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Turning on tables
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Talking Point - Regulation through the credit crisis
The role of the regulator has been highlighted by the ongoing turmoil in the credit market. What response can we expect from regulators in the months to come?
Credit risk: learning from the crunch
New business opportunities bring new risks. The market innovations that helped precipitate the credit crisis demonstrate that a complex new approach to risk management is required - and that means thinking beyond models based on derivatives and Basel II,…
Column - Max Bublitz
The huge expansion of credit did little for the US economy, so what can we expect next?
RMBS investors sceptical over 'gold standard'
The creation of a gold standard for RMBS issues, as proposed by the UK government, could merely be another way of confirming the quality of the underlying assets and do little to help investors
Market Graphic - The Fed's firebreak
Banc of America Securities predicts the US Federal Bank's actions will lower the risk of further crises for investment banks, while also changing the regulatory landscape
A call to arms
Covenants have been a cause of conflict between issuers and investors for as long as the bond market has been in existence. But now that appetite for lending has dipped, can investors use the crisis in credit to demand the best protection yet? Matthew…
Hybrids - The alchemists
Much like the early scientists of the Middle Ages who tried to turn base metal into gold, today's financial engineers are wrestling with the task of changing relatively worthless structured credit products into commercially viable and marketable assets…
The Big Interview - Philip Fischer
Merrill Lynch's municipal bond strategist explains to Dalia Fahmy why the muni market deserves to be better understood
Profile - Nic Pifer
The portfolio manager and sector leader, global fixed income, at RiverSource Investments talks to Dalia Fahmy about what's behind the fund manager's rise up the rankings
FSA pushes new rules for client communications
REGULATORY NEWS
Stay of execution
CLEARING & SETTLEMENT
Op risk is moving up the 'C-suite' agenda
REGULATORY NEWS
What's in an index
Indices
Guaranteeing more
Comment
Diverging Views
Credit ratings
Portfolio modelling of counterparty reinsurance default risk
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