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A View on 2007: By Citgroup's Richard Burns
What will 2007 hold for structured products marketers? Continuing our series of thoughts on the subject Structured Products invited Richard Burns, Citigroup's London-based global head of equity derivative structured products & hybrid products, to provide…
JP Morgan launches implied volatility indexes
JP Morgan has launched indexes tracking the level of implied volatility in G7 and emerging-market economies.
Liquidity's new routes
Listed Options
Changes at intra-day
Nord Pool and the European Energy Exchange are going head-to-head in an effort to deliver intra-day trading to Germany's power market. Oliver Holtaway investigates
D-day approaching
The day of reckoning in the credit markets (D-day, or Default Day) is looming, says Amy Falls. The question is not if but when and - as importantly - why?
Jilted Argentina bondholders appeal to World Bank in final throw of the dice
Creditors holding $20 billion in defaulted Argentina bonds are taking their case to the World Bank in an effort to force the sovereign to pay up, or at least return to the negotiating table
US managers set the pace in European CLO market
The burgeoning market for collateralised loan obligations in Europe has attracted the attention of large, established US managers, keen to get a piece of the action. So what effect is this influx of transatlantic thoroughbreds having on the European CLO…
Winner: Mobilink
In our monthly roundup of innovative deals in the credit market, we dish out the gongs to Mobilink's trailblazing bond, Lloyds TSB's Arkle RMBS and OTC Bank's hybrid
Is da documentation working?
CDS on CDOs
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 ... Ralf Preusser, European rates strategist at Deutsche Bank in London, explains how covered bonds work
Review of the Year
Features
Reconstructing loan management
European banks are taking advantage of the benign credit environment to overhaul the way they manage their loan portfolios. With credit spreads at record lows, banks are increasing their use of credit derivatives for hedging. By Rachel Wolcott
Exchanges: Saying hello to Alex
Special report: Focus on Switzerland
Taking shelter?
Credit
Protected from the credit glare?
Systemic risk