Pre-migration untagged articles
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Bank robbery is no laughing matter.
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New uses for loan-only credit default swaps were continuing to emerge, and players were eyeing whether the product would allow and encourage banks to bid for deals more aggressively knowing that they could more easily offload some of their risk.
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--Kevin Burke, senior managing director at GE Capital, on the rationale behind adding two members to its sales desk.
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The following charts show the top five advancers and decliners in terms of % moves in the loan, bond and credit default swap markets for the previous week.
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Asset backed commercial paper conduits found demand from investors this week, though some also sold assets to reduce the amount of refinancing they needed. SIVs were still shunned, however, with muted demand across the whole sector.
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CA Cheuvreux has launched a research product in Greek equities. The Greek team began operations in mid-September, covering Greek listed companies as well as a selection of Romanian and Bulgarian companies.
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Caisse de Refinancement de l’Habitat is expected to price a Eu2.5bn three year issue today (Friday), its largest ever deal and its first transaction to include a market-making commitment.
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Tranches from Credit Suisse’s innovative equity default swap CDO transactions were placed on review for possible downgrade by Moody’s this week.
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Dominion Bond Rating Service expects to announce its methodology for rating covered bonds in October. Catherine Gerst, managing director of structured finance at DBRS in Paris, describes its goal as "trying to bring transparency" to both issuers and investors.
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Although the short squeeze in credit default swaps last week has blown itself out, iTraxx index levels have remained pinned into tight and narrow ranges.