Central banks
Fed vice-chair outlines views on financial stability and policy
Fed: Credit derivatives have been boon, liquidity events pose risk
Bernanke opines on credit derivatives
Fed chairman discusses role of regulators in credit derivatives
Key Indian banks implement Basel II ahead of time
The State Bank of India gets ready to preempt Basel II
Indian Central Bank: migration to Basel II by next spring
India's central bank gives deadlines for Basel compliance
Broken joints
Moody's Investors Service's determination to change its rating approach, and its subsequent decision to revise its controversial joint default analysis methodology, has left the agency's reputation in tatters.
A flawed structure
Rising default rates in the US subprime mortgage market have caused serious difficulties for lenders, with some filing for bankruptcy. Regulators have demanded a tightening of underwriting standards, but bankers say other factors were also at play.
Exchange-traded funds - Gaining currency
Structured Products
Deutsche Bank
Derivatives House of the Year
Whose side is your consultant on?
Choosing the most appropriate front- and middle-office software often requires companies to seek expert advice. However, consultant expertise and objectivity can vary greatly. Choosing the right software consultant is a task itself, writes Ryan Rogers of…
CDS: the building blocks for synthetic CDOs
2. credit default swaps
The Big Interview: Chris Flanagan
Following the crisis in subprime mortgages in the US, the head of global structured finance research at JPMorgan in New York talks to Dalia Fahmy about spillover risks for auto loans
The CDO Factory
CDO boutique Cohen & Company has emerged as a major force in the structured credit market. But as a niche operator, it has to think and act fast to stay ahead of the competition. Dalia Fahmy talks to senior management and discovers that the key is…
Russia wakes up to ABS
After years of being the 'next big thing', the Russian asset-backed securitisation market has finally arrived. Laurence Neville looks at the factors that have caused this sleeping giant to awaken
Trichet calls for transparency
ISDA AGM Report
CDOs: what does the future hold?
12. the outlook
CLOs of leveraged loans
6. leveraged loan CLOs
A business-friendly approach
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CDO managers - Do the ends justify the fees?
Credit Risk
A taste for complexity
When constant proportion debt obligations first hit the market late last year, many market participants complained that they were too complex, even for sophisticated institutional clients. Now, however, growing numbers of bankers are predicting that the…
Betting on stability
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