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Building a future for Chinese securitisation
China's capital markets are hardly at the cutting edge of global developments: stifling state control and regulation have so far hindered the emergence of a securitisation market. But that may be set to change after landmark issues from two banks. Nadia…
Securitisation market pulls together
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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 ... Erwan Curien, head of the quantitative team at technology vendor Sophis, explains how credit default swaptions work
Robin Keck
With the merry-go-round of post-bonus job swaps now upon us, Hutton Consulting's headhunter gives Nikki Marmery his perspective on current recruitment trends
Deutsche's £30m CDO hole
The German bank's missing millions result in the dismissal of a trader and highlight industry-wide CDO pricing problem
GFI group - The 'dequity' house
Debt and equity arbitrage is a hot topic at the moment and inter-dealer broker GFI believes it has established a head start in this area by merging its debt and equity brokerage and data businesses. Saskia Scholtes talked to three senior executives from…
Deterrence is key, says FSA
REGULATORY UPDATE
Changing hats
CHANGING HATS
Understanding annuitisation
Review
The VA challenge
Variable annuities
Avoiding squeeze
Matching liabilities
The importance of being prudent
Regulator Q&A: Florence Lustman
Estate of grace
With-profits
Structured credit
Introduction
Sowing the seeds
Agricultural derivatives
Technology: Unravelling the tech trends
Special report: Focus on Technology