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Regulators push for operations changes

The derivatives industry faces regulatory demands to improve operations issues. In recent weeks, both the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets (PWG) and the Financial Stability Forum (FSF) have pushed dealers to enhance the infrastructure for…

A man with a mission

The future of Russian energy under president-elect Dmitri Medvedev largely depends upon his ability to navigate the country's Byzantine political climate, writes Robert Amsterdam

Rising suns

Asia's rapidly growing and energy-intensive economies are driving a global nuclear renaissance, writes Lauren Hilgers

Unclear for US nuclear

Uncertainty surrounding the US government's role in project finance for new nuclear generation is threatening to hold back the renaissance. David Watkins reports

MFS Investment Management: Smoothing out the bumps

As seasoned investors will tell you, putting your money in emerging markets can be a rough ride. The highs may be high, but the lows can be even lower. The emerging markets debt team at MFS Investment Management are aiming to give their investors a…

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…

Mexico dances to a different tune

With US structured finance markets in the grip of the subprime squeeze, close neighbour Mexico might be expected to have suffered a similar fate. But strong investor demand for securitisation and homeowner-friendly government initiatives are combining to…

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