Credit/Opinion
We're all Swensenians now
The appeal of commodities used to be the equity-like returns combined with low correlation to stocks and bonds. That all changed once the commodities bandwagon started rolling
A silver lining for quants
Salaries might be flat at best compared with 2007 but quants' unique skillsets are in demand
A new measure of credit value
Market Graphic
A new 'information age' for credit
Credit Crisis
Column: Nigel Rendell
Recent EU members are finding that adopting the euro is a trickier process than anticipated.
Column: Dan Travers
The high-powered, lightening-fast computer systems that managers use to perform their risk calculations should be geared towards delivering reliability not speed.
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
Talking Point
Emerging markets
Column: Andrew Kasapis
Hedge funds are using correlation strategies to take advantage of widening CDS spreads
Column: Nigel Sillis
The structured products that were once viewed as the F1 cars of the financial world - complex, efficient, high-performance - are now looking more like exhibits from Wacky Races
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…
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?
Column - Max Bublitz
The huge expansion of credit did little for the US economy, so what can we expect next?
Market Graphic - The Fed's firebreak
Banc of America Securities predicts the US Federal Bank's actions will lower the risk of further crises for investment banks, while also changing the regulatory landscape
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