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Adam Glass
Trading
- Protection buyers could lose all in debt-equity swaps, notes Bank... 22 hours ago
- LCDX on the rise as 2009 trading activity begins 22 hours ago
- 2009 opening levels reveal vastly changed landscape 1 day ago
- Isda sets March deadline for hardwiring 2 days ago
- Bank of America publishes 2009 outlook on credit derivatives 11 days ago
Funds
- Credit fund halts redemptions 22 hours ago
- Deerfield announces 'headcount reduction' 1 day ago
- Highland Capital Management announces senior changes 1 day ago
- Pellegrini departs Paulson & Co, reports Wall Street Journal 1 day ago
- Former prime brokerage head departs bank 18 days ago
Distressed
- Defaults increase more than 40-fold in 2008 1 day ago
- Broadstripe files for bankruptcy 2 days ago
- GMAC changes structure of exchange offer 17 days ago
- CDO holders look to offload whole portfolios through private... 18 days ago
- Holders pay up for protection on distressed CDOs 18 days ago
Structured
- Manager expands European team with two hires 22 hours ago
- Moody's cuts ABS CDO ratings 1 day ago
- CLO mandate goes to rival bank after lengthy auction process 18 days ago
- Bank scoops up $200 million of CLO triple As 18 days ago
- JP Morgan settles warehouse dispute with CLO manager 20 days ago
Fundamentals
- RBC recommends EM credit trades 23 hours ago
- High grade issuance kicks off 2009 1 day ago
- UniCredit maintains sell recommendation on LyondellBasell bonds 2 days ago
- Debt returns trump equity, says Bank of America 15 days ago
- Merrill Lynch estimates fallen angel downgrade volumes at $200... 17 days ago
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Newsletter
January 2009
Structured: Key man clause triggered at Aladdin; Half of CLOs may have filled triple C buckets; European banks seek to offload CSOs ; BMO cuts back in structured credit ; Credit write-downs top half a trillion; …
Trading: Three-year is the new five-year in correlation; BNP Paribas hires Ali for iTraxx index trading ; Rustagi returns at Stark Investments in London; Liffe is first to market with central clearing service ; Busy dealers scrap year- end cash settlement target ; …
Funds: Derivative credit funds outperform cash funds; CLO manager pushes into credit fund management; Consultant turns fund manager; Fund launch may signal revival of interest in distressed ABS ; …
Fundamentals: Markit drops LoanX as identifier war intensifies; Deutsche no-call call panics tier one investors; LSE student scoops Cairn/Creditflux prize; Secondary prices point to survival of the biggest ; …
Comment: Wolseley: All I want for Christmas is Keynes (or maybe Hayek); Fishknife: Let’s save the world from toxic L.O.A.N.s ; Viewpoint: Looking for the bottom; Feedback; Buzzword: M-WIC; …
Profile: Profile: Intermediate Capital Group; …
Distressed: Ecuador default adds to rising tally of credit events; Ineos sets path for future European covenant talks; Investors target older vintage CDOs of ABS; …
Analysis: Ringing in the new credit funds; …
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