Foreign exchange
Hyman Minsky and the credit crisis: How much do regulators know about today's finance?
The credit markets experienced their very own 'Minsky moment' last summer, when great swathes of financial instruments imploded under the weight of their own debt. But should regulators have predicted this crisis and done something to prevent it? By…
Talking Point - Regulation through the credit crisis
The role of the regulator has been highlighted by the ongoing turmoil in the credit market. What response can we expect from regulators in the months to come?
Gloomy outlook forces credit analysts to jump ship
The credit market is losing the expertise of many leading analysts and strategists who are switching jobs in the worsening climate - at the very time when their research skills could be most needed
Credit risk: learning from the crunch
New business opportunities bring new risks. The market innovations that helped precipitate the credit crisis demonstrate that a complex new approach to risk management is required - and that means thinking beyond models based on derivatives and Basel II,…
Column - Max Bublitz
The huge expansion of credit did little for the US economy, so what can we expect next?
RMBS investors sceptical over 'gold standard'
The creation of a gold standard for RMBS issues, as proposed by the UK government, could merely be another way of confirming the quality of the underlying assets and do little to help investors
Market Graphic - The Fed's firebreak
Banc of America Securities predicts the US Federal Bank's actions will lower the risk of further crises for investment banks, while also changing the regulatory landscape
A call to arms
Covenants have been a cause of conflict between issuers and investors for as long as the bond market has been in existence. But now that appetite for lending has dipped, can investors use the crisis in credit to demand the best protection yet? Matthew…
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... Quantifi founder and CEO Rohan Douglas explains how to take a bank to the brink of disaster - and back again
Mortgage mergers
Unprecedented markdowns in the value of mortgage portfolios have left many mortgage banks vulnerable to takeover, with Countrywide already falling prey to Bank of America. But uncertainty over the scale of further losses is making potential buyers wary…
Hybrids - The alchemists
Much like the early scientists of the Middle Ages who tried to turn base metal into gold, today's financial engineers are wrestling with the task of changing relatively worthless structured credit products into commercially viable and marketable assets…
The Big Interview - Philip Fischer
Merrill Lynch's municipal bond strategist explains to Dalia Fahmy why the muni market deserves to be better understood
Profile - Nic Pifer
The portfolio manager and sector leader, global fixed income, at RiverSource Investments talks to Dalia Fahmy about what's behind the fund manager's rise up the rankings