Central banks
Il prezzo da pagare
Derivati
Turning up the heat
Risk South Africa Rankings 2007
Credit's worthy start
Credit Portfolio Management
Non tutti i derivati vengono per nuocere
Le Aziende Informano
An unusual existence
Equity Derivatives
Conduit concerns
Taiwan credit
Future's bright
Cover story
Going greener in Australia
Emissions trading
Capitol mortgage ideas
Government-sponsored Entities
Building through selling
Real estate
Modelling South African swap spreads
Sponsored Statement
Italian unease
Italy
Credit rating agencies under scrutiny again
Daily news headlines
Spike in equity volatility causes pain
A spike in equity volatility last month has caused anxiety among equity derivatives dealers, many of which were short volatility, and raised fears that a prolonged increase could generate hefty mark-to-market losses in equity derivatives trading books.
Bank of England and ECB act to boost markets
The Bank of England (BOE) and the European Central Bank (ECB) both left interest rates unchanged, but eased liquidity supply as the credit squeeze continued today.
Latin American securitisation thrives
Securitisation in the Latin American market has grown over the past five years, but the market is still in its infancy, according to the latest Bank for International Settlements (BIS) quarterly review.
Bernanke: Increasing risk premiums “probably healthy”
An increase in the premiums investors require to take risk is probably a healthy development, said US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke.
Whither the benchmark?
Benchmarks
Rocks and hard places
Despite the environmental, political and infrastructure challenges faced by US coal, some believe high-sulphur grades could soon be back in fashion. David Watkins investigates
A new coal agreement
The ISDA Coal Annex allows market participants to combine physical coal trades and coal derivatives under a single trading agreement. Lauren Teigland-Hunt says this development should improve liquidity in the global coal market