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G-30 calls for far-reaching reforms
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Liffe prepares for CDS clearing launch in US
London-based derivatives exchange Liffe, which launched its joint central clearing solution with LCH.Clearnet for credit default swaps (CDSs) in Europe on December 22, will roll out the service to US customers in the next few weeks.
Asset price crashes could continue this year, says World Economic Forum
There is still a significant risk of asset prices falling through 2009, according to the World Economic Forum's assessment of global economic risks this year, revealed at a press conference today in London.
Stress tests were ignored in lead-up to crisis, Basel risk head says
Banks around the world ignored and marginalised the severe stress tests that could have prepared them for the crisis, according to Klaas Knot, the head of the Basel Committee's risk monitoring and management group.
Charges recommended for securities settlement failures
US Treasuries dealers should start imposing penalty charges on counterparties that fail to deliver securities on time, an industry group has recommended.
CME awaits SEC approval for CDS clearing
The launch date for the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group's credit default swap (CDS) clearing platform remains unclear, almost two weeks after it received the green light from two US financial regulators.
Calls grow for scrapping of Basel II accord
Industry figures argue that the capital adequacy regime is not relevant in today's economic climate, and that regulators have already abandoned certain aspects of the accord on the quiet
Joe Lovrics
Quite what kind of structured credit market will emerge from the ashes of the financial crisis is a matter for intense debate. The head of structured credit sales at BNP Paribas gives his views on the drivers for the market's future
Fool's gold - How securitisation promised much ... but delivered little
The notion that securitisation as a technique is able to increase liquidity in the financial system by making marketable securities out of hitherto illiquid debt has been exposed as flawed, argues Anastasia Nesvetailova. It's not that financial…
Why Basel's not faulty
The tenets of the Basel II Capital Accord are fundamentally sound; it's the methods that the banks are using to implement them that are not so sound
My money's on covered bonds
An asset class that has prospered throughout some of the most turbulent times in modern European history must surely be a serious investment prospect during the current downturn
Counting on the counterparty
High-profile banking failures have led to uncertainty over the ability of credit derivatives counterparties to honour their side of the trade. Contingent credit default swaps, or CCDS, are designed to mitigate this risk. But will plans for a central…
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Fed's near-zero target startles markets
Yesterday's news that the US Federal Reserve would cut its target fund rate to between zero and 0.25% rallied US stocks and sent Treasury bill yields to new lows.
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