Bear Stearns

Bear and Lehman among most active CDSs in September

Amid disappointing third-quarter results, credit default swaps (CDSs) referenced to Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers ranked among the most active in CDS trading in the US in September, according to a monthly report by New York-based inter-dealer broker…

Credit funds: Behind the rhetoric

As fund after fund succumbs to emergency measures to halt redemptions, shore up funding or sell off structured credit assets, the terms used to describe them are too often blurred and confused.

Bear Stearns president quits

Warren Spector, co-president and co-chief operating officer of Bear Stearns, has become the latest and highest-ranking casualty of the failure of two of the bank's hedge funds.

Fedak resigns from Bear

After 14 years at Bear Stearns, Michael Fedak, global head of interest rate derivatives and municipal derivatives, has left the firm in order to take some time off from the business and spend more time with his family, according to a person familiar with…

Isda welcomes outcome of SG appeal

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association has publicly welcomed a decision by the US Second Circuit Court of Appeals, overturning a ruling that forced Société Générale to pay out on a contentious credit default swap (CDS) contract.

Davies resigns from Bear

Mark Davies has resigned from his position as New York-based head of global credit trading at Bear Stearns.

Bear Stearns expands precious metals team

Bear Stearns has expanded its precious metals group. It is offering over-the-counter forwards, options, swaps and structured products, as well as spot trades, in London, New York and Hong Kong.

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