Issue 202 - 29th September
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News Analysis
- CDS
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Taking cover
Investors seek ways to hedge against tail risk
With uncertainty continuing to dog the markets, more and more investors are looking to protect themselves. Concerns over sovereign debt are resurfacing and double-dip fears are yet to be expunged, so as investors continue to do business an increasing...
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- CMBS
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Multi-borrower issues
Euro CMBS servicers adapting to new challenges
The role of CMBS servicers in Europe has changed significantly post-crisis. Challenges remain, however, as the market prepares to begin restructuring a raft of multi-borrower transactions. Nassar Hussain, managing partner at Brookland Partners, con...
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- Correlation
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New beginning?
Redrawn index tranches set to bring liquidity
Tranche trading on the new Markit CDX.IG.15 index began yesterday, 28 September, following a redrawing of the capital structure from six tranches into four. Liquidity has been absent for past on-the-run index tranches, but a more concerted effort is...
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- RMBS
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Foreclosure scrutiny
GMAC servicing issues weigh on shadow inventory
The furore over servicing issues at GMAC Mortgage (see last issue) continued this week, as Ally Financial released further details about the firm's foreclosure processes. The episode could prolong the housing recoveries for the affected US states by...
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- CDS
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Market Reports
- ABS
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'Peripheral' Euro ABS attracts more interest
There has been a positive continuation of activity in the European ABS market over the past week, with Spanish, Portuguese and Greek deals seeing a rise in interest. "It has been pretty good this week: there have been a couple of new issues, which...
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- CLOs
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Liquidation and supply to drive CLOs forward
The secondary US CLO market has been extremely active over the past week, with mezzanine paper attracting the most attention. "The CLO market this week has been a listathon, with size, scale and numbers of people - there has been up to ei...
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- ABS
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News
- ABS
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Uproar over final safe harbour rule
The FDIC has approved a final rule to extend through to 31 December its securitisation safe harbour, under which all transactions or participations in process before the end of the year are permanently grandfathered under the existing terms of 12 C.F...
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- CMBS
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Showdown for Innkeepers' future
Sponsors of competing reorganisation plans in the pending Innkeepers USA Trust bankruptcy case will meet on Thursday (30 September). Innkeepers, which filed for bankruptcy protection in July (see SCI issue 197), is an Apollo Investment Corp REIT that...
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- Real Estate
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PPIP 2.0 proposed
MBS analysts at Bank of America Merrill Lynch suggest that a 'PPIP 2.0' should be included as part of the upcoming GSE reform proposal, to accompany the second round of quantitative easing (QE2). They believe a new PPIP could allow for the smooth abs...
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- ABS
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Talking Point
- ABS
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Investor caution remains in recovering market
Morrison & Foerster partners Peter Green and Jeremy Jennings-Mares discussed at a seminar the firm hosted on 23 September the outlook for, and investor confidence in, the European securitisation market. Green began the discussion by outlini...
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- ABS
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Provider Profile
- Emerging Markets
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Trading on trust
BTIG's London ceo Gary Hayes and Russell Scott, md and head of CEEMEA trading at the firm, answer SC...
Q: How and when did your firm become involved in the structured finance markets? GH: BTIG was growing - mostly in equities, outsourced trading and prime brokerage - and at the end of 2008 we realised there would be an opportunity...
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- Emerging Markets
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Job Swaps
- ABS
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Renewables SF group formed
SPG Solar has formed a structured finance group to offer its clients financial resources on public f...
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Investment manager adds partner
Titan Capital Group has appointed Keith Danko as partner. He will work closely with Titan founder Ru...
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Trio joins new EM platform
Lazard Asset Management has added a new debt capability to its emerging market platform. Denise Simo...
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Bank strengthens fixed income sales
Ally Financial has appointed former JVB Financial vp, Robert Clark, to its institutional fixed incom...
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ABL acquisition completed
The KBC group is selling its asset-based lending (ABL) division, KBC Business Capital, to a wholly o...
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- Asia
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Bank adds Asian fixed income head
Nomura has appointed Rig Karkhanis as head of its fixed income group in Singapore. In this newly-cre...
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- CDS
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Bank names global credit trading head
HSBC has appointed Niall Cameron as global head of credit trading, a role in which he will drive the...
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Lehman-backed structured product fines levied
The UK FSA has fined one firm and two individuals for failures in relation to the sale of Lehman Bro...
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Dealer derivatives clearing group formed
Bank of America Merrill Lynch has formed a global futures and derivatives clearing services (GFDCS)...
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- CLOs
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Primus divests CLO subsidiary
Primus Guaranty is to sell CypressTree Investment Management, its third-party asset management subsi...
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- CMBS
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HPI enhances investor report transparency
Hatfield Philips International (HPI) has begun offering investors access to investor reports from it...
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- Distressed assets
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Distressed trading head named
Jefferies has appointed Peter Santry as md and head of distressed trading in its leveraged finance s...
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Lehman chapter 11 progress outlined
Alvarez & Marsal last week presented its State of the Estate report on the chapter 11 cases...
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- Investors
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Hires made as manager preps new strategies
TCP Global Investment Management has appointed David Vuchinich as cio and Greg Jacobs as md in its f...
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Credit fund's early redemption period reduced
Third Avenue Management has announced that the holding period for shares of Third Avenue Focused Cre...
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- Operations
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Acquisition set to boost risk services
Wolters Kluwer Financial Services is to acquire FRSGlobal from The Carlyle Group and growth equity i...
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Operational risk vet hired
The DTCC has appointed Andrew Leonard as md and head of its operational risk group. In this new posi...
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Risk programme leader named
AMX International has appointed Steve Lindo to lead its banking and asset management enterprise risk...
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- Real Estate
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German bad bank transfer due
€191.1bn of Hypo Real Estate's assets is scheduled to be transferred into the new German b...
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- RMBS
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Global bond fund launched
ING Investment Management Americas has launched the ING Global Bond Collective Trust Fund, which aim...
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Ex-Fannie Mae trader joins advisory
The Collingwood Group has recruited Mary Lou Christy as svp. Prior to joining the firm, Christy serv...
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Asset management strengthened for GSE MBS
State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has appointed investment manager Smith Graham & Co to he...
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- ABS
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News Round-up
- ABS
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Basel 2 implementation analysed
A survey conducted by the Financial Stability Institute (FSI) on the Basel 2 implementation in 2004...
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Pre-emptive funding channels recommended
Debt finance for M&A activity is available to companies with pre-emptive funding strategies,...
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Positive trends for US auto ABS
Year-over-year (YOY) US prime auto delinquencies are down by 33%, boding well for auto loan ABS, acc...
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Higher losses for rehabilitated FFELP loans
Moody's has commented on the performance of rehabilitated FFELP student loans, indicating that these...
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SLABS ARS exposure reviewed
Fitch is to review US FFELP student loan ABS transactions with auction-rate securities. As part of i...
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Japanese consumer ABS criteria explained
S&P has published a report to help market participants better understand its approach to rat...
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- CDO
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CDO name-changes announced
A couple of CDO managers have announced changes to the names of some of their deals. The Carlyle G...
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Updated criteria for hybrid CDOs
S&P has updated its assumptions for rating global CDOs backed by Trups, surplus notes and ot...
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- CDPCs
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CDPC debt ratings upgraded on commutation
Moody's has upgraded the senior subordinated debt ratings of Athilon Capital Corp from Caa2 to B3. T...
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- CDS
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Senior versus sub iTraxx trade touted
Approximately half of existing bank Tier 2 bonds could disappear over the next five years if the cur...
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CEF derivatives use continues to evolve
Fitch reports that many US closed-end funds (CEFs) continue to utilise traditional forms of cash-fun...
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Derivatives trading volumes fall again
In its quarterly report on bank trading and derivatives activities, the Office of the Comptroller of...
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Credit events to be determined
ISDA's Japan Determinations Committee is deliberating on whether a bankruptcy credit event occurred...
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CDS PD product launched
Moody's Analytics has launched its CDS-implied EDF (expected default frequency) product, available t...
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- CLOs
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Review shows limited use of CDO buckets
A new report published by S&P indicates that most US collateral managers have not fully util...
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CLOs expected to smooth loan maturity curve
CLO transactions could play a role in refinancing the wave of US leveraged loan maturities over the...
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German balance sheet CLOs stabilising
The performance of 12 Fitch-rated German balance sheet CLOs appears to be stabilising. This trend, t...
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- CMBS
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Latest US CMBS signals conduit re-emergence
Some US$10bn of new US CMBS debt is expected to be sold to investors this year, with JPMorgan, Goldm...
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Benchmark indices to see CMBS changes
Barclays Capital has announced that, as of 1 January 2011, US CMBS classified as an A1A tranche will...
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Update due for investor reporting package
CRE Finance Council Europe is set to release a market exposure draft of its European Investor Report...
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- LCDS
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LCDX, CDX.HY see constituent changes
The Markit LCDX index will roll into its 15th series on 4 October, with the coupon and maturity expe...
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- Ratings
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Ratings education resource unveiled
S&P has launched 'Understanding Ratings', a new information and education resource for inves...
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- Real Estate
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Serviced mortgage credit quality remains steady
The credit quality of first-lien mortgages serviced by the largest US national banks and thrifts rem...
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- Regulation
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European financial supervision reform agreed
The European Parliament has approved a financial supervision reform package that will see a systemic...
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- RMBS
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Credit union legacy assets addressed
The US National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) has announced a plan to isolate impaired assets &...
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Paragon re-enters BTL market
Paragon has signed a new £200m mortgage warehouse funding facility with Macquarie for four...
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Slight ABX CDR pick-up seen
Following a downward trend over the last year and a half, the latest ABX remittance report indicates...
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Stress test due for Aussie RMBS
Fitch says that, due to significant market commentary surrounding the sustainability of continued ri...
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Korean RMBS approach explained
Moody's has updated its methodology for the analysis of Korean RMBS transactions. "Moody's rating...
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- ABS
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