On FT Alphaville this week,

- Fitch downgrades MBIA, gratis.

- March of the quants.

- Death by accountancy. Has the FASB killed the SIV?

- $1trillion and bust. Roubini bags another prediction as IMF puts global losses at $945bn.

- Lehman’s leveraged loan clearout.

- Mortgage trouble for the mortgage bankers association.

- It’s official: hedge funds are innocent.

- Midweek and mortgage insurers become the latest link to falter.

- Citi’s leveraged loan clearout.

- Bloodletting at ABN Amro London: 200 chopped.

- And at last, a bid for Enodis!

- On Thursday: a new par for leveraged loans?

- Goldman’s illiquid mortgage securities.

- And the unwelcome return of extension risk in the bond markets.

- Friday: a month of woe for hedge funds hits another big name.

- Predicting the credit crunch: not so unlikely?

- And RBS’s axe fells two big names at ABN Amro.

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