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Synthetic securitisation
Credit portfolio products proliferate
Large fixed-income investors want to take or shed sizeable diversified credit positions efficiently, without incurring lot cost or liquidity risk. Dealers are responding with a variety of new products. But which will succeed?
Collateralised loan obligations
Enron’s bankruptcy highlighted the problems that the lack of portfolio transparency and diversification in the collateralised loan obligation (CLO) market causes investors. Barrie Wilkinson and Andrew Kuritzkes of Oliver, Wyman & Co argue a ‘multi-bank…
Job moves
QUOTE OF THE MONTH: - “I can’t get rid of the stupid thing” Lev Borodovsky, co-founder of Garp, describing difficulties negotiating a transfer of ownership Source: RiskNews, January 16
Rallying cry for Italy
Italian banks are racing to catch up with their largest US and European competitors in risk modelling. Inspired by Mauro Maccarinelli, IntesaBci is leading the pack.
FSA chairman voices CDO concerns
The Financial Services Authority (FSA), the UK's principal regulator, is concerned that the rapid growth of credit risk transfers between banks and insurers/ reinsurers could affect financial stability.
Synthetics up on back of credit derivatives growth
Increased familiarity with credit derivatives is leading to a greater appetite for synthetic securitisation, according to the two main ratings agencies, Standard & Poor's (S&P) and Moody's.
Asian securitisation market hits post-crisis record
The Asian securitisation market has registered its most successful year since the Asian financial crisis, with cross-border issuance totalling $2.74 billion in 2001, according to international rating agency Moody’s. This growth is set to continue, with…
RBS launches new sterling-denominated CDO
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has become the next in a line of major European banks to launch a collateralised debt obligation (CDO) consisting entirely of leveraged loans in the European market. The new fund, named Cairngorm, has a high proportion of…
Pricing default baskets
Nicholas Dunbar, Risk’s technical editor, introduces the first in a new series of technical papers written by quants at Deutsche Bank.“Default correlation has been one of the hottest topics in credit derivatives over the past year. So it is a pleasure to…
Linear, yet attractive, Contour
Banks’ Potential Future Exposure models are at the core of the advanced EAD (Exposure At Default) approach to capital requirements for credit risk considered in the New Basel Capital Accord. Juan Cárdenas, Emmanuel Fruchard and Jean-François Picron look…
Basel shortcomings: Danger lurks on the rocky road to Basel II
The Basel Accord proposals to define operational risk contain many fatal flaws, says Jacques Pézier. He argues that it would be better to focus management time on managing key risks than on developing op risk databases and measurement procedures.
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