Basel 2 to drive growth in structured credit

The domestic structured credit markets in some Asian countries have remained resilient to the credi...

ABX illiquidity underlined

The liquidation of the Peloton ABS Fund last week renewed concerns over the growing illiquidity in...

Concern grows over structured credit unwind

As the investment grade CDS indices continue to widen in the absence of any new adverse credit info...

Hedge fund pool-backed deal begins marketing

Natixis is marketing a small but unusual collateralised fund obligation. The €46.7m Syracuse Fundin...

Rising defaults to kick-start CDO manager tiering

As the level of defaults continues to rise, the viability of CDO managers and their ability to outp...

A round up of this week's structured credit news

Action taken on 23 SIVs ...S&P has assigned one new senior SIV rating, lowered four senior and...

The latest company and people moves

Manager hires CDO head Michael Herzig, formerly head of CDO distribution in the US for Deutsche Ba...

European catch-22 spreads

The catch-22 situation that characterised the European primary securitisation market coming into Ja...

The latest company and people moves

CS revelation and suspensions rekindle fears On Tuesday Credit Suisse revealed a 58% increase in w...

How Moody's CDS-implied ratings for corporate reference names, together with an analytic CDO ratings...

CDS have revolutionised credit investing and risk management. According to the Bank for Internation...

Data transparency and standardisation is discussed by Marco Angheben, director at the European Secur...

Clearly the securitisation market is set to change. The European Securitisation Forum's (ESF) 2008...

Pressure to strengthen rating operations steps up a gear

S&P and DBRS followed hot on the heels of Moody's last week when they announced proposals for s...

Technicals could be overtaking fundamentals as market driver

As the main CDS indices continued to hit new wides over the past week, speculation has intensified...

A round up of this week's structured credit news

SCA downgraded Moody's has downgraded to A3 the insurance financial strength ratings of the operat...

The latest company and people moves

New CDPC in the worksDeerfield Capital Management has spun off the CDPC it had been working on sinc...

The latest company and people moves

Bank forms new credit groupThe asset management business of Credit Suisse is understood to be setti...