Opinion

CCDS unchained?

In October, David Rowe argued that contingent credit default swaps offered only limited potential for active counterparty credit risk management. The convergence of several factors could change that

Apocalypto Now

A misguided trust in models to predict likelihood of default lies at the heart of this instability, reckons Nigel Sillis

Legal Spotlight

In the first of a two-part article, Laurence Pettit, a partner at Baker & McKenzie, argues that credit rating agencies are not the malign influence that some would portray them as; rather they are a product of a regulatory regime that gave them the space…

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 ... Mel Mitchley, industry relations director at Callcredit, looks at the credit search market

Market Graphic - Fed rate cuts

Stephen Gallagher, chief US economist at Societe Generale, looks at whether Fed rate cuts will succeed in calming the troubled waters of the US economy

What's wrong with the risk-based approach?

The risk-based approach to regulation is under fire. In the UK, the Northern Rock debacle could result in a reworking of the supervisory system, which is being criticised as too hands-off. Defenders of the system point out that a failure such as Northern…

Cutting the Gordian knot

Basel II remains wedded to incremental extensions to the market risk rules. It is time for a bolder approach in this area, argues David Rowe

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