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Bank hires structured credit trader
Paul Bajer, former structured credit trader at Nomura, is understood to have joined Calyon as head o...
Job Swaps 16 December 2009 -
CDO sub-SPE criteria released
S&P has published its methodology for analysing rating confirmation requests made in connect...
News Round-up 16 December 2009 -
Euro SF CDOs hit by CMBS review
Fitch has downgraded 137 tranches and affirmed 167 tranches from 73 European structured finance CDOs...
News Round-up 16 December 2009 -
Strengthening the market
Jeffrey Kushner, ceo of BlueMountain Capital Partners (London), answers SCI's questions
Q: How and when did BlueMountain Capital Management become involved in the fundamental credit/deriva...
The Structured Credit Interview 9 December 2009 -
Bank's CDO unit acquired
The managed CDO business that was transferred from SGAM AI to Lyxor Asset Management in September 20...
Job Swaps 9 December 2009 -
Bank confirms structured credit hire
UBS has confirmed the recent hire of Farzin Pourmokhtar as head of product management for structured...
Job Swaps 9 December 2009 -
Structured credit head resurfaces
Steve Lobb, former head of credit and alternatives marketing at ABN AMRO/RBS in London, has resurfac...
Job Swaps 9 December 2009 -
Structured credit vets boost boutique's FI platform
Christopher Street Capital (CSC) has expanded its structured credit team with the hire of Edward Cah...
Job Swaps 9 December 2009 -
US SF performance to remain weak into mid-2010
Though the US economy is on a slow path to recovery, collateral performance will continue to be weak...
News Round-up 9 December 2009 -
CDO Suite enhanced
Deloitte has released CDO Suite Version 6.5. The updated offering includes: support for multi-curren...
News Round-up 9 December 2009 -
Surveillance criteria updated for corporate CDOs
Fitch has amended its surveillance criteria for rating CDOs exposed to corporate debt. The new appro...
News Round-up 9 December 2009 -
EOD cushion improves on rise in asset prices
S&P has published its US Corporate CDO EOD Index, which tracks the performance of CLOs and o...
News Round-up 9 December 2009 -
Structured settlement criteria refined
S&P has refined its methodology and assumptions for rating structured settlement payment sec...
News Round-up 9 December 2009 -
Ambac IFSR affirmed
S&P has raised its counterparty credit and financial enhancement ratings on Ambac Assurance...
News Round-up 9 December 2009 -
IRC to threaten structured credit holdings
A new survey has revealed a wide variation in European banks' preparedness for the implementation of...
News Round-up 9 December 2009 -
SIV-lite extends counterparty credit enhancement
Triaxx Funding High Grade I and Bank of America (as successor by merger to LaSalle Bank National Ass...
News Round-up 9 December 2009