Central banks
Set for meltdown?
Cover story
Singapore stumbles
Exchanges
Emissions gain credit
Carbon finance
Micro scope widens
Micro-finance
Saving for a rainy day
Liquidity Risk
Isda AGM: Trichet calls for more transparency
Greater transparency is needed in the credit derivatives market to allow risk managers to understand the size, distribution and concentration of risks accumulated by participants, according to Jean-Claude Trichet, president of the European Central Bank.
Isda AGM: Trichet calls for more transparency
Greater transparency is needed in the credit derivatives market to allow risk managers to understand the size, distribution and concentration of risks accumulated by participants, according to Jean-Claude Trichet, president of the European Central Bank.
Domestic banks continue to dominate Spanish market
The Spanish derivatives market remains dominated by local banks, with Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) topping Risk España's annual rankings for the third year running.
IIF proposes agenda to promote financial system stability
IIF letter to Gordon Brown calls for agenda to test financial stability
A turning point
Nordic Risk - Profile
Nowhere to run
Equity derivatives - Non-recourse financing
The missing link
With several countries now developing emissions trading schemes, UN-supervised project-based emissions credits could become the linking instrument that creates a global price signal for greenhouse gas abatement. But greater standardisation in the market…
Troubled waters
Nord Stream, the planned gas pipeline that will link the super giant Russian gas fields of Siberia directly with Europe, looks set to offer an important solution to the EU's energy security concerns. But even before under-sea construction has begun, the…
Impact of ethanol
Increased demand for ethanol in the US has led to predictions that biofuels will have a 30% share of global energy demand by 2030, writes Eric Fishhaut
Finding the way forward
US wholesale power markets are currently the subject of much concern. As Ferc begins a review to improve competition, Edison Electric Institute's Richard McMahon suggests some key ways to move forward
Engineering change
A new risk management culture is evolving in the Asian clean development mechanism market, which should lower CDM project risk while expanding financing options, finds Catherine Lacoursière
Better prospects
Russia offers better prospects for industry to develop and far more investment opportunities than is widely recognised, writes Pavel Ulianov of Russian metal giant Rusal
Has Asia got the appetite for local currency CDS?
The development of a robust local currency credit default swap market in Asia has come a step closer following the first public won-denominated CDS trade in Korea late last year. Alice Hales looks at whether the ingredients are there for such a market to…