Foreign exchange
The future for CDOs: An end to complexity?
12. The outlook
Gold producer hedging drops to record lows
Gold hedging plunged by another 18% in the first quarter of 2008, shrinking the global delta-adjusted hedge positions to 22 million troy ounces (Moz).
Crude volatility evaporates OTC liquidity in May
Huge moves in the oil price in May has affected liquidity in the over-the-counter crude options markets as commercial traders struggled to take definitive views, say analysts.
EU Council says Lamfalussy Committees need strengthening
Daily news headlines
US regulators to publish TSA plans for Basel II
Daily news headlines
Crude surges past $129
Crude oil reached record highs of $129 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) today as the Organisation of Petrolium Exporting Countries announces it will not be boosting output.
Crude surges past $129
Crude oil reached record highs of $129 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) today as the Organisation of Petrolium Exporting Countries announces it will not be boosting output.
Kamakura launches sovereign default probability service
Risk information provider Kamakura has launched a Basel II-compliant default probability service for sovereigns.
S&P offers commodity and equity agribusiness exposure
Standard & Poor’s has unveiled the Global Agribusiness Composite Index, which is the latest launch in its global thematic index series. The new index combines both its GSCI Agriculture and Livestock sub-sector indexes with the S&P Global Agribusiness to…
Gazprom joins Nord Pool’s carbon market
Russian energy giant Gazprom has signed up to trade carbon products at Nord Pool, the power derivatives exchange.
Corporates shy away from FX e-trading
Corporates have been avoiding the use of electronic platforms in the execution of their foreign exchange (FX) trades, with most showing a preference for traditional voice trading.
Back to basics: non-determinant deposits
Liquidity and Deposits
Growing ambition
The appointment of Doug Naidus as global co-head of residential mortgage origination and trading at Deutsche Bank is a reflection of how much has changed since the bank bought MortgageIT last year. Here, he talks with Mortgage Risk about the firm's move…
Buying power?
GSEs
Wider Libor-OIS spreads can offer cheaper MBS funding opportunities
UBS report reveals investors could be able to access attractive mortgage-backed securities funding
Mortgage lenders to follow in HBOS and RBS footsteps
Rights issues are the flavour of the month, with mortgage lenders following some of the larger banks' example as they seek to boost long-term solvency ratios
Get a fix on floating-rate risk
Commercial Property
A bright future?
Mexico
Returning heroes
GSEs
Credit crisis past its worst, claims Bank of England
Despite the optimism from the central bank's latest report, analysts believe it will still take some time before such confidence filters down into the mortgage-backed securities business
Promising developments
Historically, cross-border mortgage lending has been a limited market with select players offering piecemeal loans to those looking for holiday homes. Now originators are assessing the potential of so-called emerging mortgage markets, where new ventures…