Infrastructure
Reaping rewards
Basel II
CDO managers under scrutiny
Collateralised debt obligation
In the shadows
Counterparty Credit Risk
Tranche warfare
Many investors have taken a negative view on US subprime mortgages over the past year through credit default swaps. But with the US Congress putting pressure on servicers to modify the terms of loans to help borrowers avoid default, those trades might…
Spreading the risk
Operational risk
Against the grain
While UK and Danish pension funds have been frantically buying up long-dated government paper, German funds have begun to do the opposite. Gareth Gore talks to the country's largest scheme about its own portfolio revamp
The pipeline cleaner
Chris Whitman, group treasurer of Deutsche Bank, talks to Alexander Campbell about maintaining bank liquidity
Collateral crisis
Collateralised loan obligations
SSY brokers groundbreaking FFA option deal
SSY Futures has recently brokered a forward freight agreement (FFA) option transaction covering Panamax earnings out to the end of 2012. The deal, fixed between two leading FFA users, has confirmed industry claims that there is appetite for longer-dated…
Maybank launches structured deposits linked to palm oil in Singapore
Maybank in Singapore has launched the Regal Structured Deposit, and it claims the product is the first structured deposit linked directly to palm oil prices traded on Bursa Malaysia.
Green paper threatens to shake up retail financial services
Consulation could mean more MiFID legislation
Markit estimates first-day volume of $11 billion on LCDX
The LCDX index of North American loan credit default swaps (LCDS) saw trades totalling over $11 billion notional during its debut on May 22, according to London-based data provider Markit.
Markit launches ABCDS spread service
London-based data provider Markit has begun a daily service providing fair-value spreads for credit default swaps (CDS), referenced to certain asset-backed securities (ABS) in North America.
EIB expands fundraising with two new bonds
The European Investment Bank (EIB), the multi-government-owned financing arm of the European Union, has launched two new bonds, a multinational environmental bond and its first rouble-denominated issue.
S&P warns on Pillar 2 implementation
S&P says major banks may be falling short on Pillar II implementation
Geithner outlines US policy responses to changing risks
Fed discusses new risk in financial systems
Trading platforms strike deal with LiquidityHub
LiquidityHub, the London-based electronic trading consortium, has signed agreements to distribute its liquidity in the interest rate swap and US Treasury bond markets across the Reuters and Bloomberg trading platforms.