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Rick Watson
Securitisation has been damned as the carrier that took the subprime contagion to institutions across the world, but the head of the European Securitisation Forum insists that the real economy needs this funding source more than ever. Matthew Attwood…
Long/short opportunities in high yield
Marketgraphic
Q&A: Dottie Cunningham
The CEO of the Commercial Mortgage Securities Association talks about the likely effect of the TALF scheme on the CMBS market
Roche
An in-depth look at the primary market's most innovative transactions. This month: the $16bn deal from Swiss pharma firm Roche, and Westpac's yen issue
Missing link
Banks are unable - or unwilling - to hold bond inventory for resale in the secondary markets, meaning that their traditional role as middleman in the buying and selling of bonds is not being fulfilled. William Rhode looks at whether things will continue…
Vanilla option replication for ALM shortfall risk
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