The ability to ‘trade rumours’
CDS guide: market indicators
CDSs as building blocks
CDS guide: new structures
The size of the CDS market
CDS guide: CDS growth
Buyers and sellers of CDSs
CDS guide: market participants
Laying down the ground rules
CDS guide: documentation
Bayer: a bitter pill to swallow
Credit of the month
Extending credit
Exchange-traded funds
A changing landscape
Asset-backed securities
Just starting out
Credit derivatives
BOK approves first hybrid CLN
New angles
Regulatory briefs
REGULATORY UPDATE
Crisis management
Profile
RiskNews review
RiskNews review
Job moves
People
Derivatives disclosure calls mount
Cover story
Turning up the heat
Japanese banks
Putting on the brakes
South Korea
BIS report highlights asset managers’ role in inefficient markets
The structure of incentive schemes may limit the ability or willingness of institutional asset managers to act as a natural counterbalance to mispricing, according to the Committee on the Global Financial System (CGFS) – a G-10 central bank forum that…
FSF calls for more credit risk transfer disclosure
The Financial Stability Forum (FSF), the body set up by leading central banks to examine potential threats to the financial system, has called for greater disclosure and more aggregate data for credit transfer instruments.
Time for buy-side IT push
Buy-side firms now recognise the strategic benefits and operational efficiencies that technology can bring. And, despite adverse market conditions, Fritz McCormick of Celent Communications believes IT investment is set for continued growth, especially…
A disaster waiting to happen
Despite the threat of increased terrorist attacks and war with Iraq, financial institutions are still struggling to find the funds to invest in appropriate business continuity plans.
G30 - Moving in the right direction
The latest G30 report on global clearing and settlement offers more than a few worthwhile suggestions. But Kristina West says there is still much to be done before the industry will wholly embrace the recommendations.