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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 ... Gavan Nolan, credit analyst at Markit Group in London, looks at credit indices

Gridlock in CDS confirmations

As if banks haven't got enough to worry about, new data from Markit Group shows that the amount of unconfirmed credit derivatives trades has increased sharply, to levels not seen for around two years. Simon Boughey reports

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CCDS unchained?

In October, David Rowe argued that contingent credit default swaps offered only limited potential for active counterparty credit risk management. The convergence of several factors could change that

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Back to basics

Collateralised debt obligation (CDO) arrangers were ambushed in August by the most dramatic shifts in credit markets since 2005, while many investors have shied away from complex products. Where does this leave the future of the CDO market? Mark Pengelly…

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