Central banks
Sumándose a la fiesta
Mercados emergentes - Inflación
La vanguardia se mantiene firme
Risk espana rankings 2007
En situación expuesta
COMENTARIO
Reconstruyendo la gestion de prßstamos
Riesgo de crßdito
Carry concerns
Foreign Exchange
Broken joints
Rating Agencies
A flawed structure
US mortgages
CPSS: OTC settlements good, but still room for improvement
Systems for the clearing and settlement of over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives trades have strengthened over the past few years, but further progress is needed to reduce risk, according to a Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems (CPSS) report issued…
BIS: highest CDO issuance ever but slowed overall derivatives trading
Global issuance of funded collateralised debt obligations (CDOs) reached a record $489 billion in 2006, showing strong investor interest in structured products. Synthetic CDO issuance also surged last year, doubling to $450 billion from 2005 issuance…
IIF special committee releases liquidity risk report
Institute of International Finance publishes new report, Principles of Liquidity-Risk Management.
Under the yoke
The Reserve Bank of India released its long-awaited draft derivatives regulations in early December. But far from opening the market up to a wider universe of products, dealers complain the derivatives market has been reined back in.
Singapore stakes its claim
The lion city is pushing for a slice of the fast growing Islamic finance market - a move that may put it on a collision course with its more established peers, notably Malaysia.
Reddy appointed chairman of BIS ACC
Yaga Reddy has been appointed chairman of the BIS Asian Consultative Council
Point Carbon survey shows EU ETS ‘significantly’ reducing emissions
Global carbon markets in 2006 saw transactions of 1.6 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO 2 e) worth €22.5 billion, according to environmental market analyst and information provider Point Carbon, who has just completed a survey of the carbon…
Fed examining subprime ARMs
US banks may have sold subprime mortgages to borrowers unable ever to repay them, according to the US Federal Reserve.
South Africa - Giving clarity
Hedge funds
A liability defined
Pension indexes
South Africa - Looking to new heights
Inflation