Structured products
Back to basics
We take you back to the credit basics to review everything you thought you already knew but were too afraid to ask ... Avarina Miller, senior vice-president at Demica, looks at trade receivables
Jeff Sprecher & Sunil Hirani
The chairman and CEO of derivatives exchange ICE and the CEO of derivatives processing firm Creditex talk about the companies' recent merger, and how the CDS markets will cope with a unique set of challenges ahead
We're all Swensenians now
The appeal of commodities used to be the equity-like returns combined with low correlation to stocks and bonds. That all changed once the commodities bandwagon started rolling
A silver lining for quants
Salaries might be flat at best compared with 2007 but quants' unique skillsets are in demand
A new measure of credit value
Market Graphic
Gulf states face inflation threat to single currency
Plans by the Gulf Co-operation Council to launch a single currency by 2010 are beginning to look optimistic, with the spectre of runaway inflation throwing the whole scheme into doubt
Called to account
Dealers have criticised fair value accounting on illiquid assets as exacerbating the subprime crisis. A growing number of banks and industry bodies have called for a suspension of mark-to-market accounting for illiquid instruments. Are the accounting…
Malaysia Investors warned to mind the ratings gap
This year has seen a flood of bond issuers tapping the Malaysian markets but investors should be aware that local agencies are working on a different ratings scale to international standards
A new 'information age' for credit
Credit Crisis
Nigel Sillis
The director of fixed-income and currency research at Baring Asset Management talks to Matthew Attwood about bubbles, credit risk and mushroom picking
CDS clearing house tops regulators' to-do list in drive to tackle counterparty risk
The New York Fed is keen to establish a central clearing house for CDS, with CCorp poised to launch such a service. But will the recently merged Creditex-ICE throw its hat into the ring?
Fund managers bought products they didn't understand, survey finds
A recent survey by auditing firm KPMG reveals a chasm in the level of derivatives and risk management knowledge at global fund and investment managers.
Compliance is not enough
User-access Risk
Overdoing the risk management
Editor's letter
LDI and beyond
Pension Risk Management
The buck stops here
Practitioner profile