Central banks
Mardig Haladjian
With more Islamic institutions looking for ratings, the general manager of the financial institutions group at Moody's in Cyprus explains how the agency rates these names versus conventional credits
Hedge funds play it safe
Mezzanine Debt
Payback time for Latin America
Brazil and Argentina have repaid in full the debt owed to the IMF. But while Brazil seemed grateful for the loan, Argentina's president made a bridge-burning speech attacking the Fund's policies. Josh Goodman looks at the two nations' economic outlook
The new man at the helm of the US economy
Fed chairman Ben Bernanke's maiden testimony in February reassured the bond markets with soothing tones of continuity with the Greenspan era. But with question marks still hanging over his inflation policy, and how much of an impact his personal style of…
Briefs
REGULATORY UPDATE
Value for money
Embedded value
City of New York
Practitioner profile
Pensions
Introduction
A gilt complex
Supply and Demand
Pushing protection
India
Breaking barriers to high net growth
Malaysian regulation
Under scrutiny
Equity Derivatives
Inflating demand
Japan inflation-linked bonds
The spotlight swings
The hedge fund industry has come under severe pressure for increased disclosure, with new SEC rules on the registration of hedge fund advisers to be implemented this month. Now, the private equity market is starting to attract the interest of supervisors…
BIS group to work on settlement delays
A Bank of International Settlements (BIS) working group will look at settlement problems in the over-the-counter derivatives market, in an effort to deal with delays in trade processing.
Caruana to end stint as Basel Committee chairman
Jaime Caruana will step down as chairman of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in July, when his six-year tenure as head of the Spanish central bank expires. A Bank for International Settlements (BIS official says the Committee plans to discuss…