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Issue 64 - November 14th

  • Data

  • News

      • New market, new collateral

        Alternative index mooted

        Dealers are prepping a new index to enable trading referencing Alt-A securities instead of the long-...

      • Eastern promise

        Increased hedge fund activity expected in Asian credit

        A new study finds that a growing amount of hedge fund capital is focused on credit markets in Asia....

      • Replacement activity

        Liquidations and losses could lead to CDO manager shake-out

        Portfolio liquidations and manager losses have renewed focus on CDO managers' capabilities. This co...

      • Final nail in the coffin?

        SIV restructuring hastened by Moody's downgrades

        Moody's has completed its second review of the SIV sector in as many months, resulting in negative...

  • Job Swaps

      • Axes keep swinging

        The latest company and people moves

        Axes keep swingingNotwithstanding some of the more excitable estimates of credit crunch-related sta...

  • News Round-up

      • Up and downs for CPDOs

        A round up of this week's structured credit news

        Up and downs for CPDOs Moody's has upgraded one CPDO and placed eight others on negative watch, as...

  • Research Notes

      • Trading ideas: consumed consumer

        Byron Douglass, senior research analyst at Credit Derivatives Research, looks at a pairs trade on Mo...

        We recommend a 'pairs trade' on Mohawk Industries versus Allegheny Energy Supply. We believe that t...

      • Equity with principal protection - part 1

        In this two-part series, methods of protecting equity holdings are examined by Domenico Picone and P...

        In the current credit environment investors are shying away from investing in equity tranches of st...


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