Financial stability
CRMPG calls for daily counterparty risk reports
Broker-dealers should monitor their institutional counterparty risk exposure on a daily basis, the latest report from the Counterparty Risk Management Policy Group (CRMPG) has recommended.
On the backburner
Special Report: Credit derivatives
An auspicious debut
Risk Korea conference
BarCap works to revive life insurance securitisation
For Barclays Capital, a recent £250 million ($495 million) securitisation of part of UK insurer Aegon Scottish Equitable’s life portfolio proves there’s life left in the life insurance securitisation market.
Basel committee outlines reforms for rating agencies
The Committee on the Global Financial System (CGFS) – a group affiliated with the Bank for International Settlements that monitors developments in financial markets for the G10 countries – released on July 4 its findings on failures in structured finance…
Talk is cheap
Rating agencies
Liquid gold?
Covered bonds
The victor emerges
Special Report: Regulator profile
Basel Committee consults on liquidity risk management and supervision
Daily news headlines
UK Treasury calls for more regulatory convergence
Daily news headlines
Falling short
130/30 funds
A tough year
Institutional Investor Rankings 2008
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..
Brazil rides the wave of global commodity boom to hit investment-grade status
S&P's upgrade to BBB- for Brazil is in part reward for the country's prudent economic policies that have seen it quadruple international reserves, but could rising inflation spoil the party?
Industry sees gaps in financial frontiers
REGULATORY NEWS
Die Rettungsaktion
Bankenkrise
Catching a cold
Liquidity Risk
Regulatory reprieve
Special Report: Synthetic credit
In the hothouse
Funding
Marking to market, to model or to matrix?
10. Mark-to-market
CDOs: Weathering the subprime storm
1. Introduction