Opinion/Risk management

Legal spotlight

The implications of Basel II on UK financial institutions have been far-reaching. Benedict James and Lisa Murray of law firm Linklaters look at banking books in the loans market

Whither originate and distribute?

Some argue the crisis in structured credit markets signals the demise of the originate-and-distribute model of banking, but this fails to take into account the pattern of all revolutions, argues David Rowe

Legal spotlight

The structured credit market is facing a new paradigm as we emerge from the credit crisis. Angus Duncan and Robert Cannon look at the kind of structures we can expect to see in 2008

Legal lethargy

Constraining buy-side institutions to hold only investment-grade securities uses a nearly century-old metric with limited contemporary relevance. David Rowe supports one modest proposed reform

Legal Spotlight

As the credit cycle turns and the market prepares for a rise in the speculative-grade default rate, Stephen Phillips, partner at White & Case, fears that high-yield bondholders across Europe may be marginalised in the next wave of restructurings

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