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Distressed credit pro added
PIMCO has appointed Ethan Schwartz in New York as evp and portfolio manager. He will focus on distre...
Job Swaps 7 August 2014 -
APAC downgrade rate trends higher
Moody's reports that in 2013 the 12-month downgrade rate for its Asia-Pacific (ex-Japan) structured...
News Round-up 6 August 2014 -
Accounting to drive tender activity
European securitisation analysts at Citi suggest that only securitisations that are consolidated on...
News 5 August 2014 -
Working capital specialist firm acquired
JRJ Group, TomsCapital and 76 West Holdings have partnered to acquire Demica from the J.M. Huber Cor...
Job Swaps 5 August 2014 -
Credit benefits
Reach for yield outweighs macroeconomic concerns
The US credit markets enjoyed a positive first half, with some sectors seeing returns in the high si...
News Analysis 5 August 2014 -
Greek sovereign ceiling raised
Moody's has raised the maximum achievable rating for Greek structured finance transactions to Ba3 fr...
News Round-up 4 August 2014 -
Derivatives group to buy GFI
CME Group and GFI Group have entered into definitive agreements through which CME will purchase all...
Job Swaps 1 August 2014 -
SEC urged to complete ABS reforms
A group of twelve US Senators this week sent a letter to SEC Chair Mary Jo White, pushing for the ag...
News Round-up 31 July 2014 -
Gleacher dissolution confirmed
Gleacher & Company has filed a certificate of dissolution with the Secretary of State of the...
Job Swaps 29 July 2014 -
Further fund abuse charge settled
The US SEC has agreed a settlement with Peter Jenson, the former coo of Harbinger Capital Partners....
Job Swaps 29 July 2014 -
European alternative
Stefan Bund, group md and head of asset-based finance at Scope Ratings, answers SCI's questions
Q: How and when did Scope Ratings become involved in the securitisation market? A: Scope Ratings...
Provider Profile 29 July 2014 -
Portuguese sovereign ceiling raised
Moody's has raised the maximum achievable rating for Portuguese structured finance transactions to A...
News Round-up 28 July 2014 -
Operations md recruited
Anders Malcolm has joined Assenagon as md responsible for portfolio operations and risk control. His...
Job Swaps 28 July 2014 -
Napier Park completes Citi redemption
Napier Park Global Capital has returned to Citigroup the last of the capital that had been invested...
Job Swaps 25 July 2014 -
Call for cardinal credit scale
A single, numerical public credit scale should serve as a yardstick of the quality of structured cre...
News Round-up 25 July 2014 -
Asset manager appoints ceo
The Prytania Group has appointed Jim Irvine as ceo, effective from September. He was most recently a...
Job Swaps 24 July 2014