The ECB should not take counterfeit collateral
In 2008, Lehman pledged defective collateral to lenders; today the European Central Bank is accepting alarmingly similar products as security

CLO equity is the sweet spot
Chauncey Lufkin, of Lufkin Advisors, takes our credit questionnaire

In credit - It’s time to step into the banks’ shoes
Mathieu Chabran from Group Tikehau takes the quiz.

Spot the bubble
What is a screaming credit buy and what is a lending bubble? As the new year begins, we ask our readers and a panel of leading credit managers to give their views

A brighter, tighter world
Our panel of leading credit fund managers agree that thirst for yield will drive spreads still tighter in 2010, but have differing views about how to make money in that environment

Credit genius
Credit genius

Viewpoint - The good, the bad and the anomalies
With credit markets finely poised between recovery and further distress, Sohko Fujimoto asked analysts at five leading credit research teams where they find value

Viewpoint: Looking for the bottom
With the global economic turmoil showing few signs of ending, we asked a group of leading credit fund managers what they expect to happen to credit in 2009 Q What will happen to credit spreads/prices in 2009?
Thomas Finke: No one ever really knows where spreads and prices are going - just take a look at what people were saying at the end of 2007. Many hoped that the market decline that began in 2007 would find a bottom in 2008. Instead, credit markets have experienced even greater spread and price deterioration, especially over the last couple months. As we face 2009, we can hope that credit markets stabilise, but we do not know for sure.