Securitisation

• Structured products

South Africa goes synthetic

• 01 Jul 2002

• Structured products

Fitch first to report CDO exposure to WorldCom

New York-based Fitch is the first rating agency to report WorldCom exposures on the collateralised debt obligations (CDOs) it has rated.

• 01 Jul 2002

• Structured products

US middle-market CLO business poised to rise, says Fitch

US middle-market collateralised loan obligation (CLO) issuance is set to rise, according to a new Fitch Ratings report. A middle-market company is classed as one with annual revenues of between $10 and 400 million.

• 27 Jun 2002

• Structured products

KDB sets up credit derivatives desk in Seoul

The Korea Development Bank (KDB) has established a credit derivatives desk following an internal reorganisation of the bank's derivatives operations and in response to the growing credit derivatives market in the country, said Hae-Geun Chung, head of the…

• 19 Jun 2002

• Credit markets

BNP Paribas ready to launch Pacific Liberté $1.2 billion synthetic CLO

BNP Paribas is poised to launch a $1.2 billion, three-year synthetic balance sheet collateralised loan obligation (CLO) called Pacific Liberté, possibly as soon as this week or next, according to market sources.

• 05 Jun 2002

• Credit risk

DBS in new synthetic deal

New Angles

• 01 Jun 2002

• Hedge funds

Structured vehicle link to fund of funds to widen client base

CDOs have been restructured for the fund of hedge fund market

• 15 May 2002

• Hedge funds

Cdos up until today

• 15 May 2002

• Hedge funds

Visibility or transparency?

• 15 May 2002

• Basel Committee

Gaining an edge from Basel

The recent recommendations of the Basel Committee are set to usher in a period of upheaval for many participants in the banking sector. Standard & Poor’s Anthony Albert looks at how to gain a competitive advantage in credit risk management in the light…

• 01 May 2002

• Regulation

Independence day for SPEs

• 01 May 2002