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CIR changes take effect
Moody's has implemented the changes to its methodology for assigning counterparty instrument ratings...
News Round-up 21 March 2014 -
Euro ABS 'tight and light'
The European ABS market continues to quietly generate primary issuances and secondary market bid-lis...
Market Reports 20 March 2014 -
Rethink for French NCR?
France's Constitutional Court last week ruled that a proposal to create a national credit registry (...
News Round-up 20 March 2014 -
Counterparty approach tweaked
Moody's has modified the scope of its methodology for assessing swap counterparties in structured fi...
News Round-up 20 March 2014 -
Hedge fund assets near all-time high
Investors allocated more to hedge funds in February than in any other month since eVestment began tr...
News Round-up 20 March 2014 -
RMBS, covered bonds converging
DBRS has published an overview of how RMBS and covered bonds (CBs) are becoming increasingly alike....
News Round-up 20 March 2014 -
Delivering transparency
While the financial services industry has to date focused on accountability and credit ratings eleme...
News that the US SEC postponed a vote in early February regarding the adoption of rules revising the...
Talking Point 20 March 2014 -
'Type A' treatment questioned
S&P says that the latest changes to the draft Solvency 2 standards will likely do little to...
News Round-up 19 March 2014 -
Hong Kong partner appointed
Jae Chul Lee has joined Loeb & Loeb affiliate Pang & Co in Hong Kong. He becomes a p...
Job Swaps 19 March 2014 -
Asset manager eyes Nordics
ECM Asset Management has registered its range of credit funds in Sweden and Finland. The firm says i...
Job Swaps 18 March 2014 -
Libor lawsuit filed
The FDIC last week filed a lawsuit against 17 banks and the British Bankers' Association in connecti...
Job Swaps 18 March 2014 -
Spanish reforms to hit SME funding?
Measures announced by the Spanish government to facilitate debt refinancing and restructuring agreem...
News Round-up 18 March 2014 -
Rating activity becoming 'balanced'
Global structured finance (SF) rating activity was far more balanced in 2013, according to Fitch, wi...
News Round-up 17 March 2014 -
SCI Start the Week - 17 March
A look at the major activity in structured finance over the past seven days
Pipeline A number of transactions entered the pipeline last week and were swiftly priced. Five ABS...
News 17 March 2014 -
SF technology to proliferate in EM
S&P anticipates a proliferation of structured finance technology throughout emerging markets...
News Round-up 14 March 2014 -
Green bond index debuts
Solactive has launched the Solactive Green Bond Index, which is designed to provide exposure to gree...
News Round-up 14 March 2014