Credit markets
Hope for markets as Senate rescues bailout
Financial stocks rose this morning in Europe after the US Senate passed an amended version of the planned $700 billion financial bailout bill.
Escape hatch
Monolines
The FX effect
US bond funds that invest in international assets have seen their returns hit by the recent rally in the US dollar. Dalia Fahmy looks at how fund managers are trying to insulate themselves from exchange rate movements and gauges market opinion on which…
Editor's letter
Comment
Don't bet on the bank
The failure of a major investment bank. The bailout of the US mortgage agencies. The rumoured demise of further financial institutions. Now does not seem like the ideal time to be investing in the financials sector. Or does it? Laurence Neville reports
Market Graphic: What drives Russian bond spreads?
Market graphic
Konrad von Habsburg
Profile
CDS processing - The challenges
Automation
Exclusive Interview: Jerry Del Missier
It's been a month that will go down as a seminal time in the history of the banking industry. Big investment banks have failed. Others have stepped in, sensing an unmissable opportunity to extend their franchise. Barclays Capital is one of them. Its…
Beware the Russian bear
The tables have turned on the Russian debt markets. After a splurge of corporate issuance in the last three years, the latter half of this year has proven a tough time for the country's financial markets. Falling oil prices, the Georgian conflict,…
All fall down
CDS Settlement
Refunding risks for EMEA non-financial corporate issuers rated Baa & below in 2008-2010
As the first anniversary of the subprime crisis passes, corporate issuers in the EMEA region continue to feel its secondary effects. With more challenging capital markets and overall reduced risk appetite from investors and banks, Sabine Renner and Max…
Understanding 'true LTV'
Risk management is now top of the boardroom agenda for mortgage lenders across the globe. Mark Witherspoon of UKValuation explains why understanding the concept of 'true loan-to-value' is a key element of any lender's approach to risk management
Quanto sicuri sono i rating?
Basilea 2
Gathering confidence
Securitisation
Il futuro si va schiarendo
Stanza di compensazione