Opinion

Basel's not faulty

Basel II has attracted its fair share of criticism in the wake of the financial crisis. Ahmet Yetis argues much of this criticism is unfair

Why Basel's not faulty

The tenets of the Basel II Capital Accord are fundamentally sound; it's the methods that the banks are using to implement them that are not so sound

My money's on covered bonds

An asset class that has prospered throughout some of the most turbulent times in modern European history must surely be a serious investment prospect during the current downturn

Corrosive feedback

Innovations create their own feedback loops, and many of these are dangerous. Risk managers need to pay greater attention to such effects in the future, argues David Rowe

Editor's letter

The credit-default-swap rate offers benefits that a credit rating does not, which is a perspective from the people who have to buy and sell the paper. Sometimes a solution to a problem comes along that is so simple it defies all the thought and toil that…

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?

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