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EU support for naked CDS sets up collision with Parliament
Draft text would allow uncovered CDS but sketches out new reporting regime that could spook hedge funds
Credit analysts predict drop in credit default swap spreads under new bank resolution regimes
Complex fixed-income structures and hybrid products are finding an increasing significance among regional investors, with demand coming from private individuals, macro asset managers and sovereign wealth...
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Recovery sparks spate of distressed asset sales
Bad banks and ring-fenced legacy assets remain big parts of the structured credit market. With a rebound in prices and soaring capital charges, there is speculation the pace of asset sales could speed up. Mark Pengelly reports
Standard & Poor's changes US outlook to negative
Ratings agency cites growing deficit and debt as rationale behind the change
EU confusion over cash collateral rules
Dealers want sovereign clients to start posting collateral in derivatives trades, but European Union reporting rules make that tricky. Raising funds to post collateral would have an impact on national debt figures – and the same is also true when receiving...
Sovereign debt managers criticise ban on naked CDSs
European Parliament proposal will increase volatility in borrowing costs, claim debt managers
CDO ratings arbitrage “reasonable and justifiable”, UK court finds
Judge sides with Barclays, and rejects claims of fraud by Cassa di Risparmio della Repubblica di San Marino
Portuguese deficit, Irish stress tests weigh on CDS spreads
Spreads are jolted following Portuguese deficit revision, and expectations of a new round of bank recapitalisation in Ireland
Tepco spreads tighten as nationalisation rumours grow
Credit default spreads narrow on Fukushima plant operator and Japanese sovereign while BP widens on manslaughter charge reports
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