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The end of the monoline?
Fears that monoline bond insurers would lose their triple-A ratings rocked global capital markets in February. As bankers, regulators and industry chiefs gawp at the cracks in the insurers' foundations, Daniel Andrews investigates where it all went wrong…
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... Teresa Callaghan, at credit management firm Transcom, looks at the debt sale market
Talking point - New securitisation markets
On the back of news that Japan is to securitise public sector receivables for the first time, we ask market participants about where they see development in new securitisation markets in 2008
Deals of the month
Unicredito Italiano and Dexia Group
Market graphic - European high-yield default rate
Although the markets are pricing in a jump in this year's European speculative-grade default rate to 7.5%, JPMorgan Credit Research predict a more modest rise of 2.5%
Putnam Investments - A specialist approach
Putnam Investments is in the business of managing portfolios, but, curiously, it doesn't employ any portfolio managers. Instead, the firm has built a team of specialists that focus on specific sectors. Matthew Attwood talks to two lynchpins of the fixed…
Driven to distress
One man's bankruptcy is another man's opportunity. Distressed debt funds, which profit from companies that are in financial trouble, have performed poorly in recent years. But with the effects of the credit crunch expected to hit corporate issuers in the…
Bank results spark fears of further losses
European banks published their much-anticipated 2007 results in February, revealing the extent of the subprime crisis, and hinting at more trouble ahead
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