Foreign exchange
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 ... Steven Miller, managing director of Standard & Poor's LCD in New York, looks at the leveraged loan market, who uses it and how it works
Market graphic - A tough 12 months for credit
Suki Mann, senior credit strategist at Societe Generale, looks back over the past year in credit to see if we can extrapolate any pointers for the future
Raman Kalra
The director of Fitch Ratings' credit products group in New York tackles some of the hot issues surrounding private equity structured finance
Derivatives dealers step up efforts to slash trade backlog
Industry parties unveil the next initiative in the fight to improve credit derivatives settlement
Talkingpoint - M&A in the utilities sector
With M&A activity among US and European utility companies on the up, Credit asks market participants what are the major drivers behind this trend
All risk, no reward
Don't be fooled by tight spreads in emerging markets, warns Amy Falls. Just because you're not being paid to take on risk doesn't mean there isn't any
SunGard enhances firm by acquiring Dataware
COMPLIANCE TOOLS
MAS warns on derivatives
REGULATORY UPDATE
HKMA confirms Basel II launch
REGULATORY UPDATE
Briefs
REGULATORY UPDATE
US NPR finally published
COVER STORY
Basel exec blasts home-host banks
REGULATORY UPDATE
A keen eye for convergence
INTERVIEW
Germany's balancing act
German Pensions
Solvency II: The way forward
Comment
The BPA enigma
Deficit-ridden UK pension schemes are revisiting the idea of selling liabilities onto the bulk purchase annuity market, attracting new players with new business models
Regulatory arbitrage
Editor's letter
Co-operative Group
Practitioner profile
Equity derivatives
Introduction
Trading on fear
Volatility options
Constructing a curve
Corporate profile