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How to avoid the high-yield blow-ups

With spreads at historic tights and default rates set to rise, high-yield investors are nervous. The advice from the experts is to pick your credits carefully, stay in short-dated paper and keep an eye on interest rates. Laurence Neville guides a path…

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Ramon Maronilla

Asian local currency bond markets have tripled in size since 1997. Ramon Maronilla, product engineer at State Street Global Advisors in Hong Kong, outlines the steps being taken by Asian governments to promote further growth

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Radical surgery for high-grade research

Regulatory demands to reduce conflicts of interest have seen US banks take the knife to their investment-grade research. So is it a case of 'new and improved' or a botch job? Saskia Scholtes reports

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Building a market for credit options

Calls to improve efficiency in credit options trading are intensifying as the market continues to mature. Hardeep Dhillon looks at a recent initiative by Icap which brought together market participants to discuss dealers' proposals

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Abstract assets

Securitisation based on new, previously unexploited assets, is a growth industry, expected to double in size by the end of 2006. Sarfraz Thind reports on how issuers are getting smarter at applying existing tools to new areas

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