Pre-migration untagged articles
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"The FDIC and Treasury used assumptions for the macro variables in 2009 and 2010 that are so optimistic that the actual data for 2009 are already worse than the adverse scenario."
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Several issuers that had shied away from the private placement market recently stormed back this week as investors, buoyed by positive movements in the equity markets, became keen to branch out from exclusively SSA and triple-A trades.
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Dealers of private EMTNs: Non syndicated deals excluding financial repackaged SPVs, GSE issuers, self-led deals and issues with a term of less than 365 days
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The Asian Development Bank sold a Sfr250m five year bond yesterday (Thursday) when it returned to the Swiss franc market after a 10 year absence.
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Moody’s downgraded financial guarantee company Ambac to Ba3 from Baa1 with the outlook developing this week. It says Ambac’s risk adjusted capitalisation has been weakened after the rating agency increased its loss estimates on RMBS.
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The amount of commercial paper sold to the Bank of England’s Asset Purchase Facility fell to a new record low last week and its usage looks unlikely to increase.
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Goldman Sachs posted a $1.81bn first quarter net profit this week, aided by strong performance in its fixed income, commodities and currencies division as well as a change to its accounting calendar.
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JPMorgan has reported a first quarter net income of $2.1bn, continuing a buoyant earnings season for US banks. Although its income was down from $2.4bn in the first quarter of 2008, the firm posted a record revenue of $26.9bn.