Foreign exchange
Called to account
Dealers have criticised fair value accounting on illiquid assets as exacerbating the subprime crisis. A growing number of banks and industry bodies have called for a suspension of mark-to-market accounting for illiquid instruments. Are the accounting…
Malaysia Investors warned to mind the ratings gap
This year has seen a flood of bond issuers tapping the Malaysian markets but investors should be aware that local agencies are working on a different ratings scale to international standards
A new 'information age' for credit
Credit Crisis
Nigel Sillis
The director of fixed-income and currency research at Baring Asset Management talks to Matthew Attwood about bubbles, credit risk and mushroom picking
CDS clearing house tops regulators' to-do list in drive to tackle counterparty risk
The New York Fed is keen to establish a central clearing house for CDS, with CCorp poised to launch such a service. But will the recently merged Creditex-ICE throw its hat into the ring?
Fund managers bought products they didn't understand, survey finds
A recent survey by auditing firm KPMG reveals a chasm in the level of derivatives and risk management knowledge at global fund and investment managers.
Compliance is not enough
User-access Risk
Overdoing the risk management
Editor's letter
LDI and beyond
Pension Risk Management
The buck stops here
Practitioner profile
Learning from pressure
Practitioner profile
Valuation and risk analysis for Dutch pension schemes
Technical papers
Measuring the risk temperature
Pensions Risk Survey