The Globe & Mail reports that Canada's federal government workers’ retirement fund has booked CAD920 million ($918 million) of losses on holdings of asset-backed commercial paper and CDOs.
The Public Sector Pension Investment Board is stuck with CAD2 billion of frozen ABCP that had to be written down by $450 million, according to the article, citing PSP Investment’s annual report. The fund’s CDO holdings of CAD1.4 billion were written down by CAD470 million.
November 2008
News: CDS players smell rat after Rentokil private issue; Discount rules halt CLO trading; Morgan Stanley sells CDPC to Magnetar
People: Banks downsize credit prop operations; BNP Paribas reorganises trading; Fast moves
Deals: Investors sniff potential for further triple A CLO widening; Australian investors hope for windfall pay-out
Funds: Big name partners attract funds for structured opportunities strategy; Lehman collapse and loan falls dent returns
Analysis: Lifting the lid on CDO performance; Structured credit outperforms
Profiles: Viewpoint - Jonathan Trutter; Stanfield
Comment: Fishknife, Wolseley
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