Central banks
Sovereign wealth funds spark lively debate
At the Sovereign Wealth Management conference - hosted by Central Banking Publications in London on Thursday - calls for greater transparency by sovereign wealth funds were matched by demands from the funds themselves for fair regulatory treatment.
Central banks act again to preserve liquidity
Led by the US Federal Reserve, five central banks have announced measures to improve short-term liquidity as the financial sector remains short of funding.
World Bank group launches Cat DDO
The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), part of the World Bank, has announced a new loan facility designed to provide emergency finance for middle-income countries suffering natural catastrophes.
The prepay delay
Municipal natural gas prepayment deals withered in the second half of 2007 as a result of the credit crisis. While this year has seen a trickle of new deals, greater problems may be lurking. David Watkins reports
Pimco's head of MBS sees upside in illiquid markets
Value to be found in private label mortgage securities where liquidity premiums greatest, says key investor
Savings for the future
Deposits
Accidental heroes
IPD has grown to become the main index provider for property derivatives. The company's story points to some of the obstacles facing this developing market, writes Rob Mannix
Liquidity or bust?
Regulation
Primed to recover
Netherlands
From emerging to converging
Turkey
An industry in search of a silver bullet
ASF Conference
Back to basics
We take you back to the credit basics to review everything you thought you already knew but were too afraid to ask... Teresa Callaghan, at credit management firm Transcom, looks at the debt sale market
Talking point - New securitisation markets
On the back of news that Japan is to securitise public sector receivables for the first time, we ask market participants about where they see development in new securitisation markets in 2008
Deals of the month
Unicredito Italiano and Dexia Group
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%
Putnam Investments - A specialist approach
Putnam Investments is in the business of managing portfolios, but, curiously, it doesn't employ any portfolio managers. Instead, the firm has built a team of specialists that focus on specific sectors. Matthew Attwood talks to two lynchpins of the fixed…