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Cayman Island hopping: EU laws provoke switch in CLO listings
6 months ago
The Cayman Islands Stock Exchange (CSX) is set to become the listing place of choice in 2019 for CLOs put together by US managers — at least, according to a bold prediction by law firm Harneys.Cadwalader's Tobias: investors are pushing back against cash leaking out of a CLO [video]
6 months ago
Cadwalader partner Daniel Tobias discusses the impact of the EU's Securitisation Regulation for CLOs at the Creditflux CLO symposium on 8 MayMarket making begins in German bank senior preferred CDS
6 months ago
Dealers will today begin making markets in senior preferred CDS of German banks, following the implementation of a protocol created by the International Swaps & Derivatives AssociationThe resolution of narrowly tailored credit events is a leap forward for the CDS market
7 months ago
Isda is replacing the mechanistic determination of a failure-to-pay credit event with a more subjective ruleAshurst promotes structured products lawyer as one of 21 new partners
7 months ago
Ashurst has promoted to partner a London-based lawyer who specialises in derivatives and debt capital marketsLCH signs up first Italian member to CDSClear
7 months ago
Banca IMI, the investment bank of Intesa Sanpaolo, has signed up as the first Italian member of CDSClear at LCH SA, the French clearing unit of London Stock Exchange-owned LCH GroupThree "critical safeguards" required for competitive loan syndication, European Commission says
8 months ago
The European Commission has published its final report on European loan syndication and the impact of competition in credit markets, in which it outlines three "critical safeguards"Esma amends recognitions for UK CCPs in event of no-deal Brexit
8 months ago
The European Securities and Markets Authority (Esma) will continue to recognise three UK-based central counterparties (CCPs) and the UK Central Securities Depository (CSD) in the event of a no-deal Brexit on 12 AprilJapanese investors must confirm assets are appropriate... CLO managers can provide assurances
8 months ago
The stipulation that Japanese banks invest in appropriately formed assets is unlikely to hurt the CLO industryDistressed specialists monitor weaknesses in direct lending
8 months ago
Stressed and distressed debt managers might be best served by looking at the direct lending market for opportunities. Sources say that two of the most experienced direct lenders in the business have been forced to deal with problem credits in their portfoliosJapan regulation affords CLOs breathing room
8 months ago
Japan’s regulators have avoided disruption of the global CLO market by softening the impact of their risk retention rules that came into effect in MarchLSTA's Coffey floats five-point plan for Libor replacements
8 months ago
"Unlike Brexit, a benchmark is definitely going to happen", the audience at the IMN European CLO and Leveraged Loan conference heardLeveraged loans pose credit risk but not systemic risk, conference told
8 months ago
Regulators and the press need to understand the difference between credit risk and systemic risk, claimed panelists at the IMN European CLOs and Leveraged Loans conferenceAshurst hires counsel with structured products experience
8 months ago
Ashurst has appointed a counsel in its global markets practice in ParisJapanese regulator makes CLOs exempt from risk retention - if loans are appropriately originated
8 months ago
The Japan Financial Services Agency (FSA) has said that CLOs can sit outside the remits of its securitisation regulation, if investors in the country can provide ‘in-depth analysis’ showing the underlying assets were appropriately originatedEuropean regulators lower Solvency II capital charges for private debt
8 months ago
The European Commission has amended Solvency II rules to make it easier for insurance companies to invest in private debt and private equityCDS relative value traders shift their bets as Europe trades inside US
9 months ago
Credit derivative markets have hit a point of position cutting and resetting, with the iTraxx Europe index having dipped inside its US counterpart CDX IG for the first time since December even as the European Central Bank’s new funding programme underwhelmed financials tradersThey said it: I dedicated eight years of my life to it - so yes!
9 months ago
European Banking Authority principal policy advisor Christian Moor is asked whether the creation of the Simple, Transparent & Standardised label has been worth the effortSecuritisation Regulation hits European ABS issuance
9 months ago
Issuance in traditional European ABS has been notably slow in the first two months of 2019 following the introduction of the new Securitisation Regulation.Private credit body urges regulators to remove barriers
9 months ago
The Alternative Credit Council (ACC) is lobbying for policy makers to remove barriers in some EU countries that restrict the ability of non-bank lenders to operateInitial margin relief falls short of industry calls
9 months ago
Reprieve for many smaller counterparties from a requirement to post initial margin (IM) on derivative trades looks likely, following a statement from regulators this weekUS dollar three-month is focus point for benchmarks, finds Ice Libor survey
9 months ago
One-, three- and six-month US dollar and sterling are the focus points for Ice Benchmark Administration to seek agreement with banks, according to the results of IBA’s survey on uses of LiborIsda extends German CDS protocol deadline beyond March index roll
9 months ago
The International Swaps & Derivatives Association (Isda) has extended the deadline for market participants to adhere to its German bank CDS protocol after it became clear a number of affected parties would not be signed up in timeUS and UK sound post-Brexit derivatives regulatory accord
9 months ago
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Bank of England have issued a joint statement assuring derivative market participants of continued access to trading and clearing after the UK’s exit from the European UnionDentons boosts derivatives practice in London with two partner
9 months ago
Dentons has added two partners to its derivatives practice in London
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