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Fed divulges process behind bank stress tests

The US Federal Reserve has released details of the methodology behind its Supervisory Capital Assessment Programme (SCAP), the recently concluded stress tests conducted by regulators to ascertain whether additional capital replenishment is needed at the…

IndyMac losses put more strain on FDIC funds

Yesterday's sale of failed California mortgage lender IndyMac has left the US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) with a $10.7 billion bill - weakening its reserves further even as the list of failed banks requiring support continues to lengthen.

Coping with collapse

The demise of Lehman Brothers spelled potential disaster for the US market. Reverse convertibles have sunk on the back of falling equity markets, fear of structured products is spreading like wildfire in the wake of negative media coverage, and a hoped…

The search for a deposit base

The fallout from the default of Lehman Brothers continues spread across the structured products industry, as arrangers seek to reassure nervous high-net-worth clients that their investments are safe. Michael Marray reports

Auction sets 57% recovery on Washington Mutual CDS

An auction yesterday established a final settlement price of 57% for Washington Mutual bonds, leaving sellers of credit default swaps (CDS) with higher-than-expected settlement payments as they close out contracts referencing the former US bank.

Weathering the storm

Lehman Brothers' collapse has potentially ruinous consequences for the US structured products market. But delegates and speakers at the Structured Products West Coast Conference were surprisingly upbeat about the future and opportunities that have arisen…

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