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Ukraine heads list of riskiest sovereign issuers
Central Asian and South American countries dominate the league table of sovereign issuers with the highest risk debt, while northern European nations - plus the US - are among the safest
Max Bublitz: The great race ... to the bottom
Predicting how long the downturn will last is a fool's game. Past cycles are no useful indicator because we are undergoing a more tectonic shift in the global economic landscape
Robert Stheeman
The head of the UK's Debt Management Office, the body responsible for administering the wave of recent government issuance, tells Sarfraz Thind that the recent failed auction doesn't spell a death of demand for gilts
G-20 working groups release final reports
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Fed in $287bn currency swap with central banks
Four central banks, including the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of England (BoE), have agreed further reciprocal foreign currency swap arrangements with the Federal Reserve to provide more US dollar funds to firms in participating nations as…
Phoenix rises into green markets
Interdealer broker expands in to renewables and emissions markets to harness sector growth, and plans to act as a counterparty for RECs
G-20 creates Financial Stability Board from FSF; frees up $1.1 trillion for IMF
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G20 fires starting gun on global systemic risk regime
A declaration by the Group of 20 leading economies (G20) fleshed out plans for a global regime of systemic risk regulation, “covering regulated banks, shadow banks and private pools of capital to limit the build-up of systemic risk”.
US Wrap: Goldman Sachs appears as both issuer and underlying
Goldman Sachs issued three products into the US market yesterday using its own paper, while simultaneously appearing as the stock underlying for a reverse convertible launched by JP Morgan. Goldman unveiled three accelerated growth products, bringing the…
SEC official hopes G-20 will establish “broad parameters” for regulation
Ethiopis Tafara, director of the Office of International Affairs at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), expects the Group of 20 to establish a broad framework for regulation of financial markets over the next two days.
Green shoots
Conference Report: Spain
Mastering the flood
Special Report - China: Risk management
US Wrap: Morgan Stanley offers up airline exposure
Morgan Stanley launched two reverse convertibles in the US market yesterday, one linked to the shares of The Boeing Company. Airline stock has become an increasingly prevalent investment theme in 2009, after investment expert Jim Rogers called the bottom…
"Substantial increase" in European corporates hedging exposure to CEE
The depreciation of currencies in central and eastern Europe (CEE) has led to a wave of western European companies hedging their forex exposure to the region.
US Fed and Treasury clarify financial stability responsibilities
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Geithner to announce illiquid asset repurchase programme
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Market frustrated by lack of detail on US toxic-asset purchase plan
Economists and analysts have criticised the US Treasury's updated toxic-asset purchase plan for again failing to provide the granular detail or specified launch date necessary to reassure capital markets the proposals will indeed help curb the global…
Iosco joins call for offshore crackdown
The International Organisation of Securities Commissions (Iosco) has joined calls for new capital rules to enforce transparency on offshore financial centres.
FSA plans new capital formula for banks
The UK Financial Services Authority (FSA)'s chairman Adair Turner has outlined proposed new capital rules for UK banks, which would see minimum capital levels determined based on balance sheet growth or full-cycle loan book risk.
Fed increases security purchase plans
In an effort to resuscitate private credit markets, the Federal Open Markets Committee stated today that it would purchase up to $300 billion in long-term US Treasury securities over the next six months.
G-20 ministers agree expansion of international financial organisations
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