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 News Analysis


Year:  2009 |   2010 |

Pushing the envelope

Wake-up call for CDO equity investors
Issue 199  - 8th September

Primary positives

Healthy outlook for European new issuance
Issue 199  - 8th September

Revitalising Russian RMBS

State support helps securitisation market get back on track
Issue 199  - 8th September

Limited opportunity

CDO management contracts continue to trade well
Issue 199  - 8th September

Help wanted

ABS recruitment begins to pick up as market returns
Issue 198  - September 1st

Multi-property reprieve

REMIC grandfathering to assist servicers
Issue 198  - September 1st

Repurchase requests

Troubled loan buy-backs on the rise
Issue 198  - September 1st

Structured credit boost

BDCs could help kick-start the CLO market
Issue 197  - August 18th

Long road ahead

Loopholes remain in GSE reform proposals
Issue 197  - August 18th

Taking control

New structural features boost US CMBS
Issue 197  - August 18th

Non-agency MBS alternative?

US covered bond developments debated
Issue 197  - August 18th

Independent insight

New service to address audit and corporate governance issues
Issue 197  - August 18th

Standing firm

CLO spreads hold amid more liquidations
Issue 197  - August 18th

CMBS strangle

Private equity adds to servicing logjam
Issue196  - August 4th

Switching to SEFs

New OTC trading platforms could boost the CDS market
Issue196  - August 4th

Majeure concerns

Fear of mass refinancing spooks agency MBS market
Issue196  - August 4th

Increased transparency?

Stress-test positives outweigh negatives
Issue 195  - July 28th

Repressing recidivism

Latest HAMP figures show low redefault rates, but may not tell whole story
Issue 195  - July 28th

Overhang overture

New structures anticipated to deal with legacy assets
Issue 195  - July 28th

Reform repercussions

Dodd-Frank arbitrage pondered as SEC blinks first
Issue 195  - July 28th

Auction fears

NextStudent liquidation likely to come up short
Issue 194  - July 21st

Regulatory push

Solvency II to drive more ILS transactions, but could hit use of CLOs
Issue 194  - July 21st

Regeneration required

Changes necessary to see new issuance of Euro CMBS
Issue 194  - July 21st

Ratings reliance

Staffing developments indicate continued life for the credit rating model
Issue 194  - July 21st

Sukuk potential

Islamic finance ready for new style of issuance
Issue 194  - July 21st

Stressing out

Euro stress-test credibility questioned
Issue 193  - July 14th

Delaying disaster?

Euro CMBS turns to extensions in face of due debt
Issue 193  - July 14th

Index growth

Tradable sector CDS interest stirs
Issue 193  - July 14th

Two becomes one

Cat bond closes with one tranche rather than the expected two
Issue 192  - July 7th

Short sale flurry

More selling to hurt bank junior RMBS holdings
Issue 192  - July 7th

Going green

Securitisation to help fight carbon emissions
Issue 192  - July 7th

Offshore interest

Demand imbalance to continue for Australian international ABS
Issue 192  - July 7th

Trups warfare

Bank issuers face stiff buyback opposition from investors
Issue 191  - June 30th

Holding up

Change in approach for credit hedge funds
Issue 191  - June 30th

Synthetic interest

TRS indices billed as alternative to TBAs
Issue 190  - June 23rd

Back to the future?

Support appears to be growing for exchange-traded credit derivatives
Issue 190  - June 23rd

Calling the shots

Sponsors move to support their transactions
Issue 190  - June 23rd

Sense and sensitivity

CDS market trends indentified
Issue 189  - June 16th

Investor views

Surveys show positive signs, but growth could be being stifled
Issue 189  - June 16th

Business boost

TALF helps rating agency gain market share
Issue 188  - June 9th

Unclear outcome

GSE uncertainty lurks, despite performance
Issue 188  - June 9th

Clearing consensus

Pricing and liquidity concerns remain
Issue 188  - June 9th

Fair value concerns

FASB proposal to weigh on banks amid volatile markets
Issue 187  - June 2nd

Smooth-ish progress

Final pre-hurricane season cat bonds line up
Issue 186  - May 26th

Gaining traction

Specialty finance firms eye ABS return
Issue 186  - May 26th

Options open

Volatility hedges return to popularity
Issue 185  - May 19th

Advantage Asia

Distressed opportunities in an evolving landscape
Issue 185  - May 19th

Regulatory review

Hurdles exist on way to Basel finish line
Issue 185  - May 19th

Pension interest

New investors looking at cat bonds as deals keep rolling in
Issue 185  - May 19th

Limited fallout?

Plaintiffs to 'slipstream' behind SEC CDO probes
Issue 185  - May 19th

Tug of war

Servicers and CMBS holders agree to disagree
Issue 184  - May 12th

Power shift

Senior CLO investors seek more control
Issue 184  - May 12th

Help or hindrance?

Market participants divided over SEC rule 17g-5
Issue 184  - May 12th

Lingering concerns

FDIC strikes middle ground with approvals
Issue 184  - May 12th

On the move

CDPCs make strides for the long haul
Issue 183  - May 5th

ABS decoupling

Market appears resilient to sovereign troubles for now
Issue 183  - May 5th

Ripe for resurgence?

New conduit launches, growing demand to boost Euro ABCP
Issue 183  - May 5th

Lending alternatives

REITs to benefit from NAIC reserve increase
Issue 182  - April 28th

Trigger happy?

CDO litigation risk likely to remain stable post-Goldman
Issue 182  - April 28th

Cross-border barriers

Australia appeals to Europe over ABS retention rules
Issue 182  - April 28th

Experience required

ABS recruitment trends assessed
Issue 181  - April 21st

Market reaction

Goldman CSO fraud hard to prove
Issue 181  - April 21st

WBS revival

Whole business securitisation interest stirs
Issue 181  - April 21st

Strength to strength

US ABS and MBS to build on strong first quarter
Issue 180  - April 14th

CSO return?

New deal eyed as more in the offing
Issue 180  - April 14th

Lack of consistency

Managers and investors moving beyond the ratings issue
Issue 180  - April 14th

Reporting rules

Market caught out by cashflow waterfall disclosure plan
Issue 180  - April 14th

Shot in the arm

New terms expected to revitalise LCDX tranche trading
Issue 179  - April 7th

Questions of principal

Could US forbearance initiatives be replicated in European MBS?
Issue 179  - April 7th

HMBS potential

Reverse mortgage securitisation hinges on housing
Issue 179  - April 7th

Continued bid

Canadian ABS to survive BDC programme end
Issue 178  - March 31st

Decisive action

Market weighs consequences of Ambac restructuring
Issue 178  - March 31st

Residual value

Non-performing CLO equity in demand
Issue 177  - March 24th

Strategy shift

Managers look to relative value opportunities as sov risk prevails
Issue 177  - March 24th

Access rights

CDS clearers could face headwinds from industry group
Issue 177  - March 24th

A new approach

Banks pin hopes on multi-borrower CMBS revival
Issue 176  - March 17th

Filling a void

Evolving re-REMIC market attracts investors
Issue 176  - March 17th

Secondary equilibrium

Appetite for CDO liquidations to continue
Issue 176  - March 17th

TALF choices

New issue concerns remain for US CMBS market
Issue 175  - March 10th

Old and new

European MBS market activity in the week ending 9 March
Issue 175  - March 10th

Primary flurry

New European ABS deals brought to market
Issue 175  - March 10th

Uncertain future

New Basel 2 rules to thwart CSO return?
Issue 175  - March 10th

New activity?

CLO pipeline builds
Issue 174  - March 3rd

Primary focus

European ABS market activity in the week to 2 March
Issue 174  - March 3rd

Ups and downs

New structuring ideas emerging as regulatory regime develops
Issue 174  - March 3rd

Problem assets?

Bank Trups CDO demand wanes as defaults escalate
Issue 173  - February 24th

Upside opportunities

US HPA consensus emerging
Issue 173  - February 24th

Extension differentiation

CLO extension risk weighs on senior noteholders
Issue 173  - February 24th

Under pressure

MBNA UK credit card trusts bolstered
Issue 173  - February 24th

Slow but sure

European secondary CLO market activity in the week to 16 February
Issue 172  - February 17th

Volatility strikes

ABS mezz stays firm amid secondary widening
Issue 172  - February 17th

Unprecedented action

Stuy Town DCH issue sparks concern
Issue 172  - February 17th

Repurchase reaction

Investors respond to GSE delinquent loan buybacks
Issue 172  - February 17th

New strategies

Dislocation funds repositioned for next wave of opportunity
Issue 171  - February 10th

Hermes flies again

Dutch RMBS remarketed in softening secondary market
Issue 171  - February 10th

Clarification call

Documentation issues dampen CCDS up-take
Issue 171  - February 10th

Staying firm

US secondary market CLO activity to 9 February
Issue 171  - February 10th

Uncertain outcome

Dante ruling sparks fresh unease in ABS market
Issue 170  - February 3rd

Consolidation continues

CDO manager changes impacting both old and potential new deals
Issue 170  - February 3rd

Holding steady

Peter Cooper/Stuyvesant impact reviewed
Issue 169  - January 27th

Paragon hits the road

UK BTL originator mulls issuance prospects
Issue 169  - January 27th

Chasing the tail

'Stressed' mezz CSO supply to pick up
Issue 169  - January 27th

Prepayment boost?

Granite pool behaviour supportive of buoyant market
Issue 168  - January 20th

Balancing act

Sovereign/corporate CDS rebalance needed, but unlikely for now
Issue 168  - January 20th

Alternative product

Negative basis trades to target ABS CDS and LCDS
Issue 168  - January 20th

Falling short

HAMP modifications fail to meet expectations
Issue 168  - January 20th

Surveillance step-up

CDS/MBS fraud cases to increase
Issue 167  - January 13th

Strong opening

Euro ABS spreads driven tighter
Issue 167  - January 13th
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