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Crunch time for autos
The world's carmakers are battling for survival. Should bondholders shun the sector or is there value in the firms best placed to beat the recession? Nikki Marmery reports
Dealers and regulators: Who will blink first?
High noon for CDS Clearing
What to do with the toxic debt
The issue of how to tackle the vast quantities of impaired assets lingering on banks' balance sheets has given rise to several possible solutions, chief among which is the notion of a 'bad bank'. Credit asks five market participants how such a scheme…
Q&A: Dottie Cunningham
The CEO of the Commercial Mortgage Securities Association talks about the likely effect of the TALF scheme on the CMBS market
Missing link
Banks are unable - or unwilling - to hold bond inventory for resale in the secondary markets, meaning that their traditional role as middleman in the buying and selling of bonds is not being fulfilled. William Rhode looks at whether things will continue…
The perfect match
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UK weathers the storm
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After the gold rush
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Dead in the water?
Basel II
Adapt or fail
Since October last year, ructions in South Africa's foreign exchange rate have caused offshore hedge funds to exit the market, while dealers have been reluctant to take on risk. Those that remain active have had to adapt their behaviour as a result. By…
Pacini promoted, Tranter departs as BNP merges sales roles
BNP Paribas Corporate & Investment Banking in London has merged sales roles in its equity derivatives operation under the leadership of Jean-Eric Pacini. Pacini's expanded sales role includes responsibility for flow sales, a business previously headed up…
US Wrap: Flows stabilise as Deutsche Bank broadens US equity exposure
Seven issues were added to a consistent week of issuance yesterday. Alongside the staple of S&P 500-linked products, Deutsche added a broader slice of US equity exposure, with an accelerated growth product linked to the Russell 2000 index, the S&P 400…
Deutsche offers inverse ETF to Asian market
Db x-trackers, the exchange-traded fund (ETF) arm of Deutsche Bank, has launched four new ETFs on the Singapore Stock Exchange including Asia's first inverse fund, the S&P 500 Short ETF, which tracks downwards moves in the S&P 500.
Appetite for financials tested in Mexico
Mexican distributor Actinver has placed an individual call cap structure linked to the yield of a basket of financial stocks. The trade is structured by Société Générale and issued by Société Générale Acceptance.
Double-short ETFs launched to hedge market falls
EasyETF, the exchange-traded fund (ETF) provider, has listed five new funds on NYSE Euronext Paris. Three of the funds offer double leverage on the downside of European equity indexes, as a means of providing a hedge against further market falls.
Fraud wreckage emerging at an alarming rate
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US Wrap: Mid-week freeze
With tumbling equity markets pushing the S&P index down 4%, yesterday turned out to be the right day for no issuance in the US market. Despite continued volatility, the past week has seen reverse convertibles making a comeback: the poster child of US…
JP Morgan launches autocallable gold-linked certificate of deposit
JP Morgan has launched a new certificate of deposit (CD) for US investors linked to the price of gold, as the precious metal's price continues to climb. The CD kicks out as soon as the gold price, taken as the daily fixing level in US dollars per troy…