Free content

--Ashley Lilley, money market manager at Skipton Building Society in North Yorkshire, talking about a structured product the thrift has started pitching.

U.K. thrift Skipton Building Society has bought a knock-out call on the FTSE 100 to structure a retail investment product.

TD Securities in London is marketing a credit index-linked note with a target redemption feature.

HSH Nordbank and Barclays Bank this week settled their legal dispute over losses the German bank suffered on a CDO structured by Barclays, shortly before the case was due to reach trial in London.

Speech by Ms Wu Xiaoling, Deputy Governor of the People's Bank of China, at the Ninth Forum of China's Capital Market

Efforts to privatize the social security system is leading to problems

Speech on the need for a strong banking system to promote development

Old bad debt hasn't been fully resolved. New bad debt is piling up. Yet the problems can be cleared up without a systemic crisis.

Speech by Anne Krueger, first deputy managing director, IMF

The attraction of local currency emerging debt

Members of the Braverman family office, which oversees just under USD1 billion is considering using structured products. Steven Braverman, cio, said it is seeking general Standard & Poor’s Index exposure with potential upside, but no more than 10% risk to capital.

HSH Nordbank has dropped its high-profile allegations against Barclays Capital for mis-selling two collateralized debt obligations, just one week before the scheduled court hearing. HSH accused Barclays of eroding USD200 million from the value of two CDOs, Corvus and Nerva, through substituting credits.