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Greek country ceiling lowered
Moody's has downgraded to Caa2 the ratings of the most senior securities in nine Greek structured fi...
News Round-up 6 June 2012 -
Dealing with data
The operational challenges facing investors in an increasingly data-rich world
For years, structured credit and ABS investors have struggled to get access to comprehensive data fo...
Talking Point 6 June 2012 -
Counterparty criteria revised
S&P has published its updated methodology and assumptions for assessing counterparty and sup...
News Round-up 1 June 2012 -
Law firm opens African office
Baker & McKenzie has opened a new office in Johannesburg. The firm's South African office wi...
Job Swaps 1 June 2012 -
Impact of eurozone exit explored
Fitch has published a special report exploring the likely events surrounding a hypothetical eurozone...
News Round-up 31 May 2012 -
Credit bid rights upheld
The US Supreme Court has ruled that a secured creditor cannot be denied its right to 'credit bid' &a...
News Round-up 31 May 2012 -
Direct lending gaining traction
Fitch says it expects direct lending through funds to gain momentum as European bank deleveraging co...
News Round-up 31 May 2012 -
Counterparty criteria updated
Fitch has published updated criteria for the analysis of counterparty risk in structured finance tra...
News Round-up 31 May 2012 -
Avoca expands to target European opportunities
James Hatchley has joined Avoca Capital Holdings as co-ceo. He has already worked with Avoca on seve...
Job Swaps 29 May 2012 -
Capital markets principal appointed
Adriaan van der Knaap has joined StormHarbour as principal and md. He will be based in New York and...
Job Swaps 29 May 2012 -
SCI Start the Week - 28 May
A look at the major activity in structured finance over the past seven days
Pipeline It was another steady week for the pipeline, with seven new deals remaining on Friday. Fre...
News 28 May 2012 -
IOSCO opens CRA consultation
IOSCO's Technical Committee has published a consultation report, describing certain internal control...
News Round-up 25 May 2012 -
Slow summer for Euro ABS
It has been a fairly quiet couple of weeks for European ABS, but liquidity could suffer further as t...
Market Reports 24 May 2012 -
Redenomination risk analysed
Redenomination risk should be factored into bond valuations for Greece, Ireland and Portugal at the...
News 24 May 2012 -
Capital markets head joins
Neil Wessan has joined CIT Group as head of capital markets, overseeing the structuring, pricing and...
Job Swaps 24 May 2012 -
Increased depth?
Large bid-lists positive for Euro secondary liquidity
Strong demand for a series of recent large bid-lists could signal increased depth in the European se...
News Analysis 23 May 2012