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Markit looks east for growth

22 May 2013   Structured Finance
Singapore-based Temasek has made a significant equity investment in Markit. The addition of Temasek...

REIT subsidiary spun off

22 May 2013   RMBS
Newcastle Investment Corp has spun off its New Residential Investment Corp subsidiary. New Residenti...

Direct lending fund closed

22 May 2013   Structured Finance
BlueBay Asset Management has closed the BlueBay Direct Lending Fund, having raised over €8...

Asset manager beefs up in Korea

22 May 2013   Structured Finance
Highland Capital Management has appointed Jun Park as director of business development, Korea. He is...

Buy-side vet joins PCS committee

22 May 2013   Structured Finance
Will Howard Davies has agreed to serve on the Prime Collateralised Securities (PCS) Market Committee...

Senior appointments made at SIFMA

21 May 2013   Structured Finance
SIFMA has appointed former three-term US Senator Judd Gregg as ceo. At the same time, the associatio...

Mortgage, risk management capacity strengthened

21 May 2013   Structured Finance
Treliant Risk Advisors has expanded its mortgage and risk management capacity with five financial se...

REIT beefs up in operations

21 May 2013   Structured Finance
Annaly Capital Management has named Glenn Votek as chief administrative officer. He brings over 20 y...

Willis taps Asia head

21 May 2013   Insurance-linked securities
Willis Capital Markets & Advisory has appointed Michael Guo as md and head of Asia. Based in...

Abacus CDO decision reversed

20 May 2013   CDOs
New York's Appellate Division, First Department last week reversed a lower court's order and dismiss...

CLO specialist recruited

20 May 2013   CLOs
Lawrence Berkovich has joined Mayer Brown in Charlotte as a partner in the banking and finance pract...

Senior CMBS analyst appointed

20 May 2013   CMBS
Ed Barrett has left Morningstar to take up a role as CMBS director at Kroll Bond Rating Agency. He w...

Mortgage specialist enlisted

20 May 2013   RMBS
Keeyeol Nam has joined Tilden Park in New York as md to lead a team trading agency mortgages and mor...

Investment manager adds analyst

20 May 2013   Structured Finance
John Robbins has joined Lucidus Capital. He becomes a research analyst in the investment manager's N...

Senior credit pair leave asset manager

17 May 2013   Structured Finance
Andy Clapham and Richard Downer are both understood to have left Investec this week. The pair worked...

Cantor eyes primary CDO desk

16 May 2013   Structured Finance
Cantor Fitzgerald has made four key hires across the CLO, CDO and structured credit segment. Florian...

Ares announces senior changes

15 May 2013   CLOs
Ares Capital Corporation (ACC) has promoted president Michael Arougheti to ceo and four Ares Capital...

Euroclear, DTCC to collaborate

15 May 2013   Risk Management
Euroclear and the DTCC are to create a joint collateral processing service to increase efficiency, r...

Reinsurance duo to lead capital markets push

15 May 2013   Insurance-linked securities
AQR Re has expanded its presence in Bermuda with the hires of John Lummis as ceo and Paul Karon as v...

NY firm adds SF lawyer

15 May 2013   RMBS
Hunton & Williams has added Brent Lewis to its structured finance and securitisation practic...

CRE specialist joins boutique bank

15 May 2013   CMBS
Marvin Cash has joined Asgaard Capital as head of real estate and structured products in Charlotte,...

Fixed income vet enlisted

15 May 2013   CMBS
Michael Blum has joined the fixed income team at Brean Capital in New York, where he will report to...

Mid-market financing group formed

15 May 2013   CLOs
Babson Capital Management has formed a subsidiary to provide financing to middle-market companies an...

New home for CMBS head

15 May 2013   CMBS
RBS director of CMBS and CLO strategy Richard Hill is leaving the bank to join Morgan Stanley. He wi...

Capital markets group targets catastrophe risk

15 May 2013   Insurance-linked securities
Bermuda-based Sirius International Group has formed a dedicated team to lead its strategic initiativ...

ResCap agreement given more time

14 May 2013   RMBS
The US Bankruptcy Court last week granted ResCap an additional 30 days (to 6 June) to file a Chapter...

US credit alliance established

14 May 2013   CLOs
HarbourVest Partners and CIFC Asset Management are forming a strategic partnership to work together...

Credit opportunities fund eyes IPO

14 May 2013   Structured Finance
CVC Credit Partners European Opportunities Limited is embarking on an IPO of ordinary shares for a t...

Vendor targets EMEA growth

14 May 2013   Risk Management
Quantifi has appointed Bruno Piers de Raveschoot as head of EMEA. He will be based in London and ser...

Agency broadens CMBS ratings availability

14 May 2013   CMBS
Morningstar Credit Ratings has begun providing CMBS ratings to Trepp clients through the Trepp CMBS...

CVA tool brought to South African institutions

13 May 2013   Risk Management
Markit has announced a commercial partnership with IQ Business. It will leverage IQ's South African...

DOJ fraud case to proceed

13 May 2013   RMBS
The US Department of Justice is set to proceed with its action against Bank of America in connection...

Further Orchid deal transferred

10 May 2013   CDOs
Dock Street Capital Management has been appointed successor collateral manager on Orchid Structured...

CMBS servicer agreements boost presence

10 May 2013   CMBS
KeyBank Real Estate Capital has entered into a series of agreements that will substantially increase...

Rating agency announces next global SF head

10 May 2013   Structured Finance
James Wiemken is set to become senior md and global head of structured finance at S&P. He wi...

Bank, MBIA reach settlement

10 May 2013   Structured Finance
Société Générale has settled its pending litigations against MBI...

Wells notice disclosed

9 May 2013   RMBS
RBS has disclosed in its 1Q13 Interim Management Statement that it received a Wells notice from the...

Spanish special servicer established

9 May 2013   RMBS
Copernicus, a new Spanish special servicer, has been established to help clients deal with the count...

Capital markets quintet on the move

9 May 2013   Structured Finance
A group of five partners from Dentons will leave the firm to join the capital markets practice of ri...

SFIG adds director, mulls permanent board

9 May 2013   Structured Finance
The Structured Finance Industry Group (SFIG) has named Richard Johns as executive director. He will...

Broker acquisition announced

9 May 2013   CDS
GFI Group has agreed to acquire certain assets of Phoenix Partners Group. It will take on around 32...

SIX, Triangle in data partnership

7 May 2013   Structured Finance
Triangle Park is partnering with SIX Financial Information to provide clients with an expanded range...

Wide-ranging rep, warranties settlement agreed

7 May 2013   RMBS
MBIA Inc and its subsidiaries have agreed a comprehensive settlement with Bank of America. MBIA Corp...

Advisory launches Connecticut credit unit

7 May 2013   Structured Finance
New York-based NewOak Capital has launched NewOak Credit Services in Danbury, Connecticut. The unit...

REIT makes two senior appointments

7 May 2013   RMBS
Two Harbors Investment Corp has appointed Marcin Urbaszek as md and promoted Victor Baev to the same...

Pension fund brings CDS antitrust suit

7 May 2013   CDS
The Sheet Metal Workers Local No. 33 Cleveland District Pension Plan has filed a class action lawsui...

Assured reaches RMBS settlement

7 May 2013   RMBS
Assured Guaranty has reached a settlement with UBS to resolve claims related to RMBS that were issue...

NY law firm adds partner

7 May 2013   CMBS
Morrison & Foerster has added partner Lawrence Ceriello to its real estate finance group in...

Insurer adds two to capital markets team

7 May 2013   Insurance-linked securities
Aon Benfield Securities has boosted its capital markets capabilities by adding Robert James and Mich...

RMBS vet joins Angel Oak

7 May 2013   RMBS
Thomas Dolan has joined Angel Oak Funding as md. He has significant mortgage capital markets experie...

Legal challenge to CFTC clearinghouse decisions

7 May 2013   Risk Management
The DTCC has filed a lawsuit challenging three interrelated actions by the US CFTC and asking a fede...

Agency appoints Canada chief

7 May 2013   Structured Finance
Fitch has named Andrew Smitiuch as senior director and Canadian business head. He will be based in T...

CMBS advisory firm launches

3 May 2013   CMBS
Sabal Financial Group has expanded its CMBS business by launching Sabal Commercial Advisors. Sabal C...

REIT beefs up CRE capabilities

2 May 2013   CMBS
Annaly Capital Management has added several members to its commercial real estate platform. The addi...

Delaware law firm adds three

1 May 2013   Structured Finance
Potter Anderson & Corroon has added three Delaware attorneys, all of whom have structured fi...

ABS, RMBS sales trio recruited

1 May 2013   ABS
Pierpont Securities has hired John Duffy, John Ou and Brian Hartmann to its sales team. The three he...

Markit continues Latin push

1 May 2013   CDS
Markit has entered into a partnership with Agência Estado, whereby Agência Estado...

Bermuda cat firm adds PM

1 May 2013   Insurance-linked securities
Bermuda-based Pillar Capital Holdings has added Jeff Franklin as svp and portfolio manager. He repor...

Integrated risk solution announced

30 April 2013   Risk Management
Paladyne Systems has acquired the rights to the source code, development rights and unlimited distri...

SIV suit settled

30 April 2013   Structured Finance
Moody's, Morgan Stanley and S&P have settled out of court with Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (AD...

CMBS sponsor's merger agreement challenged

29 April 2013   CMBS
Brookfield Office Properties and its affiliates have entered into a definitive merger agreement with...

GC adds reinsurance pro

29 April 2013   Insurance-linked securities
Guy Carpenter has appointed Stephen Mathews as md of GC Securities. He is based in New York and repo...

Credit trading alliance created

25 April 2013   Structured Finance
BlackRock and MarketAxess have announced a strategic alliance to create a unified, open trading solu...

Residential mortgage vet enlisted

25 April 2013   RMBS
Five Oaks Investment Corp has appointed David Akre to the senior management team of its external man...

New ISDA directors confirmed

25 April 2013   CDS
ISDA has elected 12 directors at is latest AGM in Singapore. This includes new directors Sotaro Kato...

European SF research head added

24 April 2013   Structured Finance
Gordon Kerr has joined DBRS as head of structured finance research for Europe, based in London. He j...

Patriarch adds CDO specialist

24 April 2013   CDOs
Guillaume Fillebeen has been made vp at Patriarch Partners in New York. He was most recently at PF2...

Manager brings in CLO investment adviser

22 April 2013   CLOs
Greenwich Loan Income Fund (GLIF) has appointed GMB Partners as an investment adviser. GMB will advi...

Manager adds two in Europe

19 April 2013   Structured Finance
CVC Credit Partners has appointed Stuart Levett as md focused on European trading activity and Julia...

Irish SF group launches

19 April 2013   Structured Finance
The Irish Debt Securities Association (IDSA) has been established to promote Ireland as a European l...

US SEF lands in London

18 April 2013   CDS
Javelin Capital Markets has opened an office in London. The company's EMEA operation will be led by...

Franklin eyes Euro fixed income expansion

18 April 2013   Structured Finance
Franklin Templeton Investments is working to build its European fixed income capabilities. David Zah...

REIT acquisition moves closer

18 April 2013   CMBS
Annaly Capital Management and CreXus Investment Corp have announced the final results of the tender...

Energy provider makes SF appointment

18 April 2013   Structured Finance
SolarCity has appointed Jimmy Chuang as structured finance vp, reporting to cfo Bob Kelly. He will m...

Bloomberg sues over swap rule

18 April 2013   Risk Management
Bloomberg has filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the District of Columbia to prevent the U...

Countrywide class action settled

18 April 2013   RMBS
A US$500m settlement has been agreed in the MBS class action litigation against Countrywide Financia...

Trio recruited for CMBS lending platform

17 April 2013   CMBS
Arbor Commercial Mortgage has added three new svps to its CMBS and syndication platform. Barbara Duk...

Consumer finance platform expanded

17 April 2013   ABS
Finacity Corporation has hired Paul Jenison to lead its efforts to facilitate the securitisation and...

Reinsurer builds capital markets team

17 April 2013   Insurance-linked securities
Aspen Reinsurance has appointed Brian Tobben as md of its newly-created Aspen Capital Markets divisi...

Asset manager makes ILS foray

17 April 2013   Insurance-linked securities
Schroders has purchased 30% of the share capital of Secquaero Advisors, an ILS investment management...

Guilty plea for ex-Credit Suisse md

17 April 2013   Structured Finance
Former Credit Suisse md and global head of structured credit Kareem Serageldin has pled guilty to co...

Ambac, IRS settlement agreed

16 April 2013   CDS
Ambac Financial Group has reached an agreement with the US Internal Revenue Service that will bring...

Law firm continues SF expansion

16 April 2013   Structured Finance
Reed Smith has added another partner to its structured finance practice with the appointment of Clau...

SIV fraud trial due next month

12 April 2013   Structured Finance
On 13 May the US District Court for the Southern District of New York is scheduled to start jury sel...

Pair promoted to CMBS co-heads

12 April 2013   CMBS
RBS Securities has named Todd Jaeger and Jeff Wilson as co-heads of CMBS trading for the Americas. T...

Management outsourcing proposal put forward

11 April 2013   RMBS
Annaly Capital Management is seeking shareholder approval to enter into a management agreement with...

Gleacher shuts down RMBS group

11 April 2013   RMBS
After spending the second half of 2012 repeatedly strengthening its MBS and rates division (SCI pass...

Four join credit hedge fund

10 April 2013   Structured Finance
400 Capital Management has hired four new recruits to increase its investment and operations capabil...

Bank names structured products vet EMEA ceo

10 April 2013   Structured Finance
Nomura has named Jeremy Bennett as ceo for EMEA. Scott Bugie has also been made head of the financia...

Palmer Square boosts credit capabilities

10 April 2013   CLOs
Jeffrey Fox has joined Palmer Square Capital Management from Sandler O'Neill, where he was md respon...

OTC processing partner buys out DTCC

8 April 2013   CDS
Markit has acquired the ownership stake in MarkitSERV previously held by the DTCC. Markit and the DT...

Restructuring partners added in London

8 April 2013   Structured Finance
Schulte Roth & Zabel has recruited Peter Declercq and Sonya Van de Graaff to expand its Lond...

MBIA bolstered by court rulings

5 April 2013   Structured Finance
MBIA Inc on 2 April won an appeals court ruling, whereby Bank of America could be required to repurc...

Fund manager adds strategy head

5 April 2013   CDS
Archview Investment Group has recruited Peter Carey as principal in charge of business strategy and...

Rating agency adds CMBS quartet

4 April 2013   CMBS
Kroll Bond Rating Agency has added four analysts from Morningstar to its CMBS group. Steve Kuritz jo...

NCUA settles with BofA

4 April 2013   RMBS
The NCUA last week announced a settlement with Bank of America for US$165m for losses related to pur...

ARMOUR appoints strategy chief

3 April 2013   RMBS
ARMOUR Residential Management, which manages ARMOUR Residential REIT and JAVELIN Mortgage Investment...

Bloomberg PolarLake adds SF data

3 April 2013   Structured Finance
Fitch Solutions has signed an agreement to provide its credit rating data through Bloomberg PolarLak...

CLO pro joins law firm

3 April 2013   CLOs
Appleby has added George Bashforth to its Cayman team as head of directorship services for Appleby T...

Pair join new credit manager

2 April 2013   CLOs
Gibran Mahmud and Kurt Plumer have joined the newly-formed Triumph Capital Advisors, which has been...

ISDA DC compositions confirmed

2 April 2013   CDS
The constituents of the latest ISDA Determinations Committees (DC) have been confirmed. Each of the...

IOSCO makes leadership changes

2 April 2013   Structured Finance
IOSCO has named Greg Medcraft as chairman of its board, succeeding Masamichi Kono. Howard Wetston ha...

Derivatives, CLO pro joins SIFMA

28 March 2013   Structured Finance
Matt Nevins has joined SIFMA as md and associate general counsel within the asset management group (...

Cat bond pro moves on

27 March 2013   Insurance-linked securities
Bill Keogh has joined insurance broker TigerRisk Partners in Stamford, Connecticut, reporting to Jay...

OTC clearing certainty hub launches

26 March 2013   Risk Management
MarkitSERV has launched MarkitSERV Credit Centre, a pre-trade credit checking solution for the OTC d...

OTC clearing certainty hub launches

26 March 2013   Risk Management
MarkitSERV has launched MarkitSERV Credit Centre, a pre-trade credit checking solution for the OTC d...

OTC clearing certainty hub launches

26 March 2013   Risk Management
MarkitSERV has launched MarkitSERV Credit Centre, a pre-trade credit checking solution for the OTC d...

OTC clearing chief appointed

25 March 2013   CDS
John Wilson has joined Newedge as global head of OTC derivatives clearing, based in London. He previ...

Brean adds fixed income pair

22 March 2013   Structured Finance
Brean Capital has made two additions to its fixed income team in New York, each reporting to Robert...

CLO chief brought in

22 March 2013   CLOs
TPG has appointed Douglas Paolillo to run its CLO desk in New York. He was previously md at GSO Capi...

Stifel snaps up fixed income group

21 March 2013   ABS
Stifel Financial is set to acquire Knight Capital's US institutional fixed income sales and trading...

KBRA wins ESMA certification

21 March 2013   Structured Finance
ESMA has formally approved the certification in the EU of Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) under Arti...

SF vet chairs new search firm

21 March 2013   Structured Finance
John Uhlein has been named chairman of StoneHouse Search Partners, a recruitment firm co-founded by...

Providence affiliate adds credit pro

21 March 2013   CLOs
Richard Byrne is joining Providence Equity Capital Markets' credit unit, Benefit Street Partners, ne...

Loan specialist enlisted

20 March 2013   CLOs
Cutwater Asset Management has appointed Alex Jackson as md and head of its bank loan group. He will...

Bank boosts derivatives clearing groups

19 March 2013   CDS
BNY Mellon has added five new members to its global derivatives clearing team in the US and Europe....

NCUA's claims dismissed as time-barred

18 March 2013   RMBS
The US District Court for the Central District of California has dismissed as time-barred claims bas...

REIT acquisition offer made

18 March 2013   CMBS
Annaly Capital Management has made an offer to purchase all the shares of CreXus Investment Corp tha...

Distressed debt vets move on

15 March 2013   Structured Finance
Courage Capital Management has recruited distressed debt industry specialists John Klinge and Scott...

Mid-market APAC lending opportunities targeted

15 March 2013   CLOs
Olympus Capital Asia has launched Olympus Capital Asia Credit (OCA Credit) in Singapore and recruite...

Bank names global TAS chief

14 March 2013   Structured Finance
Deutsche Bank has appointed Sriram Iyer as global head of trust and agency services (TAS) within its...

DB settles over Carina CDO

14 March 2013   CDOs
The Massachusetts Securities Division, a division of the Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth...

Credit manager adds in Americas, Europe

14 March 2013   CLOs
Alcentra has appointed Jack Yang as md and head of Americas business development and Michael Johnson...

FHFA files against HSBC

13 March 2013   RMBS
The FHFA has filed a lawsuit in the New York Supreme Court against HSBC Finance Corporation and Deci...

Manager boosts development, client services teams

13 March 2013   CLOs
Highland Capital Management has appointed Nikki Gill as director of business development and David L...

ED adds central bank economist

13 March 2013   ABS
The European DataWarehouse (ED) has appointed José Manuel González-Páramo...

CRE CDO transfers due

12 March 2013   CDOs
Gramercy Capitol Corp affiliate GKK Manager is set to transfer its collateral management rights and...

DTCC gets go-ahead for Japan subsidiary

12 March 2013   CDS
The DTCC's registration to establish a Japanese OTC derivatives trade repository with the Financial...

Capital markets legal pro added

12 March 2013   Structured Finance
Jaroslaw Hawrylewicz has joined O'Melveny & Myers in New York as senior counsel. The structu...

US CMBS head recruited

12 March 2013   CMBS
Arbor Commercial Mortgage has appointed Todd Hirsch as evp and head of CMBS finance and distribution...

Fitch adds sales chief

12 March 2013   Structured Finance
Fitch Solutions has appointed Julian Acquari as global head of sales. He will be based in London and...

Asset finance partner named

11 March 2013   ABS
Berwin Leighton Paisner has promoted a raft of senior associates to its partnership, including asset...

CRE intelligence hub launches

11 March 2013   CMBS
A customisable, real-time business intelligence hub for the global commercial real estate industry d...

Mortgage vet to oversee integration

8 March 2013   RMBS
Vericrest Financial has appointed Joe Anderson as chairman and ceo, effective immediately. He will l...

Smith Breeden director returns

8 March 2013   Structured Finance
Carl Bell has returned to Smith Breeden Associates as a principal and senior portfolio manager. As a...

NRAM files over ABS CDO

4 March 2013   CDOs
Northern Rock (Asset Management) last week filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Court of the State of New...

Investment bank targets capital markets growth

4 March 2013   Structured Finance
Houlihan Lokey is continuing to expand its capital markets advisory business in Europe. Ken Goldsbro...

New leader for US clearing expansion

1 March 2013   CDS
David Weisbrod has been appointed ceo of LCH.Clearnet's US subsidiary and will oversee the expansion...

Commodity SF head recruited

1 March 2013   ABS
Michael Jakubik has joined Standard Chartered in Singapore. He becomes global head of commodity stru...

CAI CLOs spun off

28 February 2013   CLOs
Citigroup Alternative Investments (CAI) has transferred the collateral management agreements for the...

EMEA securitisation director enlisted

28 February 2013   ABS
Stafford Butt has joined Wells Fargo Securities' asset-backed finance and securitisation group. He j...

SEC alleges New Stream fund fraud

27 February 2013   Structured Finance
The US SEC has charged New Stream Capital and two of its former hedge fund managers with lying to in...

Senior reshuffle for investment manager

27 February 2013   Structured Finance
ING Investment Management has promoted Hans Stoter to cio. He succeeds Mark Weber, who has returned...

CMBS strategy head moves on

26 February 2013   CMBS
Richard Parkus has joined Seer Capital Management as md and trader for its CMBS team. He will report...

Pricing service adds Fitch CDS data

26 February 2013   CDS
Interactive Data has added Fitch Solutions' CDS consensus pricing as an additional input to its CDS...

ClearPoint off-loaded

25 February 2013   RMBS
Gleacher & Company has sold substantially all of the assets of its ClearPoint subsidiary to...

New home for Bermuda-based ILS pro

21 February 2013   Insurance-linked securities
Jerome Faure, who recently announced his departure from ILS Capital Management (SCI 20 February 2013...

Securitisation vet to lead advisory unit

20 February 2013   Structured Finance
Simone Schmidt has been recruited to establish and lead the German financing advisory services unit...

Bank announces corporate trust chief

20 February 2013   Structured Finance
Deutsche Bank has made Sally Gilding global head of corporate services in its global transaction ban...

Senior hires for ILS specialist

20 February 2013   Insurance-linked securities
ILS Capital Management has named Tom Libassi as vice chairman and Paul Nealon as chief risk officer....

Quant pro joins software provider

20 February 2013   Risk Management
David Kelly has joined Calypso Technology as director of financial engineering, reporting to enginee...

Ortec builds up UK presence

19 February 2013   Structured Finance
Graeme Condie has joined Ortec Finance to strengthen the firm's investment performance business in t...

New role for legal vet

18 February 2013   RMBS
Joel Katz has joined Cantor Fitzgerald as md. In his new role he covers banks in Cantor's DCM mortga...

RMBS trader moves on

18 February 2013   RMBS
David Lehman has joined Hudson Advisors in New York. He is vp, with responsibility for re-performing...

OTC derivatives alliance formed

14 February 2013   Risk Management
Polaris Financial Technology has entered into a partnership with Numerix to allow its customers to l...

CLO management changes made

14 February 2013   CLOs
Prudential Fixed Income has named Brian Juliano and Bent Hoyer as co-heads of its CLO business, repl...

Securitised products vets shift roles

14 February 2013   Structured Finance
Morgan Stanley has made a number of changes to its securitised products group. Yared Yawand-Wossen,...

Real estate vet hired in Euro expansion

13 February 2013   CMBS
Carlton has recruited Fernando Salazar to open and run its new office in Frankfurt, Germany. He was...

ABS trading exec recruited

13 February 2013   Structured Finance
KNG Securities has appointed Armando La Morgia to its fixed income team, as the firm builds its pres...

UBS fined for AIG fund failures

13 February 2013   Structured Finance
The UK FSA has fined UBS for failures in the sale of the AIG Enhanced Variable Rate Fund, which led...

Project finance CDO transferred

12 February 2013   CDOs
TCW Asset Management Company (TAMCO) has assigned its rights and obligations under the investment ad...

Flagstar first for warranty cases

12 February 2013   RMBS
The US District Court for the Southern District of New York last week ruled that Flagstar Bancorp wa...

ResCap liability questioned

12 February 2013   RMBS
The official committee of unsecured creditors in the Residential Capital Chapter 11 proceedings last...

Structured expansion for pricing service

12 February 2013   CDS
SIX Financial Information has entered into an agreement with Derivative Partners Research to produce...

Arch makes US mortgage insurance foray

12 February 2013   RMBS
Arch US MI, the US-based subsidiaries of Arch Capital Group, have entered into a definitive agreemen...

Dock Street adds to ABS CDO roster

8 February 2013   CDOs
Laguna ABS CDO noteholders are seeking to replace the deal's collateral manager, PIMCO, with Dock St...

RMBS fund debuts

8 February 2013   RMBS
Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) has launched a global mortgage securities fund. The fund...

McGraw-Hill seeks First Amendment relief

8 February 2013   RMBS
McGraw-Hill and Standard & Poor's Financial Services have filed for declaratory relief in fe...

Neptuno CLO transferred

8 February 2013   CLOs
BNP Paribas has replaced Bankia as investment manager on Neptuno CLO I. Moody's has determined that...

Ex-Goldman duo move on

8 February 2013   CLOs
CVC Credit Partners has hired two former Goldman Sachs credit traders. Mark DeNatale becomes partner...

RBS settles Libor charges

7 February 2013   Structured Finance
RBS and its subsidiary RBS Securities Japan will pay around US$612m in penalties and disgorgement as...

Countrywide settlement 'too low'

7 February 2013   RMBS
New documents have been filed in New York State Supreme Court claiming that the proposed US$8.5bn fi...

European evaluated pricing team established

7 February 2013   CDS
SIX Financial Information has expanded its evaluated pricing business by building a new valuation te...

Four more ABS CDOs transferred

7 February 2013   CDOs
Cairn Capital North America is replacing Aladdin Capital Management as collateral manager on Altius...

Fixed income, EM sales head added

7 February 2013   Structured Finance
Peter Albano is joining Oppenheimer & Co as md and head of taxable fixed income sales. He ta...

DOJ seeks US$5bn in penalties

6 February 2013   Structured Finance
The US Department of Justice has filed its civil lawsuit against S&P in the District Court f...

CMBS link-up to tackle maturity wave

5 February 2013   CMBS
A global built asset consultancy and a receivership specialist have formed a strategic alliance to h...

DOJ preps CRA civil lawsuit

5 February 2013   Structured Finance
The civil division of the US Department of Justice is set to file a civil lawsuit against S&...

Capital markets sales team boosted

5 February 2013   RMBS
Sylvia Holt Williams and Grady Mosay have joined FTN Financial's sales team. They each join from Sti...

Investment manager adds two

5 February 2013   CLOs
Highland Capital Management has boosted its structured credit capabilities by hiring Andrea Lloyd as...

CRE CDO transfer mooted

4 February 2013   CDOs
The subordinated noteholders of Sorin Real Estate CDO III are proposing to appoint Collateral Manage...

Firm loses ceo, retains focus

4 February 2013   Insurance-linked securities
Phil Lotz, executive chairman at Pillar Capital Holdings, will assume operational management respons...

Paulson added to ACA complaint

1 February 2013   CDOs
The Supreme Court of the State of New York has allowed ACA Financial Guaranty Corp to add Paulson &a...

REIT acquisition agreed

31 January 2013   CMBS
Annaly Capital Management has reached a definitive agreement with CreXus Investment Corp to acquire...

Mortgage vet moves on

30 January 2013   RMBS
Stonegate Mortgage Corporation has recruited Eric Scholtz as evp of structured finance. He will repo...

ResCap settles with Fannie Mae

29 January 2013   RMBS
Residential Capital has agreed to pay Fannie Mae US$298m to end its objection to the sale of ResCap'...

GE lawsuit settled

29 January 2013   RMBS
The FHFA has voluntarily dismissed its lawsuit against General Electric, resulting in the first sett...

RMBS pro charged with fraud

29 January 2013   RMBS
The US SEC has charged ex-Jefferies md Jesse Litvak with RMBS fraud. He has been arrested after a fe...

Appleby CLO specialist to move on

28 January 2013   CLOs
Nicola Bashforth is set to join Maples and Calder as counsel in the finance team. She is currently a...

Lyxor expands in credit

25 January 2013   Structured Finance
Lyxor Asset Management is strengthening its presence in the UK and expanding into managed credit sol...

US$1bn servicer acquisition announced

25 January 2013   CMBS
Starwood Property Trust and Starwood Capital Group have entered into a definitive agreement to acqui...

ARC taps CRE pros

24 January 2013   CMBS
American Realty Capital (ARC) has recruited Donald MacKinnon and Nicholas Radesca as senior managers...

Appleby adds CLO vet

24 January 2013   CLOs
Appleby has added Ian Gobin to its Cayman practice, further strengthening its global funds and finan...

Nephila gains new partner

24 January 2013   Insurance-linked securities
KKR has acquired a 24.9% interest in Nephila Capital. Shares will be acquired pro rata from Nephila...

Further SF promotions for law firm

24 January 2013   Structured Finance
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft has announced a raft of promotions, including five new special...

Permacap completes fund raise

23 January 2013   CLOs
Greenwich Loan Income Fund has placed 11,917,000 new ordinary shares at a price of 50p per share to...

False ratings claims case settled

23 January 2013   RMBS
Egan-Jones Ratings Company (EJR) and its president Sean Egan have agreed to settle charges which wer...

More foreclosure settlements reached

23 January 2013   RMBS
Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley have reached agreements in principle with the Federal Reserve Board...

Continuum, Grosvenor tie-up announced

23 January 2013   Structured Finance
Continuum Investment Management and Grosvenor Capital Management have formed a strategic partnership...

Asset manager adds Germany chief

23 January 2013   Structured Finance
BlueBay Asset Management has appointed Steven Bayly as head of sales for Germany. His primary focus...

Hatfield ceo moves on

22 January 2013   CMBS
Clarence Dixon has become the latest in a string of high-profile departures from Hatfield Philips. H...

Private debt fund launched

22 January 2013   Structured Finance
Tikehau Investment Management has launched its first private debt fund accessible to retail clients....

Collateral alliance established

18 January 2013   Risk Management
Five central securities depositories - the ASX, Cetip, Clearstream, Iberclear and Strate &...

Structured credit vet signed up

18 January 2013   Structured Finance
Steve Baker has joined Apollo Global Management in London. He was most recently at the UK FSA, condu...

ABS CDO transfer on the cards

17 January 2013   CDOs
PIMCO is set to transfer its collateral management responsibilities for Crystal Cove CDO to Vertical...

Sukuk group names chairman

17 January 2013   Structured Finance
Giambattista Atzeni has been named as chairman of the Gulf Bond and Sukuk Association's (GBSA) steer...

Derivatives 'cease and desist' issued

16 January 2013   CDS
The OCC has issued a cease and desist order against JPMorgan Chase for unsafe and unsound practices...

Markit names new India head

16 January 2013   Structured Finance
Markit is increasing its Indian presence, under the leadership of new regional head Sid Banerjee. He...

Cat bond trader recruited

16 January 2013   Insurance-linked securities
GC Securities has appointed a dedicated secondary cat bond and ILS trader in New York as it seeks to...

Assenagon targets credit growth

15 January 2013   CDS
Assenagon Group has appointed Michael van Riesen as md and head of branch at Assenagon Asset Managem...

Most FHFA claims to proceed

11 January 2013   RMBS
A New York federal judge has denied a motion to reconsider a decision which allowed the FHFA to proc...

StormHarbour enhances Spanish presence

11 January 2013   Structured Finance
StormHarbour has opened a new Spanish office in Madrid and appointed Juan Del Rivero as senior advis...

Reinsurer acquires asset manager access

11 January 2013   Structured Finance
Allied World Financial Services will buy a minority stake in Crescent Capital Group. As part of the...

Mid-market specialist enlisted

10 January 2013   CLOs
Jeff Knopping has joined KCAP Financial as md in charge of origination. He was previously md in the...

ILW pro recruited

10 January 2013   CLOs
Jeff Knopping has joined KCAP Financial as md in charge of origination. He was previously md in the....

Indian CDS guidelines reviewed

10 January 2013   CLOs
Jeff Knopping has joined KCAP Financial as md in charge of origination. He was previously md in the....

Sound Harbor grows credit business

10 January 2013   CLOs
Jeff Knopping has joined KCAP Financial as md in charge of origination. He was previously md in the....

Servicers reach foreclosure settlement

10 January 2013   CLOs
Jeff Knopping has joined KCAP Financial as md in charge of origination. He was previously md in the....

Servicers reach foreclosure settlement

10 January 2013   CLOs
Jeff Knopping has joined KCAP Financial as md in charge of origination. He was previously md in the....

Sound Harbor grows credit business

10 January 2013   CLOs
Jeff Knopping has joined KCAP Financial as md in charge of origination. He was previously md in the....

Sound Harbor grows credit business

9 January 2013   CLOs
Jeff Knopping has joined KCAP Financial as md in charge of origination. He was previously md in the....

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9 January 2013   CLOs
Jeff Knopping has joined KCAP Financial as md in charge of origination. He was previously md in the....

Sound Harbor grows credit business

9 January 2013   CLOs
Jeff Knopping has joined KCAP Financial as md in charge of origination. He was previously md in the....

Sound Harbor grows credit business

9 January 2013   CLOs
Jeff Knopping has joined KCAP Financial as md in charge of origination. He was previously md in the....

Servicers reach foreclosure settlement

9 January 2013   CLOs
Jeff Knopping has joined KCAP Financial as md in charge of origination. He was previously md in the....

Sound Harbor grows credit business

9 January 2013   CLOs
Jeff Knopping has joined KCAP Financial as md in charge of origination. He was previously md in the....

High yield expertise acquired

9 January 2013   CDS
Palmer Square Capital Management is acquiring a majority interest in Fountain Capital Management. Th...

JPM vet moves on

9 January 2013   Structured Finance
James Staley is joining BlueMountain Capital Management from JPMorgan, where he spent more than 34 y...

Sound Harbor grows credit business

9 January 2013   Structured Finance
Sound Harbor Partners has appointed Dean Criares as partner and chairman of its loan funds business....

Houlihan, Milestone union agreed

9 January 2013   Structured Finance
Houlihan Lokey has acquired Milestone Advisors and will now incorporate Milestone's team into its ex...

Sound Harbor grows credit business

9 January 2013   Structured Finance
Houlihan Lokey has acquired Milestone Advisors and will now incorporate Milestone's team into its ex...

Sound Harbor grows credit business

9 January 2013   Structured Finance
Houlihan Lokey has acquired Milestone Advisors and will now incorporate Milestone's team into its ex...

ILW pro recruited

8 January 2013   Insurance-linked securities
JLT Reinsurance Brokers has appointed Paul Thyer as partner. He becomes a member of the firm's Londo...

Law firm gains China partner

3 January 2013   Structured Finance
Rose Zhu has joined Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft's corporate group as partner. She joins fr...

Landesbank seeks RMBS redress

3 January 2013   RMBS
Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg (Landesbank) has filed actions in New York state court against Goldman...

Bank boosts Europe, Asia credit teams

3 January 2013   Structured Finance
Nomura has grown its structured credit trading team with a trio of new recruits. All three are ultim...

Lehman CDO suit settled

2 January 2013   CDOs
CIBC has reached a settlement to remit US$149.5m (US$110.3m after tax) to the Lehman Estate. The set...

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