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A “standard converter” allowing credit default swap traders to calculate payments under new fixed-coupon CDS contracts is slated for release Feb. 23. Markit revealed the plan this afternoon at a New York forum it hosted to educate market participants.
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The prevailing view of representatives from the National Conference of Insurance Legislators who met to discuss state regulation of credit default swaps Saturday was that “naked swaps should be illegal,” according to Susan Nolan, executive director.
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Bank of America Credit Strategist Jeffrey Rosenberg has argued credit default swaps would only be triggered in the event a government took over the bulk of any firm’s assets and began running its day-to-day operations.
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The International Swaps and Derivatives Association is set to form a working group to revamp certain equity derivative-related definitions as a result of events that called into question what constitutes nationalization, among other things.
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An executive committee meeting to be held Monday by the U.S. Structured Products Association will hash out how best to deal with an expected firestorm of government regulation on the industry, and whether it can self-regulate.
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Credit default swaps on Liz Claiborne were not triggered after much debate Tuesday, following changes the company made to its credit facility recently.