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Algorithmic Trading
The right tools: equities vs CFDs vs spreads
Synthetic Prime Brokerage
Famous five
Traders' Toolbox
Between a Rock and an easy place to move to
Country Focus: Gibraltar
Bullish on bullion
Gold
One-way fear
ABX Index
Indexes emerge
Emissions Trading
Rating knock-outs
Constant proportion debt obligations
Less is more
Utilities are leading the chorus for greater energy efficiency in the US. But, as David Watkins discovers, their drive to secure profits while selling less power is proving to be a major regulatory challenge
The business of saying no
Rising energy prices have caused an upturn in demand response - or energy curtailment - in the last two years. Elisa Wood looks at how this is impacting power markets
Joint efforts pay off
Central banks
Rocked to the core
Comment
Up for grabs
M&A
A unifying approach
Economic Capital
Steward's enquiry
Hermes' David Pitt-Watson gives an owner's perspective on the troubles at UK lender Northern Rock, and details the changes he believes would prevent a repeat of the credit crunch in future. Interview by Rob Mannix
Sweet release
Equity release
Nirvana for some
Commercial property
Sovereign wealth saviours
The financial markets have found their new superhero. With major investment banks on their knees after whopping subprime-related writedowns and liquidity in the bond markets severely affected, the arrival of sovereign wealth funds, with their groaning…
Drying up down under
Liquidity in Australia's nascent structured credit market has suffered as a result of the subprime squeeze, leading to an inevitable bout of finger-pointing. Marion Williams reports
The Big Interview: Tim Congdon
The founder of Lombard Street Research and respected economist discusses the precedent for last summer's crisis with Matthew Attwood, and explains how policymakers are damaging the market
Leveraged loans: Clearing the backlog
While LBO bankers in the US are chipping away at the backlog of deals, Europe seems unable to shift its overhang. Daniel Andrews looks at how differences in the way the two markets have evolved are affecting their chances of tackling the problem
Herd mentality
The unbridled success of the credit derivatives market over the past few years - until last summer, that is - had led large numbers of investors to adopt similar positions in the sector. Such risk concentration was always likely to cause problems if the…