Central banks
A fluid discussion
Book excerpts
Big players make up ground
Interdealer Survey 2006
Flache Steepener
CMS-spread-optionen
Prociclicità a norma di legge
Rischio sistemico
Quando il poco stroppia
Value-at-Risk
Eine stille Revolution
LÄnderrisiko
La rivoluzione silenziosa
Rischio sovrano
Calma piatta sugli steepener
Spread option su CMS
Credit derivatives still leading OTC growth, says BIS
Credit derivatives continued to be the fastest-growing sector of the over-the-counter market this year, despite rising numbers of early terminations.
Largest Norwegian banks will use FIRB approach for credit risk
Falling capital levels in Norway will be buffered by transitional arrangements.
Regional co-operation and micro and macro supervision are key to EMEA financial stability
Extra prudential pillars must bolster Basel pillars in Asian markets, says HKMA deputy chief executive.
Local opportunities
Emerging markets
Shifting sands
High oil prices and a lack of accessibility to reserves are reawakening oil majors' interest in Canada's oil sands. David Watkins looks at their potential and at the challenges involved in this capital-intensive mining operation
Trading opinions
Energy risk professionals from all over Europe gathered in London last month at the Energy Risk Europe conference to debate the hottest topics facing the industry today. The Energy Risk team bring you some highlights
HYBRIDS: BACK ON TRACK
The hybrid securities market has recovered from the twin setbacks of excessive volatility in the European market in the spring and a negative regulatory ruling in the US. But what have investors learnt from these hiccups? Laurence Neville reports
CDS pricing
Talkingpoint
Delinquencies on RMBS give investors a headache
Rising levels of defaults on UK mortgages and credit card debts are forcing rating agencies to take a hard look at residential mortgage-backed securities and other securitisations
Winner:NXP
In our monthly look at the credit market's most innovative deals, we focus on NXP's mammoth high-yield issue, the Alcentra CLO and Bouygues' 20-year bond
The third way
Cantor Fitzgerald's fixed-income research team