Credit markets
Discussing distressed debt - A roundtable
One area that looks poised to benefit from the turn in the credit cycle is distressed debt, with funds readying themselves to take advantage of any opportunities that may arise. Six thought leaders of the industry consider the outlook for distressed debt
Electronic platforms: Riding out the storm
Electronic platforms
The drive for automation
Trading technology
The final frontier
Single-dealer platforms
Doug Long
The business development head at structured finance software vendor Principia talks to Matthew Attwood about what it will take to restore investor appetite for structured products
Mortgage investors turn to analytics firms for due diligence on MBS assets
Baseline Capital and Edeus are two firms that have released evaluation tools for residential mortgage assets to help investors assess credit risk in securitisation pools
Profile: Eddy Wymeersch
The chairman of the CESR and one of Europe's most senior regulatory figures talks to Alexander Campbell about oversight of the CDS market and fair value accounting
Politicians clamour for OTC derivatives reform
Regulatory News
Solvency II Reinsurance - Counterparty default risk
Technical papers
Defaults domino
Synthetic credit
Taming nature with models
Catastrophe risk
Jefferson County head indicted on bribery, money laundering charges
The Mayor of Birmingham, Alabama, has been charged with 101 counts including bribery, money laundering, mail and wire fraud pertaining to the award of lucrative bond transaction and swap agreement servicing contracts in exchange for financial kick-backs,…
AIG sells Swiss private bank
AIG, the beleaguered US insurance giant, today announced the sale of its Swiss subsidiary AIG Private Bank to Aabar Investments, the United Arab Emirates investment company, for a provisional Sfr307 million ($254 million).
Interbank lending remains steady
The interbank lending markets were stable this morning. The Ted spread, which tracks the difference between three-month Libor and US Treasury bills, was at 2.18% at 12.50pm London time today, unchanged from Friday's close.