Foreign exchange
Bank of Japan steps up support for corporate borrowing
The Bank of Japan will accept BBB-rated corporate debt as collateral for loans for the first time, in an effort to aid companies struggling for financing.
Algorithmics releases credit crisis case studies
Daily news headlines
JP Morgan launches Ucits funds exposure to commodities
JP Morgan has launched a Ucits III compliant fund offering exposure to the Energy Light version of its proprietary Commodity Curve Index (CCI.) The CCI Energy Light Fund is available to investors in Austria, France, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands,…
Capitale sotto controllo
Tavola rotonda sponsorizzata
Fiducia in crisi
Gli investimenti dei fondi italiani
Benefici realizzabili dalla diversificazione di gruppo
Approfondimenti
Discussing distressed debt - A roundtable
One area that looks poised to benefit from the turn in the credit cycle is distressed debt, with funds readying themselves to take advantage of any opportunities that may arise. Six thought leaders of the industry consider the outlook for distressed debt
Electronic platforms: Riding out the storm
Electronic platforms
The drive for automation
Trading technology
The final frontier
Single-dealer platforms
Doug Long
The business development head at structured finance software vendor Principia talks to Matthew Attwood about what it will take to restore investor appetite for structured products
Column: Robin Keck
Vulture funds, or distressed debt funds as they would prefer you call them, are seeing a wealth of opportunities in the current trying conditions. So why aren't more funds being raised?
Mortgage investors turn to analytics firms for due diligence on MBS assets
Baseline Capital and Edeus are two firms that have released evaluation tools for residential mortgage assets to help investors assess credit risk in securitisation pools
Profile: Eddy Wymeersch
The chairman of the CESR and one of Europe's most senior regulatory figures talks to Alexander Campbell about oversight of the CDS market and fair value accounting