Credit markets
US economic data helps drive derivatives volumes – BIS
Stronger economic indicators in the US have pushed the derivatives markets into heightened activity this year, according to the quarterly review of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), published yesterday.
Greenspan fears investor backlash against hedge funds and CDOs
Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan believes investors' pursuit of improving yields by investing in hedge funds and complex investment products – notably collateralised debt obligations (CDOs) – may spark a backlash when the results fail to perform…
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