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Transparency is rapidly emerging as the solution for restoring trust in pricing and therefore liquidity in the structured finance markets. -
Constant proportion debt obligation mechanics are important in the current environment.
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March is here and that means Spring Training.
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Shariah-compliant finance would appear to be at a major disadvantage when compared to conventional Western fixed income.
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The well-publicized exposure of U.S. financial guaranty insurance companies to losses from the repackaging of sub-prime mortgage loans into residential mortgage-backed securities, and the repackaging of BBB and lower-rated tranches of RMBS into asset-backed securities collateralized debt obligations, has caused concern about those insurers' financial ability to withstand losses from such exposure.
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Tight credit and an economic slowdown are likely to increase default rates this year.
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The Markets in Financial Instruments Directive came into force across the European Economic Area on Nov. 1.
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Credit derivative product companies have been described as highly rated, capital efficient and successful managers of diverse and complicated risk so why have so few made it to market?
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Over the last six months, the 2006 and 2007 commercial mortgage-backed securities U.S. vintages, while still performing with minimal delinquencies, have gotten a reputation for having aggressive pro forma underwriting and interest-only loans.
