Infrastructure
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 ..
Can Fannie and Freddie fix the mortgage crisis?
The once-derided housing agencies, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, are being feted as potential saviours of the mortgage market after the authorities relaxed the laws limiting the amount of mortgage debt the agencies can hold. Simon Boughey reports
The ABX index: A pricing conundrum
The liquidity crisis in the ABS market has led to investors using the ABX index as a valuation tool for individual securities - something the index was never designed for. Ben Logan explains the ramifications of this valuation practice
Profile: Bill Lindsay
The head of UK credit risk at Eurohypo tells Rob Mannix that the fundamentals of commercial property lending are just the same as they were pre-crisis
MFS Investment Management: Smoothing out the bumps
As seasoned investors will tell you, putting your money in emerging markets can be a rough ride. The highs may be high, but the lows can be even lower. The emerging markets debt team at MFS Investment Management are aiming to give their investors a…
Column: Nigel Sillis
The structured products that were once viewed as the F1 cars of the financial world - complex, efficient, high-performance - are now looking more like exhibits from Wacky Races
Traders get a taste for pick and mix
Relying exclusively on third-party applications for trading, pricing and risk management of mortgage-backed and other asset-backed securities does not make sense for all buy-side firms. Alternative investment manager Highland Financial Holdings Group has…
Legal Spotlight
ABS investors may shudder at the mention of the word 'subprime', but that shouldn't deter issuers from using securitisation to raise capital. In our special extended feature, Neal Handa and Bruce Bloomingdale look at how the credit crisis has affected…
Mexico dances to a different tune
With US structured finance markets in the grip of the subprime squeeze, close neighbour Mexico might be expected to have suffered a similar fate. But strong investor demand for securitisation and homeowner-friendly government initiatives are combining to…
Crackdown!
Market Abuse
Derivatives Troubles
PROCESSING MATTERS
Post-SG policing
ROGUE TRADING
The best of both worlds
Hybrid Capital
Flotillas and battleships
Insurance Groups
Calling time
Pension Buyouts
Duelling with deposits
Fineco
Escaping the fees maze
Cover Story
Regulatory burdens
Conference Report: Benelux
Market snapshot
Market Analysis
Mifid in the risk mix
Regulation