A new 'information age' for credit

Understandably, given the events of the past nine months, investors are pushing for greater transparency in the financial markets. What this means in practice is that banks, rating agencies, regulators and others will need to provide more, and better, information, explains Ecclestone

With financial instruments becoming ever more complex and credit markets still reeling from the liquidity crunch, managing credit risk and increasing information transparency are in the spotlight more than ever before. Every day, financial professionals wrestle with understanding how they can better manage credit risk while simultaneously demanding more information and intelligence on which to base their investment and trading decisions. For investors and regulators alike, transparency has come