Opinion/Risk management
Talking point - Are we facing a global economic slowdown?
In a special extended Talking Point, we ask whether the global economy is about to slip into recession, and, if so, what its effects may be. Our respondents reveal surprising differences of opinion..
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... Vincent Papa, senior policy analyst at the CFA Institute, looks at fair value accounting
Market Graphic: Speculative-grade default rates
Although European default rates are still relatively low, Moody's has pushed back, and up, its default rate forecast, says Deutsche Bank Securitization Research
Clash of the regulatory systems
Editor's letter
Evolution or Revolution
Comment
Good neighbours
Comment
The time for using insurance for op risk has come
EDITOR'S LETTER
Broaden valuation options
In the same way credit risk managers used to question how a loan would be repaid if the primary means of payment were to fail, so banks ought to ask if there is another way to value structured credit investments if market liquidity were to dry up, argues…
Regulatory reaction
Editor's letter
Column: Andrew Kasapis
Hedge funds are using correlation strategies to take advantage of widening CDS spreads
Legal Spotlight
ABS investors may shudder at the mention of the word 'subprime', but that shouldn't deter issuers from using securitisation to raise capital. In our special extended feature, Neal Handa and Bruce Bloomingdale look at how the credit crisis has affected…
Regulators need to rethink their approach to op risk
EDITOR'S LETTER
Made in Asia
Editor's letter
Talking Point - Regulation through the credit crisis
The role of the regulator has been highlighted by the ongoing turmoil in the credit market. What response can we expect from regulators in the months to come?
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... Quantifi founder and CEO Rohan Douglas explains how to take a bank to the brink of disaster - and back again
Legal Spotlight
Brian T Harvey explains the intricacies of the Bankruptcy Code and offers some strategies that could help creditors defend themselves against preference liability
Guaranteeing more
Comment
Time to keep a cool head
EDITOR'S LETTER
Editor's letter
Editorial
Talking point - New securitisation markets
On the back of news that Japan is to securitise public sector receivables for the first time, we ask market participants about where they see development in new securitisation markets in 2008