Credit markets
FSA’s Huertas hits out at CPDOs
Thomas Huertas, director of wholesale firms at the Financial Services Authority, has lashed out at the use of constant proportion debt obligations (CPDOs), a new breed of synthetic credit investments.
Isda takes first steps to settle Dura CDS
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association has released a protocol for settling credit derivatives on Dura, the US auto parts producer that filed for bankruptcy on October 30.
Autos and telecoms dominate CDS trading again
Automobiles in the US and telecom companies in Europe were again the busiest sectors of the credit default swap market in October, according to a report from the US interdealer broker GFI.
Finding the value of dust
family office luncheon club
Information gold mine
Correlation trading
Local opportunities
Emerging markets
CDOs reunited
Hybrid CDOs
Shifting sands
High oil prices and a lack of accessibility to reserves are reawakening oil majors' interest in Canada's oil sands. David Watkins looks at their potential and at the challenges involved in this capital-intensive mining operation
Trading opinions
Energy risk professionals from all over Europe gathered in London last month at the Energy Risk Europe conference to debate the hottest topics facing the industry today. The Energy Risk team bring you some highlights
Western congestion
Despite huge strides to improve power transmission efficiency in California since 2001, the region is still flagged a 'critical congestion area' by the US Department of Energy. Neil O'Hara looks at the state of play
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 ... In the first of a two-part special, Saul Doctor, credit derivatives analyst at JPMorgan in London, looks at the fundamentals of credit…
New dawn for India's securitisation market
India's structured finance business ground to a halt earlier this year after the introduction of the country's first securitisation guidelines. But with the changes now digested, new issuers are coming to market, says Sarfraz Thind
CDS volumes hit new record ... but processing backlog spikes back up
UK regulator, the FSA, talks tough on the backward step in CDS processing that has resulted in unconfirmed trades rising to 20,000 from 16,000
CDS pricing
Talkingpoint