Credit markets
iTraxx and RBS launch sterling CDS index
The 75-name index is made up of the most liquid sterling bond issuers
Asian hedge funds move into credit
Hedge funds in Asia
The contingent connection
Credit risk
Raising the standard
Comment
China: Promising futures
Special report: Focus on Asia
The CDO alternative
Credit CPPI
Dealing with default
Credit Derivatives
Firing up EDS interest
Equity default swaps
Questioning the numbers
Model risk
Building pessimised scenarios
Risk analysis
RiskNews
RiskNews
The View on Flu
Should life companies worry about bird flu? Swiss Re says yes, but Munich Re and a host of primary insurers claim the risks can be overstated. Richard Irving reports
The CRO road
In just over two months all US-based hedge funds with more than 15 investors and/or $25 million under management will have their own dedicated chief compliance officer.
A pillar of solvency
Paul Sharma, head of policy for banking, insurance and securities at the UK's Financial Services Authority, talks about life at the sharp end of insurance reform. Nicholas Dunbar reports
Chinese banks debut with renminbi securitisations
China Construction Bank (CCB) and China Development bank (CDB) have kicked off the first securitisation schemes by Chinese banks, with CCB issuing RMB3 billion ($373 million) worth of residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) and CDB issuing RMB4.18…
Idiosyncratic risk poses greatest threat to credit derivatives market
Idiosyncratic risk poses a greater threat than a systematic widening in the credit markets during the next six months, according to John Tierney, head of credit derivatives research at Deutsche Bank.
New CDS for ABS document to spur demand, says S&P
Analysts are predicting that revisions to the International Swaps and Derivatives Association's documentation templates for credit default swap (CDS) options referenced to asset-backed securities (ABS) could spark a several billion dollar fillip in…
A conference to remember
Structured Products Europe 2005
Alternative investment products
Alternative investment products: Introduction
Playing on correlation
Alternative investment products: Commodity hybrids