Opinion
Sharia on the rise
Comment
A model of self-regulation
Comment
GAO report: common sense with a twist
The new report from the US's Government Accountability Office has much common sense in it.
The stress-testing trident
While stress testing is a much discussed topic, an accepted definition of best practice remains elusive. David Rowe proposes a three-pronged approach
Volatility returns
Editor's letter
Idiosyncratic risk in 2007
Talkingpoint
A tale of two cities
Tim Frost looks at why London has forged ahead in the credit derivatives stakes while New York has become something of an also-ran
Schrodinger's life fund
Editor's letter
A kick up the backside
Just what are the world's regulators doing to help move forward the discussion around operational risk?
A gathering storm?
US default rates for high-yield bonds have remained surprisingly low over the past three years. Some argue this indicates that the world has changed, but we have heard this story before, argues David Rowe
Opening and closing
Editor's letter
Editor's letter
Editorial
Plotting the spread cycle
Marketgraphic
Talkingpoint - 2007 outlook
Change is in the air for 2007. A deterioration in credit quality and concomitant rise in default rates may presage a tough year. We asked five leading market participants for their outlook
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... In the second of a two-part series on credit derivatives, Saul Doctor, analyst at JPMorgan in London, discusses next-level CDS