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CDO EOD volume expected to moderate
Mezzanine and subordinated tranches are now representing a much larger percentage of total CDO BWIC...
News Round-up 10 March 2010 -
Paying up for quality
US CLO spreads generally held firm during the week ending 26 February in the face of continued volat...
News 3 March 2010 -
Primary focus
European ABS market activity in the week to 2 March
The European ABS market has remained quiet over the past week as investors continue to play a waitin...
News Analysis 3 March 2010 -
Relative value: trading the global basis
Rishad Ahluwalia, executive director at JPMorgan, finds that while some narrowing of the CLO basis i...
This week we focus on the global CLO basis, or the pricing relationship between US and European CLOs...
Research Notes 3 March 2010 -
Trepp acquires real estate analytics platform
Trepp is to acquire Foresight Analytics. Foresight Analytics provides real estate analysis for comme...
Job Swaps 3 March 2010 -
Upside opportunities
US HPA consensus emerging
Both ABX and subprime cash triple-As have been trading in a narrow 1-2 point range since mid-January...
News Analysis 24 February 2010 -
Problem assets?
Bank Trups CDO demand wanes as defaults escalate
Defaults and deferrals in US bank Trups CDOs are escalating rapidly, with the cumulative combined de...
News Analysis 24 February 2010 -
UK RMBS CPRs drop again
UK RMBS master trusts exhibited weak CPR rates in January, averaging just 14.5% compared to 20.2% in...
News Round-up 24 February 2010 -
Risk software provider adds to board
Calypso Technology has named Masood Jabbar to its board of directors. He is the fifth independent di...
Job Swaps 24 February 2010 -
Analytics, assumptions published on web portal
S&P's valuation & risk strategies group has launched an analytics platform on the we...
News Round-up 24 February 2010 -
Under pressure
MBNA UK credit card trusts bolstered
In a move that is being seen as a major positive for the programmes, given recent higher charge-offs...
News Analysis 24 February 2010 -
Slow but sure
European secondary CLO market activity in the week to 16 February
Although news surrounding the Greece bail-out continues to slow the European secondary CLO market, t...
News Analysis 17 February 2010 -
Volatility strikes
ABS mezz stays firm amid secondary widening
European mezzanine ABS spreads held up over the last week, amid a general widening led by concerns o...
News Analysis 17 February 2010 -
New leveraged loan index launched
Markit has launched the iBoxx USD Leveraged Loan Index (Markit LLI). The index is designed to serve...
News Round-up 17 February 2010 -
Fund's CDO equity valuations jump
Axa Investment Management's permanent capital vehicle, Volta Finance, recorded a 30.1% mark-to-marke...
News Round-up 17 February 2010 -
BarCap reclassifies CLO portfolio
Barclays Capital has reclassified £8.03bn of CLO assets wrapped by non-investment grade rat...
News Round-up 17 February 2010