Inflation
Brazil’s Tombini sets out inflation fighting credentials with calls for lower target
Central Bank of Brazil governor says country’s inflation target should be similar to those of other leading emerging market economies
Inflation-linked structured products preferable to Linkers, says RBC WM
Inflation-linked structured products preferable to Linkers, says RBC WM
Best in Italy
Structured Products Europe Awards 2010
Best in Spain
Best in Spain
Inflation
Inflation special report
Deutsche Bank bolsters inflation team
Salas to join as global co-head of inflation trading
Inflation options popular as investors look for protection
Popular protection
Asset swaps continue to support inflation market
Linking to new sources of inflation
Cranking up inflation supply
Issuance assured
Google price index gets analysts’ thumbs-up
Commentators praise the innovation underlying Google price index; despite limitations, index could work as a CPI subset
Emerging markets inflation offered in index form
Emerging markets inflation offered in index form
Pension Protection Fund levy to incorporate investment risk
PPF consults over basing the majority of levy payments on the level of scheme’s risk
Precious metals forum
Gold was a safe haven during the European sovereign debt crisis. How will gold prices, and precious metals financial products, evolve over the coming year?
Uncertain outcomes – insurers and pension funds tackle inflation risk
With central banks’ discount windows pouring money out at rock-bottom rates but economies still slow to use up excess capacity, the outlook for inflation has never been murkier. Uncertainty has created arbitrage opportunities for inflation risk managers…
Dynamic retail offerings
Dynamic retail offerings
Interview: Donald Kohn
Blair Baker talked to Donald Kohn on 9 July about his career at the Federal Reserve, monetary policy, the crisis and the future of financial regulation.
US insurers and pension funds seek to hedge deflation
Extra inflation hedging demand driving split between derivatives and cash market pricing
Pension funds face huge bill from UK indexing change, analysts warn
Using CPI instead of RPI was intended to save money - but could end up costing UK pension funds billions
We must accept central banks’ limitations, says Fed’s Plosser
Philadelphia Federal Reserve president warns mistaken view of central banks as omnipotent risks damaging their credibility
Finger-pointing masks officials’ failures, says Sarb’s Marcus
South African Reserve Bank governor Gill Marcus says knee-jerk reforms ignore failure of policymakers to raise standards before crisis; sober, measured approach to reform only credible way forward
Hawkish BIS warns on dangers of ultra-low rates
Bank for International Settlements says degree of slack likely to be smaller than suggested by output gap models
Protection on long-term deflation hits highest levels since 2008
Hedge funds seeking protection against deflation and dealer hedging of residual short floor positions are cited as the reasons for a rise in prices on euro zero-coupon inflation options.
Inflation head leaves Deutsche Bank
Options trader also moves on
