Special purpose vehicles (spv)
Banks look to offload structured credit assets as prices recover
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Bad banks and ring-fenced legacy assets remain big parts of the structured credit market. With a rebound in prices and soaring capital charges for holding such assets, there is speculation the pace of...
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The increasing use of collateral in structured products has arisen from the need to alleviate counterparty risk. In its simplest form, structured products are debt instruments from issuers that promise...
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The Lehman flip clause flap
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The decision of a US bankruptcy court to void contractual provisions that shield investors from the credit risk of swap counterparties in structured finance deals has put the legal systems of England and the US on a collision course. It also has potential...
Collateral replacement
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At the height of the financial crisis, manufacturers were quick to mitigate mounting counterparty risk concerns by deploying products issued by collateralised special purpose vehicles. But now, as the yield junkies return and retail appetite for collateralisation...
Lehman SPV trustee trapped by contrasting rulings
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The trustee for a string of Lehman Brothers structured finance transactions has been left in legal no-man's land following a US bankruptcy court ruling last week that directly contradicts a ruling handed down by UK courts in July 2009. The rulings focus...
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Commercial real estate has taken a battering from the financial crisis. While some classes of asset-backed securities have seen signs of recovery, with improving prices in the secondary market and an increase in primary issuance, commercial mortgage-backed...
Nordic bank SPVs start work on bad Baltic loans
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Nordic banks are beginning the long process of tidying up their bad Baltic property loans, with all four of the most exposed institutions creating special purpose vehicles (SPVs) in the last couple of months to take ownership of loan collateral. The...
Nordic bank SPVs start work on bad Baltic loans
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Nordic banks are beginning the long process of tidying up their bad Baltic property loans, with all four of the most exposed institutions creating special purpose vehicles (SPVs) in the last couple of months to take ownership of loan collateral. The strategy...
Stung by BEE
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Black economic empowerment has been a big source of profits for South African banks in recent years. But market turmoil means many deals are underwater, and some market participants have likened the situation to the US subprime mortgage crisis. Mark Pengelly...
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