Exchanges
The lure of insourcing
Features
Building success in the US
Property
Unlocking private equity
Private equity
France's hedge fund face-off
Hedge funds
Trading begins at the DME
After months of setbacks, the Dubai Mercantile Exchange (DME), the Middle East’s first international energy futures and commodities exchange, opened for business today.
Made in Malaysia
Islamic products
CDO managers under scrutiny
Collateralised debt obligation
Betting on stability
Stability notes
Raising the stakes
Second generation
CBOT to launch CBOT CDR Liquid 50 NAIG Index futures contracts
The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) has announced plans to launch electronically-traded credit default swap index futures contracts.
In the shadows
Counterparty Credit Risk
Tranche warfare
Many investors have taken a negative view on US subprime mortgages over the past year through credit default swaps. But with the US Congress putting pressure on servicers to modify the terms of loans to help borrowers avoid default, those trades might…
Against the grain
While UK and Danish pension funds have been frantically buying up long-dated government paper, German funds have begun to do the opposite. Gareth Gore talks to the country's largest scheme about its own portfolio revamp
Cross-border confusion
Basel II