Standard & Poor’s
"Deceptive and negligent": How the first CPDO got its AAA rating
An extraordinary Australian court judgement shines a light on the errors and deceit that led to the granting of an AAA rating to ABN Amro’s Surf constant proportion debt obligation in 2006. Lukas Becker reports
Dutch counsel confident of success as S&P faces new CPDO case
The fine handed out by an Australian court last year to ABN Amro and Standard & Poor’s was a rare success for post-crisis litigants in structured credit cases. The victors are hoping to repeat the trick in Europe – but what are their chances? Lukas…
ABN Amro and S&P could face European CPDO suit
European banks and pension funds are seeking redress over CPDO ratings, and claims against issuers of other structured credit products could follow
Local credit rating agencies offer alternative to ‘big three’
First-rate ambitions
Index roundup
Index roundup
Index roundup
Index roundup
People: UBS poaches Edwards from RBS and Naylor from Deutsche
UBS bolsters equity derivatives team
Italy downgrade triggers inflation bond sell-off
Moody's downgrade forces Italian linkers out of index
New S&P Dow Jones venture to compete with banks not index providers
Merger of S&P Indices and Dow Jones Indexes will fuel more competition with banks than other index providers, say market participants
Luxury goods stocks continue to sparkle in Switzerland
Deutsche Bank says the luxury goods sector is especially promising in the current financial climate, while Bank Vontobel in Switzerland has launched its fifth structured product based on a basket of luxury and fashion goods
Commodity ETP activity drops 24% in a week, driven by precious metal fund outflows
Activity in commodity exchange-traded products falls sharply amid poor performance of the asset class
Srikant Dash joins Bloomberg to create index business
Days after leaving S&P Indices, Srikant Dash has joined Bloomberg to lead and create a new index business
People: Former SG execs launch multi-commodity discretionary hedge fund
Former SG execs launch multi-commodity discretionary hedge fund
Index roundup
Index roundup
Photo gallery: Structured Products Americas Awards 2012
Photo gallery: Structured Products Americas Awards 2012
US focus: Economic evolution
Economic evolution
Political risk
In depth: political risk introduction
Dodd-Frank in danger
Dodd-Frank: a tough nut to crack
Parala Capital launches 'index of indexes' in conjunction with Dow Jones Indexes
Macro strategy boutique Parala Capital has signed its first index deal with Dow Jones Indexes
S&P licenses new Italy LargeMidCap index to JP Morgan for bespoke products
JP Morgan is to use S&P Indices' new Italy LargeMidCap Index as the basis for bespoke structured products
Dash to leave S&P Indices ahead of merger with Dow Jones Indexes
Srikant Dash will leave S&P Indices on June 1 after 12 years at the company, to be replaced by Jim Bailey. Dash's departure will come a month ahead of the merger with Dow Jones Indexes that will see S&P's Alex Matturi take over as CEO of the merged entity
Downgrade doomsday: utilities fear swap dealer shortage
Downgrade doomsday
Structured Products Americas Awards 2012
Structured Products Americas Awards 2012
Index innovation: S&P Indices
Structured Products Americas Awards 2012