Securitisation

SIV pain resurfaces through ratings

Moody’s Investors Service has taken negative action on 20 structured investment vehicles (SIVs). The action came as the first part of a sector review started at the beginning of last month by the rating agency.

Rabobank bails out Tango SIV

Rabobank has agreed to take the assets of Tango Finance, a structured investment vehicle (SIV) it sponsors, on to its balance sheet. The Dutch bank plans to do this in early 2008 to prevent a potential fire sale of the SIV’s high-quality assets.

Column - Jonathan Laredo

Banks are feverishly trying to repair their wrecked balance sheets, and until they have the confidence to re-enter the market there will be an imbalance of buyers and sellers

Roundtable: Sounding out the buy side

With the markets still reeling from the liquidity crisis, Credit gathered together three luminaries from the buy side to discuss the effects of the summer slowdown and, more importantly, how things will pan out over the next few months

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