Credit markets
A fruitful time for hybrids
Structurers are coming up with novel ways of tapping investor demand for credit-linked products without the default risk associated with the previous generation of structured products. Their answer? Hybrids. Regis Benichou and Arnaud Scemama of Calyon…
Reviving RMBS
With only one public RMBS issue in the UK during the whole of 2008, the market would seem to have hit rock-bottom. But moves are afoot to help restore confidence in the market and enable banks to finance mortgage lending, as Laurence Neville reports
Banks slam '10%' rule for new structured deals
Sell-siders criticise proposals by the European Commission to force originators to retain 10% of new structured finance deals; but others welcome the move
Column: Robin Keck
Recently redundant? Don't fret: a few positive steps could soon see you back in the market
Column: Andrew Kasapis
The events of the past year have played havoc with the cash bond/CDS basis, with traders struggling to make the strategy profitable. Is there a way of making alpha from this trade?
The return of the real money manager
With hedge funds feeling the pinch from the liquidity squeeze, real money managers have emerged as a reliable source of liquidity, earning themselves mandates from investors with cash to put to work. Credit gains an exclusive insight into how one of the…
Asian retail focus
The process of tempting Asian retail investors back to credit has been an uphill struggle for distributors, who have tried to stimulate interest with a series of structured first-to-default notes that give sovereign exposure. But heavy mark-to-market…
Structured credit's re-formation
The structured credit market has been blamed for much of the turmoil in credit and, by association, the wider global economy. But many market participants remain convinced that structured credit has a major role to play in the financial landscape of the…
Q&A: Asset-based lending funds
Now that many traditional lenders are tightening their lending criteria, is an opportunity arising for asset-based lending funds to fill this gap? Credit speaks to leading ABL managers to find out. Answers by Josh Zegen of Madison Realty Capital, David…
Improving annuity pricing with address data
Technical papers
Innovation of the year - Aegon's 5 for Life
Life & Pensions Awards 2008
RGGI futures competition hots up
As the fledgling US Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative finds its feet, is there sufficient liquidity for two exchange-traded futures contracts? Katie Holliday finds out. Additional reporting by Roderick Bruce
Grinding to a halt
Securitisation
Das riskante Jahr
Var-Umfrage
No escape
Credit
A sticky situation
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Inflation ist normal
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