Exchanges
SGX teams up with Baltic Exchange
The Singapore Exchange (SGX) and the Baltic Exchange have signed an agreement, under which the European bourse will provide its benchmark prices for the settlement of forward freight agreements (FFAs) for dry bulk and wet tanker dirty routes cleared on…
FSA deletes the annual reporting requirement on senior managers in the Handbook
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) in the UK announced today that firms will no longer have to notify the FSA each year of the roles and responsibilities of their FSA-approved senior managers. This move aims to reduce the administrative burden placed…
Euronext rejects LSE merger
Euronext has ended merger talks with the London Stock Exchange (LSE), leaving the New York-based Nasdaq as the front-runner for the London exchange.
A victory for common sense
Cover story
Bumped along by Basel II
Credit Portfolio Management
The human touch
Voice broking
Indices and index-based products
9. Indices
Tranching: CDOs in slices
2. Tranching
Loan derivatives: laying down the law
Leveraged loans
Broadening the CDO investor base
11. Investor base
Strike threat sours GM sale optimism
Trouble at Delphi overshadows news of GMAC's planned sale to Cerberus
Back to Basics
We take you back to the credit basics to review everything you thought you already knew but were too afraid to ask... Sophia Kandylaki, vice-president, and Penny Davenport, director of Markit Group, explain the mechanics of reference data for CDS…
Trade bodies unite in efforts to improve transparency
European trade bodies recommend a revamp of bond prospectus information
Briefs
REGULATORY UPDATE
Mifid to be postponed again
REGULATORY UPDATE
The infrastructure challenge
Solvency Platforms
Grappling with liability
Market Impact Special
Breaking the fall
CMS spreads
Waiting for take-off
Hedge funds
Keeping up with the neighbours
Market view
Strength in numbers
Associations