News
MassMutual launches new CDPC
New York-based Invicta will act as a counterparty on CDS exclusively within structured credit rather than the single-name market, which its rivals serve
Ecuador president raises spectre of default
New socialist government drops hints that it may follow Argentina's lead and default on $10.4bn of sovereign debt - despite the nation's buoyant economic position
EHYA presses for greater loan disclosure to combat 'parallel' markets
Market participants trading loans privately on a bilateral basis may have an advantage over investors who trade solely using public information - a situation the EHYA is keen to tackle
TSE signs deal with NYSE
The Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) have signed a letter of intent establishing a strategic agreement between the world’s two largest exchanges.
CESR seeks to measure acceptance of Mifid
REGULATORY UPDATE
All in the mind
The number of op risk patent applications filed in the US has soared. Duncan Wood investigates the efforts being made to protect intellectual property
Report ends a bad month for Basel II in US
REGULATORY UPDATE
Rome I threatens to be a legal nightmare
REGULATORY UPDATE
3L3 outlines its 2007 work programme
REGULATORY UPDATE
February 2007
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