Primary focus

European ABS market activity in the week to 2 March

New activity?

CLO pipeline builds

Ups and downs

New structuring ideas emerging as regulatory regime develops

Paying up for quality

Paris ruling brings FCT clarity

Fleet Street 2 resolutions passed

A personalised service

Steve Curry and Mike Nawas, partners at Bishopsfield Capital Partners, answer SCI's questions

Trading platform plans Asia expansion

Pair of credit opportunity funds closed

Indian fixed income heads named

MBIA confirms litigation strategy

Floating rate mutual fund launched

Securitisation pro to head China office

Alliance formed for CMBS loan restructuring

Credit research head moves on

Trepp acquires real estate analytics platform

Synthetic CDO manager replaced

AIG unloads Asian insurance arm, repays FRBNY

Increased flows seen in simple FTDs

'Compelling' basis trade opportunities in REITs

Reversal for declining REO trend?

Islamic hedging documentation unveiled

Fannie enhances buyout disclosure

Credit investors indicate 'much improved outlook'

MI claims-processing delays increasing

SEC steps up IFRS prep

Number of 'troubled' banks on the rise

Further OTC infrastructure commitments made

'Premium' standard unveiled for German SME CLOs

Comptroller calls for balance in regulatory reforms

Front office driving CVA take-up

Contested bids emerge for GGP

Healthier earnings implied by consumer services CDS

Hedge fund data collection template released

Dante ruling impacts more CSOs

CSO tender offer announced

HARP extended by a year

Assured Guaranty drops Fitch ratings

Theta urged to adjust capital adequacy model

EMEA SF ratings remained resilient

SIV's 'inadvertent' long-term ratings withdrawn

Continued improvement for troubled companies index

Increased workouts expected for Euro CMBS

RFC issued on supplementary CLO analytic

Same default drivers for prime and NC mortgages

RMBS recovery estimates to be published

Stable outlook for US ABCP ratings

German foreclosure risk examined

EMEA CMBS central scenarios updated

Minimum liquidity stipulated for Singapore CMBS

Recovery trends in Spanish RMBS analysed

70% of Japanese CMBS downgraded

Mexican RMBS faces continued pressure

Russian/CIS SF performance stabilises

Continued delinquency pressure on global ratings

Relative value: trading the global basis

Rishad Ahluwalia, executive director at JPMorgan, finds that while some narrowing of the CLO basis i...