Counterparty credit risk
Corporate statement: Listening and learning
After the seismic market shocks in 2008 and early 2009, structured products have remained widespread in the media focus. As summer holidays come to an end and schools reopen, we consider the lessons learned and what is on the curriculum for the year ahead
Market practices ‘back to basics’ after Lehman collapse, says study
Lehman’s fall has made cautious deal-makers focus on legal risk and risk analysis
Seeking simplicity
Almost a year after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, German retail investors are again becoming comfortable with products from US investment banks. This means that domestic players will need to fight hard to retain their increased market share as the…
Holding counterparty risk at arm’s length
Exchange-traded funds have been as exposed to talk of counterparty risk as the next structured product, although the risk is lower. Under the European Union's Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities III regulations, ETFs are…
Net benefit
Meant to minimise counterparty risk, the idea of clearing for credit derivatives has been riddled with questions from the outset. But new research suggests the plans might actually increase counterparty exposures. Mark Pengelly investigates
Exchange proliferation
Regional commodity exchanges are expanding to secure more corporate hedging business and flows from speculators keen to exploit pricing anomalies at a time when volatility is high and bilateral counterparty risk is a major worry. Georgina Lee reports
The end for ETNs?
The bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers has hammered home the importance of counterparty risk, fuelling dire predictions for the future of exchange-traded notes. But while some product issuers are retreating from the area, others remain optimistic. By Mark…
Ups and downs
Seen as a simple solution for reducing counterparty risk by regulators, moving credit derivatives on to central clearing platforms is proving fiendishly complicated. While progress is being made, it is generating more questions than answers. Mark…
Icap launches repo settlement facility to reduce counterparty risk
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A return to structured products?
Structured products have been largely shunned since the collapse of Lehman Brothers last September, but low returns in other asset classes may prompt institutional investors to return to the sector in the year ahead. By Peter Madigan
Markit addresses documentation risk
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HKMA urges firms to heed Lehman advice
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Dangers of disintermediation
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The search for a deposit base
The fallout from the default of Lehman Brothers continues spread across the structured products industry, as arrangers seek to reassure nervous high-net-worth clients that their investments are safe. Michael Marray reports
Rocked by counterparty risk
The demise of Lehman Brothers has triggered fresh concerns about counterparty risk, creating a wave of novations and forcing dealers to think harder about the possibility of another major derivatives counterparty defaulting. Mark Pengelly reports
All shook up
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Government stakes in banks raise counterparty conundrum
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