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Emerging opportunities
David Hinman, cio, and Raymond Zucaro, managing principal at SW Asset Management, answer SCI's quest...
Q: How and when did your company become involved in structured finance? DH: We were involved in str...
The Structured Credit Interview 15 September 2010 -
Pushing the envelope
Wake-up call for CDO equity investors
The failure to replace the collateral manager on Flatiron CLO 2003-1 and 2004-1 last month (see last...
News Analysis 8 September 2010 -
Limited opportunity
CDO management contracts continue to trade well
Prices for CDO management contracts continue to trade well. The window of opportunity will only last...
News Analysis 8 September 2010 -
Investment manager names new SF head
AXA Investment Managers has appointed Laurent Gueunier as head of structured finance. He will report...
Job Swaps 8 September 2010 -
Minimal sovereign exposure for APAC CDOs
S&P has undertaken two studies on potential corporate and sovereign exposures in the referen...
News Round-up 8 September 2010 -
RFC issued for market value securities
S&P has requested comments on changes it is proposing to its methodology and assumptions for...
News Round-up 8 September 2010 -
Window of opportunity to redeem Trups
A three-month window for banks to redeem their Trups at face value has been opened by the Dodd-Frank...
News Round-up 1 September 2010 -
Pension Trust CDS takes further knock
Moody's has taken rating action on a CSO referencing a managed portfolio of synthetic credit corpora...
News Round-up 1 September 2010 -
Revisions prompt Trups CDO downgrades
Fitch has revised its global rating methodology for Trups CDOs, resulting in one- to two-notch downg...
News Round-up 1 September 2010 -
LNR tops MBA special servicing collateral list
LNR Partners was the top listed total US collateral named special servicer for CMBS, CDOs and ABS in...
Job Swaps 1 September 2010 -
Trups CDO defaults continue to escalate
According to Fitch's latest default and deferral indices for the sector, defaults on US bank Trups C...
News Round-up 18 August 2010 -
Strategic alternatives sought for PAM
Primus Guaranty has disclosed that during Q210 it retained Berkshire Capital Securities to advise on...
Job Swaps 18 August 2010 -
Unusual liquidation decision for CDO
BlackRock, the CDO manager for LEAFS 2002-1, has voluntarily auctioned off the transaction's underly...
News Round-up 18 August 2010 -
Trustee adds CDO svp
US Bank Corporate Trust Services has appointed Joseph Giordano as svp and manager of its CDO busines...
Job Swaps 18 August 2010 -
Repurchases lift CRE CDO delinquencies
US CRE CDO delinquencies decreased slightly last month as asset repurchases slowed, according to Fit...
News Round-up 18 August 2010 -
Standing firm
CLO spreads hold amid more liquidations
The majority of recent BWICs, when they do trade, transact between one or two participants until a f...
News Analysis 18 August 2010