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Column: Nigel Sillis

An anomaly in S&P's CDO Evaluator would have us believe that a AAA rated CDO is more likely to default than a AA+ corporate - fine in today's market, not so good in theory

Legal spotlight

The structured credit market is facing a new paradigm as we emerge from the credit crisis. Angus Duncan and Robert Cannon look at the kind of structures we can expect to see in 2008

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Legal lethargy

Constraining buy-side institutions to hold only investment-grade securities uses a nearly century-old metric with limited contemporary relevance. David Rowe supports one modest proposed reform

Column - Max Bublitz

Ben Bernanke's recent drive to increase transparency within the Fed is well-intentioned, but at times of financial stress the market needs strong leadership not 'free association sessions'

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 ... We look at structured investment vehicles, the problem child of the credit markets

Legal Spotlight

As the credit cycle turns and the market prepares for a rise in the speculative-grade default rate, Stephen Phillips, partner at White & Case, fears that high-yield bondholders across Europe may be marginalised in the next wave of restructurings

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