Exchanges
Minor metals to make LME debut
Futures contracts for minor metals molybdenum and cobalt will be launched on the London Metal Exchange (LME) in the second half of 2009, the LME has announced today.
Italy set for launch of electricity futures
After years in the making, Italy will finally see the introduction of exchange-traded electricity derivatives through Borsa Italiana, the Italian stock exchange.
Mifid co-operation on branch supervision improving, says Cesr
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Van Eck unveils first Global Hard Assets ETF
Asset manager Van Eck Global, based in New York, has launched its Market Vectors-RVE Hard Asset Producers exchange-traded fund (ETF), the first of its kind, on the American Stock Exchange (Amex).
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Power struggle
Forward liquidity has been lacking in the UK power market since 2002, and attempts to improve the situation have met with little success. Roderick Bruce considers what the future may hold for UK power trading
McCreevy plots rating agency shake-up as EC releases consultation papers
Two new consultation papers aim to tackle supervision of credit rating agencies across Europe and address the financial industry's supposedly excessive reliance on ratings
Reviving RMBS
With only one public RMBS issue in the UK during the whole of 2008, the market would seem to have hit rock-bottom. But moves are afoot to help restore confidence in the market and enable banks to finance mortgage lending, as Laurence Neville reports
The return of the real money manager
With hedge funds feeling the pinch from the liquidity squeeze, real money managers have emerged as a reliable source of liquidity, earning themselves mandates from investors with cash to put to work. Credit gains an exclusive insight into how one of the…
The Big Interview: Goran Lind
Sweden's success in handling a severe credit crisis it experienced in the 1990s has been cited as a model for economic policy-makers faced with the current credit crunch. Goran Lind, advisor to the executive board of the Swedish central bank, the…
Legal spotlight
Moves to overhaul the legislation governing Russia's financial system are finally being undertaken. Martin Bartlam looks at what this means for the burgeoning derivatives market
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RGGI futures competition hots up
As the fledgling US Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative finds its feet, is there sufficient liquidity for two exchange-traded futures contracts? Katie Holliday finds out. Additional reporting by Roderick Bruce