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Issue 135 - May 6th

  • News Analysis

    • CMBS

      • CMBS included

        But hung commercial real estate loan problem remains

        The US Federal Reserve announced on Friday that, starting in June, qualifying new issue CMBS will be...

    • SIVs

      • Whistlejacket liquidated

        Encouraging bids, but too early to draw conclusions

        A portion of assets from Standard Chartered's defunct SIV, Whistlejacket, was auctioned last week an...

    • Documentation

      • EM 'test case' underway

        CDS big bang transparency underlined

        ISDA's EMEA Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee has voted to hold an auction for JSC BTA Ban...

  • News

  • Provider Profile

    • Structuring/Primary market

      • Readying for redemption day

        Andrew Smith, co-founder and president, and Karl D'Cuhna, senior md at Houlihan Smith & Company,...

        Q: When, how and why did your firm become involved in the structured credit markets? AS: Houlihan S...

  • Job Swaps

  • News Round-up

      • TALF loan requests jump

        A round up of this week's structured credit news

        The amount of TALF loans requested at the 5 May facility (for settlement on 12 May) totalled US$10.6...

  • Research Notes

    • Trading

      • Trading ideas: time to change the channel

        Dave Klein, senior research analyst at Credit Derivatives Research, looks at a capital structure arb...

        We look at Viacom Inc (VIA), a name whose CDS handily outperformed its equity over the past couple o...


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