Credit risk
Rating agencies raise the bar
Confidence in energy traders has never been lower, and the metrics the rating agencies apply to their business are changing. James Ockenden assesses the damage
Change of focus as fixed managers look to LatAm
Interest has turned towards South America for fixed interest managers
The maturity effect on credit risk capital
In a mark-to-market approach to credit risk capital, ratings or spread volatility has the effect of making longer-maturity loans more capital-intensive. This is incorporated in the current Basel II proposals via a maturity adjustment factor. Arguing that…
IMF seeks scrutiny of insurers' credit risk
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says greater information about insurers' financial markets activities – including credit risk transfers – is needed before their implications for financial stability can be clearly ascertained.
CLNs come of age
Technical
Equity poses the big questions
Roundtable
European telcos: mixed signals
Credit of the month
Tools for the trade
Credit Risk
Fitch hits back at Moody's in CDO ratings row
Rating agency Fitch moved to defend its standing in the collateralised debt obligation (CDO) rating market by slating the ‘notching’ practices used by rival rating agency Moody’s in a formal report yesterday.
Weaving an integrated solution
A treacherous credit environment and growing awareness of the danger of credit and market risk correlation have convinced financial institutions that they need to evaluate these exposures together. To get a unified view, will they need to adopt unified…
Taking a new career track
CDO managers
A whole new ball game
Credit Risk
Higher or lower?
Credit Risk
Avoiding over-exposure
Credit Risk
The risk transfer shell game
Credit derivatives
Corporate focus on credit risk management
Sponsor’s statement
A cost/benefit approach to Basel II
The cost of implementing Basel II could put banks at a competitive disadvantage compared with non-banks, and spur them to ‘de-bank’ to avoid this regulatory burden. Harry Stordel and Andrew Cross say regulators must look at the provisions from a cost…
Weaving an integrated solution
A treacherous credit environment and growing awareness of the danger of credit and market risk correlation have convinced financial institutions that they need to evaluate these exposures together. To get a unified view, will they need to adopt unified…
Branching out
Credit derivatives
DBS in new synthetic deal
New Angles
A cost/benefit approach to Basel II
The cost of implementing Basel II could put banks at a competitive disadvantage compared with non-banks, and spur them to ‘de-bank’ to avoid this regulatory burden. Harry Stordel and Andrew Cross say regulators must look at the provisions from a cost…
The benefits of Enron
Many corporations are keeping a low profile when it comes to their derivatives use. But when the Enron-related witch-hunts are over, companies may find that insurers and shareholders now view corporate hedging as a fiduciary duty