Restructuring
Lifemark investors low down in pecking order for payouts
Those invested in Lifemark, the company backing UK plan manager Keydata, have been placed low on the list of those to be paid after financial restructuring.
Intellectual property and internal talent could get caught up in bank prop desk divorce
Jon Pain to step down from UK regulator before proposed changes take effect next year
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Major economies must heed Greece lesson, says Reinhart
Major economies need to “come to terms with their debt” if they are to avoid the problems afflicting Greece, a leading economist has warned. As fears grow over the risk of a sovereign default in the Eurozone, Carmen Reinhart, director of the Center...
Deal of the year - Société Générale, Fortis restructuring
Risk’s deal of the year could barely have occurred under more inauspicious circumstances. For banks already stumbling under the weight of toxic assets, the collapse of Lehman Brothers on September 15, 2008, served to heighten market nerves dramatically....
CDS tested to the limit
Auctions to settle credit default swaps on media firm Thomson in October tested both the small bang protocol and the nerves of dealers. The outcome puzzled some market participants, while others have called for the removal of restructuring as a credit...
Credit risk
Equity markets have partially recovered, Libor rates have dropped and volatility levels have dampened. There are even signs some economies could return to growth as early as the end of this year – something that would have seemed wildly optimistic back...
The Thomson test
A restructuring of debt by Paris-based media and electronics firm Thomson has provided an early test for the small bang protocol. The initial stages of the settlement process highlighted a number of outstanding issues, not least the treatment of index...
Thomson restructuring tests Isda's small bang protocol
A restructuring of debt by Paris-based media and electronics firm Thomson in June has provided an early test for the International Swaps and Derivatives Association's small bang protocol. The Isda Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) credit derivatives...
Dealers agree restructuring for standardised European CDSs
European derivatives dealers have agreed on a provisional framework to integrate restructuring as a credit event into the auction process for the cash settlement of credit default swaps (CDSs), taking the market a step closer to central clearing. On...
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