Issue 89 - May 21st
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                                CDR Liquid Index data as at 19 May 2008Source: Credit Derivatives Research Index Values Value Week Ago CD... 
 
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                        News- 	     
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                                Low-levered returnsCredit hedge fund consolidation overplayed Talk of consolidation among credit hedge funds has been overdone, according to some investors. Inst... 
 
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                                Microfinance momentumAfrica and Asia to benefit from new CLO Standard Chartered and the IFC will close a microfinance CLO within the next couple of weeks. Backed... 
 
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                                Funding needsIcelandic CDOs raise questions over ECB collateral criteria Icelandic bank Glitnir launched and retained two euro-denominated CDOs last week. That t... 
 
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                                Performance enhancementSynthetic CDO restructurings gather pace The recent rally in the CDS market has given synthetic CDO investors the opportunity to restructure... 
 
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                        Job Swaps- 	     
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                                CDO trio leaves RBSThe latest company and people moves CDO trio leaves RBS Vincent Dahinden, Roberto Silvotti and Matteo Mazzocchi have left RBS. Dahinde... 
 
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                                CPDO review sparked by alleged mis-ratingA round-up of this week's structured credit news CPDO review sparked by alleged mis-ratingMoody's is undertaking a review of its ratings... 
 
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                        Research Notes- 	     
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                                Should structured products be rated differently?The proposed separation of structured finance ratings from corporate bond ratings is discussed by Ra... G7 Finance Ministers and central bankers issued a statement on 11 April recommending - among other... 
 
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                                Trading idea: services and a smileDave Klein, senior research analyst at Credit Derivatives Research, looks at a capital structure arb... Credit and equity risk are undeniably linked because the risk of debt holders not receiving their c... 
 
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