Central banks
Credit Lyonnais prepares Asian-flavoured arbitrage synthetic CDO
France’s Credit Lyonnais Securities is getting ready to launch a global arbitrage synthetic collateralised debt obligation (CDO) within a month, according to the bank’s head of Japan investment banking and ex-Japan Asian debt capital markets, Jean-Marc…
The roads to currency overlay
Forex risk
Higher or lower?
Credit Risk
Guarded optimism hinges on new tools
Catastrophe bonds
The risk transfer shell game
Credit derivatives
Corporate focus on credit risk management
Sponsor’s statement
A cost/benefit approach to Basel II
The cost of implementing Basel II could put banks at a competitive disadvantage compared with non-banks, and spur them to ‘de-bank’ to avoid this regulatory burden. Harry Stordel and Andrew Cross say regulators must look at the provisions from a cost…
EU bank regulation debate intensifies
The debate over banking supervision in the European Union intensified in April as Britain and Germany argued for keeping regulation under the aegis of national regulators, while many central bankers argued that the role should be left to the European…
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Credit of the month
Branching out
Credit derivatives
Asia's stock answer
Asian equity
Question time
Round table
Losses and lawsuits
LOSS DATABASE
Greenspan says Basle II could reduce extremes of business cycles
BASLE II UPDATE
A cost/benefit approach to Basel II
The cost of implementing Basel II could put banks at a competitive disadvantage compared with non-banks, and spur them to ‘de-bank’ to avoid this regulatory burden. Harry Stordel and Andrew Cross say regulators must look at the provisions from a cost…
The benefits of Enron
Many corporations are keeping a low profile when it comes to their derivatives use. But when the Enron-related witch-hunts are over, companies may find that insurers and shareholders now view corporate hedging as a fiduciary duty
A slow evolution
Credit risk