Malaysian synthetic debuts as initial regional LCDS is traded

The past week has seen two landmark deals in Asia, both of which are expected to be followed by sig...

A round up of this week's structured credit news

Moody's warns on ABS CDO tranche correlation Increasing overlap in the securities underlying ABS C...

Innovative combined CLO-squared and CDO of ABS deal being prepped

Washington Square Investment Management (WSQIM), as manager, is putting together a CDO-squared, the...

Number of similar deals expected to follow this year

BlueOrchard Finance and Morgan Stanley have launched BlueOrchard Loans for Development 2007-1 (BOLD...

A round up of this week's structured credit news

First Spanish arbitrage CLO pricedOn Monday Caja Madrid priced its debut CLO – the €500m Neptuno CL...

US CLOs and CDOs of ABS feel the pain, but it may not be lasting or significant

Sub-prime contagion worries continued last week with spreads in the CLO markets widening. At the sa...

New enhanced equity CLOs in the market

Details emerged last week of the latest deals to be sponsored by the Goldman Sachs Euro EPICs platfo...

Mixed value for structured credit issuers during heightened volatility

Increased volatility and consequent wider spreads in recent weeks has theoretically brought with it...

Peter Vinella, president and ceo of Wilmington Trust Conduit Services, answers SCI's questions

Peter Vinella Q: When, how and why did you and your firm becom...

A round up of this week's structured credit news

German SME CLOs face another bankruptcyS&P has placed the Class C, D and E notes of the CB Mezz...

Long-term fiscal plan could involve intensive structured credit issuance

Japan's government has begun exploring the possibilities for securitising part of its extensive loa...

A round up of this week's structured credit news

LCDS indices delayed International Index Company has announced that iTraxx LevX Index roll market...

A round up of this week's structured credit news

Fitch calls for increased competition Fitch Ratings has sent an open letter to arrangers, asset ma...

The issue of overlapping within a multiple CLO portfolio is tackled by Priya Shah and Domenico Picon...

It is important for investors to have an understanding of the combined exposure held in the differe...

CLO alternatives have limited appeal for the timebeing

There has been much talk of a new wave of interest in credit opportunities funds, particularly foll...

Two more deals put on rating watch negative

Tranches from two German profit participation agreement (PPA) SME CLOs – FORCE 2005-1 and StaGe Mez...