The Structured Finance Industry Group (SFIG), a new trade industry advocacy group, has been formed i...

Unconstrained absolute return funds in vogue

New approaches to credit are being explored, as the asset class seeks to remain appealing relative t...

Deutsche Bank has appointed Sriram Iyer as global head of trust and agency services (TAS) within its...

Cajamar Caja Rural has announced a tender offer for nine RMBS bonds and one SME CLO bond, launching...

Moody's has placed on review for downgrade the ratings of 60 classes of notes in 41 RMBS and seven A...

The IASB last week published an exposure draft on the recognition of impairment losses for financial...

Moody's has released a report describing adjustments for determining loss distributions using two ad...

Fitch has downgraded 103 tranches - 69 RMBS, 15 ABS, 12 CMBS and seven structured credit a...

Global sukuk issuance grew for the fourth year in a row in 2012 and is expected to become even more...

Jaroslaw Hawrylewicz has joined O'Melveny & Myers in New York as senior counsel. The structu...

Fitch Solutions has appointed Julian Acquari as global head of sales. He will be based in London and...

A look at the major activity in structured finance over the past seven days

Pipeline Last week was the busiest the pipeline has been for a while, largely due to five new CMBS...

Carl Bell has returned to Smith Breeden Associates as a principal and senior portfolio manager. As a...

TwentyFour Asset Management has launched the TwentyFour Income Fund, which aims to generate a net to...

The FHFA has called for a new securitisation infrastructure in which Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae's pr...

S&P has lowered its financial strength rating on MBIA Insurance Corp to triple-C from single...