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Royal Park assets/prices disclosed
Fortis, BNP Paribas and SFPI/FPIM (Société Fédérale de Participa...
News 4 February 2009 -
Illiquid asset platform to expand into CDOs
SecondMarket, an online marketplace for illiquid assets, is set to expand into CDOs, MBS and limited...
News 4 February 2009 -
CIFG restructured and upgraded
A round up of this week's structured credit news
CIFG restructured and upgraded Moody's and S&P have upgraded the insurance financial streng...
News Round-up 28 January 2009 -
Firm hires, launches new distressed fund
The latest company and people moves
Firm hires, launches new distressed fund NewOak Capital has appointed David Bigelow as md of market...
Job Swaps 28 January 2009 -
Bank writes CDO investments down to zero
KBC has written down in full the value of its mezzanine CDO investments, retaining only the super-se...
News 28 January 2009 -
Definitely maybe
Good news at last for the beleaguered monolines?
Positive news could finally be on the cards for monolines and for those entities with exposure to th...
News Analysis 28 January 2009 -
Clipped wings?
Good bank/bad bank model inches closer
The good bank/bad bank model, whereby the 'bad' assets of a financial institution are split off and...
News Analysis 28 January 2009 -
The ECB raises the bar
Angus Duncan, partner at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, suggests that the scope of the E...
On 20 January 2009 the European Central Bank announced two new requirements that ABS must satisfy if...
Research Notes 28 January 2009 -
UK bank bailout 'Mark 2' launched
A round-up of this week's structured credit news
UK bank bailout 'Mark 2' launched Three initiatives were put forward by the UK Treasury on Monday t...
News Round-up 21 January 2009 -
New regime
Basel 2 enhancements offer some positive potential
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision's proposed enhancements to Basel 2 (see News Round-up) wi...
News Analysis 21 January 2009 -
Hedge fund index declines further
Both gross and net monthly returns for November 2008 in the Palomar Structured Credit Hedge Fund (SC...
News 21 January 2009 -
Structured credit advisory team launched
The latest company and people moves
Structured credit advisory team launchedKensington Blake Capital has created a new financial service...
Job Swaps 21 January 2009 -
CDPC run-off avoided by operating guideline change
Athilon has implemented an amendment to its operating guidelines that will extend the cure periods f...
News 21 January 2009 -
Seven-notch downgrades likely as Moody's reviews CSOs
Moody's has revised and updated certain key assumptions that it uses to rate and monitor corporate s...
News 21 January 2009 -
Transforming risk and return
Jochen Felsenheimer, co-head of credit at Assenagon, answers SCI's questions
Jochen Felsenheimer Q: When did your company become involved in structur...
The Structured Credit Interview 21 January 2009 -
UniCredit pair joins asset manager
The latest company and people moves
UniCredit pair joins asset manager Jochen Felsenheimer has joined independent European financial as...
Job Swaps 14 January 2009