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Mortgage-backed securities (mbs)

Credit ratings agencies do not want ratings quoted

Standard & Poor's, Moody's Investors Service and Fitch Ratings are asking clients not to use their ratings in documentation for new bond sales.

Hedge Funds Review | 22 Jul 2010

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Goldman Sachs CDO deals fall under the microscope

Banks and hedge funds have been forced to defend their role in creating collateralised debt obligations even as the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s fraud case against Goldman Sachs shows signs......

Hedge Funds Review | 08 May 2010 | secure

Corporate debt offers investment opportunity

Discounted corporate debt has presented good investment opportunities for fund managers and investors. How the market for structured products, including securitised loans, will develop in the future is,......

Hedge Funds Review | 11 Jan 2010 | secure

Rating agencies come under fire after subprime fiasco

Rising delinquencies in the US subprime mortgage sector triggered a flood of downgrades by credit-rating agencies.

Hedge Funds Review | 11 Jan 2010 | secure

Making sense of the alphabet maze of securitisation

ABS, CDO and CDO2 are all part of the language of the heyday of securitisation. This is a guide through some of the terms used then and which are still prevalent in today’s market and in hybrid credit......

Hedge Funds Review | 11 Jan 2010 | secure

Markit launches index giving exposure to CMBS

Markit has launched the Markit TRX.NA index designed to provide investors with an opportunity to gain exposure to commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) through total return swap (TRS) contracts.......

Hedge Funds Review | 10 Sep 2009

Relative value strategy fails to perform in 2008

Claimed to be designed to cope with market volatility, relative value strategies have produced disappointing performances throughout 2008. Hedge Funds Review discovers if the strategy has a future in 2009......

Hedge Funds Review | 01 Jan 2009 | secure

Market continues to fear global recession

A good majority, 70%, of large institutional investors think turmoil in international credit markets will push the US into recession in 2008. Almost 60% think the still-unfolding crisis will result in......

Hedge Funds Review | 01 Apr 2008 | secure

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