Santander
Inflation-linked structured products attract UK investors as risk appetite recovers
Inflation-linked structured products attracting UK investors
Five-way collateralisation
Five-way collateralisation
Lloyds TSB tech failures show lack of investment in IT throughout industry
Tech failures reflect industry’s lack of back-office investment
Investec to issue collateralized notes
Investec is to become the third issuer of collateralised notes as it indicates a January launch.
Rise in investor confidence boosts hopes of European securitisation market recovery
On the comeback trail
Santander live as settlement member
Decision to join CLS Bank follows change in policy at Citi, Santander's former third-party CLS provider
Marrying correlation and asset allocation
Coping with correlation
Santander IT collapse leaves A&L customers unable to access accounts online
Bank suffers IT gliches while loading Alliance & Leicester accounts onto Santander system
UK Wrap: The holy grail - income and capital protection
Products are still being influenced by the pricing environment and despite a couple of spicy options most of the products seen this fortnight are safe repeats
Simple payoffs and short terms remain popular as investors play it safe
Incapital, Barclays and Gilliat all launched three products each in the past two weeks, most of which focused on the FTSE 100 index as investors continue shy away from risky investments
Where there’s a will…
Living wills have quickly emerged as a new measure to ensure banks are better prepared for the next crisis. But clear definitions of exactly what information they should contain and how they should be drawn are lacking
Sovereign CDS spreads widen in eurozone
Volatility returns to CDS spreads across the eurozone in early morning trading
CDS spreads tighten across the eurozone for sovereigns, banks and non-financial companies
Tightening continues on eurozone CDS spreads in a sign of improving market confidence
CVA desks trim hedges as bailout crushes CDS spreads
It was a hectic start to the week for CVA traders, as the eurozone bailout shrank the exposures many faced, leaving them over-hedged.
Spanish banks prepare for refinancing risk as CDSs blow out
Refinancing risk increases for Spanish banks as credit default swap (CDS) spreads widen dramatically for a third day running.
Sovereign debt and LatAm-related hedging key for Spanish dealers
Winners of the Risk España dealer rankings explain how hedging related to sovereign debt issuance and Latin America will be key revenue sources in 2010.
Risk Espana rankings 2010
Changing of the guard
EU struggles with cross-border crisis rules
Senior regulatory figures speak out on future legislation at a Brussels conference
Bank of Spain denies Spanish banks are delaying losses by acquiring NPAs
The Bank of Spain defends Spanish banks' hands-on risk management of non-performing assets related to the property sector.
