INTERNATIONAL: 'Wrong-way risk' could exact heavy toll - Oxford Analytica

Report title: INTERNATIONAL: 'Wrong-way risk' could exact heavy toll

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As the credit crunch continues to buffet financial markets, concern about a particularly noxious form of counterparty credit risk -- wrong-way risk -- has grown acute. The increased likelihood that counterparties in hedging transactions will fail just when these hedges are most needed, or most valuable, has prompted billions of dollars of writedowns and broader systemic risk fears.

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INTERNATIONAL: 'Wrong-way risk'INTERNATIONAL: 'Wrong-way risk' could exact heavy toll 'Wrong-way risk' -- what it means and why it matters. As the credit crunch continues to buffet financial markets, concern about a particularly...

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International, Asia, Russia, United States

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economy, banking, debt, derivatives, energy, regulation

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GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS : International, Asia, Russia, United States

TOPICS : economy, banking, debt, derivatives, energy, regulation

SIGNIFICANCE : As the credit crunch continues to buffet financial markets, concern about a particularly noxious form of counterparty credit risk -- wrong-way risk -- has grown acute. The increased likelihood that counterparties in hedging transactions will fail just when these hedges are most needed, or most valuable, has prompted billions of dollars of writedowns and broader systemic risk fear

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