Credit markets
Hedge funds - Survival of the fittest
Hedge funds are facing an uncertain future, with a record number going bust in 2005. So what do hedge funds need to do to survive in today's dog-eat-dog environment? Saskia Scholtes reports
CDS boost for pension funds
Pension fund managers have traditionally shied away from using credit derivatives. But in the current climate of ultra-narrow spreads, trying to outperform the market without using credit default swaps could prove to be a major handicap, as Sarfraz Thind…
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 ... Steven Miller, managing director of Standard & Poor's LCD in New York, looks at the leveraged loan market, who uses it and how it works
Market graphic - A tough 12 months for credit
Suki Mann, senior credit strategist at Societe Generale, looks back over the past year in credit to see if we can extrapolate any pointers for the future
Raman Kalra
The director of Fitch Ratings' credit products group in New York tackles some of the hot issues surrounding private equity structured finance
Derivatives dealers step up efforts to slash trade backlog
Industry parties unveil the next initiative in the fight to improve credit derivatives settlement
Talkingpoint - M&A in the utilities sector
With M&A activity among US and European utility companies on the up, Credit asks market participants what are the major drivers behind this trend
A keen eye for convergence
INTERVIEW
Constructing a curve
Corporate profile
Disclosure delayed
Regulation Update
SPA newswire
North America
Property plays come A-Day
Pensions
Love affair with Aussie RMBS
Securitisation
ISDA AGM - Isda AGM highlights - A meeting of minds
Special Report
Breaking the fall
Cover story: CMS spreads
India - Personalities - Passages from india
Special Report
A new breed
Credit Derivatives
Structural credit calibration
Damiano Brigo and Massimo Morini introduce first-passage models with time-varying volatility and random default barriers, while illustrating their tractability, exact calibration and economic interpretation. The models' behaviour on Parmalat data prior…
After the storm
Cover Story
Building a risk matrix
Profile