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Q&A: David Pagliaro & Peter Jones
Two S&P executives explain how the rating agency's ABSXchange platform for structured products and the VSS valuations service benefit investors in today's unpredictable markets
Deals of the Month: Staples
One of the most encouraging aspects of the strong pace of corporate issuance in the dollar market in January, in addition to the sheer volume of new paper, was the willingness of investors to leave the security of the investment grade's higher echelons…
Insurance debt: Don't take a tumble
Holders of bonds from the insurance sector should prepare themselves for a rough ride in 2009. Lingering concerns over the exposure of certain names to toxic structured credit assets and the difficulty of raising more debt in the current environment are…
The repo effect
The ability of banks to use securitisation deals as collateral for repo funding from central banks has resulted in larger deals with more esoteric assets. Laurence Neville looks at how this change is affecting the securitisation market as a whole