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Protection sellers on monoline face 80% cash value payout.
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Isda has classified a restructuring of Ambac's RMBS-related exposure as a bankruptcy, triggering thousands of CDS.
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Primus looks to fill monoline void
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New York-based credit derivatives product company (CDPC) Primus Guaranty is planning a new venture to write credit default swap (CDS) protection on corporate and sovereign debt and some AAA rated structured credit. CDPCs were originally set up to take...
New monoline fears after 'disappointing' Q2 results
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Mixed Q2 results for monoline insurers have raised fresh worries about their prospects. Ambac and Assured Guaranty have announced huge losses, and, although MBIA recorded a gain, analysts predict the surprise result is only a temporary reprieve. Ambac...
Bleak prospects for monolines
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Mixed second-quarter results for monoline insurers have raised fresh worries about their future prospects.
Ambac's mark-to-market gain from CDS blow-out
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Ambac reported a massive $1.54 billion mark-to-market gain on credit default swaps in the first quarter - an upswing largely due to the company's own deteriorating financial condition. According to results released on May 11, the gain was primarily...
Ambac makes $1.539bn derivatives gain
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Ambac reported a massive $1.539 billion mark-to-market gain on credit default swaps (CDSs) in the first quarter – an upswing largely due to its own deteriorating financial condition.
NYSID causes first monoline CDS default
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An auction is to be held to settle credit derivatives linked to Syncora, the monoline formerly known as XL Capital Assurance, after a committee declared a credit event to have occurred on the firm on May 1.
Ambac pares losses in Q4
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Ambac saw a fourth-quarter net loss of $2.3 billion, a slight improvement on its performance in the third quarter of 2008, when it lost $2.4 billion and a notable improvement from its showing in the fourth quarter of 2007, when it shed $3.3 billion.
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