Structured products
At a turning point
Catastrophe Bonds
Life-changing deals
Variable annuities
Upended by downgrades
Collateralised commodity obligations
Afores to the fore
Pensions
Eyes on the storm
Supranationals
The hunt for talent
Demand for experienced oil traders has never been fiercer with ever more companies competing for a finite talent pool. Securing oil traders in 2008 will be tough, and some firms may be forced to alter their business models in order to survive, writes…
Weathering the subprime meltdown
While conventional markets have been battered by the subprime crisis, weather market players have enjoyed high returns. Investing in weather derivatives provides insulation from volatile, chaos-prone and unpredictable human decision-making processes,…
Doing the right thing
HBOS has been at the forefront of structuring mortgage finance deals in the European markets. During recent turmoil, the bank has twice issued covered bonds in a bid to reopen that sector. It seems that head of securitisation and covered bonds at Bank of…
Bleak news from Boston
Conference Coverage
Primary markets revival delayed as bank announcements drive jitters
Investors will be hoping the worst is behind them as banks reveal extent of subprime losses
Banks devise 'super conduit' in bid to save Sivs market
Can rescue fund M-Lec bring much-needed liquidity, or is it a temporary measure destined to fail?
Changing the rules
Regulation
Russia reels from liquidity crisis
Central bank lowers minimum reserve requirements in a bid to buoy up vulnerable banks
Banking on a fall
Rates
Plugging the data gaps
Technology
UK revisits plans to boost fixed-rate loans
Treasury agrees to re-examine proposal for government to write long-dated interest rate derivatives
Aussies show their backbone
Australia