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EEX and Powernext's agreement to share their electricity spot and derivatives markets represents groundbreaking Franco-German energy market co-operation. The CEOs of both exchanges talk to Roderick Bruce about the challenges involved and what the merged…
Slipping and sliding away
Are fundamentals behind oil's steep price increase and subsequent fall, or was it the bursting of a speculative bubble? Mauricio Bermudez-Neubauer and Paulo Homem Cristo of Point Carbon assess the impact of fundamental and non-fundamental drivers on…
The big finance freeze
Falling oil and gas prices, the credit squeeze and the economic slump are combining to hit energy project investment, while lack of trust in financial markets has sidelined structured products. By Maria Kielmass
Investors opt for ETFs to provide transparency and liquidity
Investors are increasingly turning to exchange-traded funds (ETFs) over other investment vehicles such as structured products, swaps and certificates, amid concerns surrounding counterparty risk, transparency and liquidity, according to the latest…
Precious metals ETFs listed in New York
Proshares has listed four new exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on the Arca platform of the New York Stock Exchange. The ETFs offer 200% long or short leveraged participation in gold and silver.
NY approval brings Ice CDS clearing platform a step closer
The Intercontinental Exchange (Ice) has won permission to create a New York-chartered trust company, the next step towards the creation of its central counterparty (CCP) facility for credit default swaps (CDS).
Credit Suisse wields axe after Sfr3 billion loss
Credit Suisse is planning to cut 5,300 jobs following a Sfr3 billion ($2.5 billion) net loss at the firm during October and November this year. Two-thirds are expected to be in investment banking - the primary source of the bank's losses.
AIG terminates $46.1 billion of credit-default swaps (CDS)
AIG announced on Tuesday that an off balance sheet vehicle created by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (FRBNY) has purchased $46.1 billion of its toxic collaterised debt obligations (CDOs).
Discussing distressed debt - A roundtable
One area that looks poised to benefit from the turn in the credit cycle is distressed debt, with funds readying themselves to take advantage of any opportunities that may arise. Six thought leaders of the industry consider the outlook for distressed debt
Electronic platforms: Riding out the storm
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The business development head at structured finance software vendor Principia talks to Matthew Attwood about what it will take to restore investor appetite for structured products
Column: Robin Keck
Vulture funds, or distressed debt funds as they would prefer you call them, are seeing a wealth of opportunities in the current trying conditions. So why aren't more funds being raised?
Mortgage investors turn to analytics firms for due diligence on MBS assets
Baseline Capital and Edeus are two firms that have released evaluation tools for residential mortgage assets to help investors assess credit risk in securitisation pools
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