Collateralised debt obligations (CDOs)
Deutsche and VTB launch CIS corporate CDO
Deutsche Bank and VTB Bank Austria have launched a collateralised debt obligation (CDO) based on corporate debt from member countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).
Shortfall: a tail of two parts
Richard Martin and Dirk Tasche show that the expected shortfall, when used in the conditional independence framework, has an elegant decomposition into systematic (risk-factor-driven) and unsystematic parts. The theory is compared and contrasted with the…
S&P predicts harder times ahead for European structured products
European structured products will come under ratings pressure in 2007, but there will be only a limited number of downgrades, according to rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P).
Russian bank launches first local CDO
Bank Zenit in Moscow has launched what it said is the first collateralised debt obligation (CDO) to be backed by Russian local corporate debt.
The saddlepoint method and portfolio optionalities
Richard Martin describes the application of saddlepoint methods to the calculation of tranche payouts and expected shortfall in loss distributions. Aside from computational use in their own right, the resulting formulas motivate a forthcoming discussion…
Dealing with seller's risk
The risk of trade receivables securitisations comes from both the pool of assets and the seller of the assets. Vivien Brunel develops a model for securitisation exposures that deals with both risks, and analyses in detail the interplay between debtors'…
Intensity gamma
Mark Joshi and Alan Stacey develop a new model for correlation of credit defaults based on a financially intuitive concept of business time similar to that in the variance gamma model for stock price evolution
New CDS documentation from Isda
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association has released standard documentation for three classes of credit default swap (CDS).
European securitisation up 40% this year
European securitisation was up 40% in the first quarter of 2006, with mortgage-backed securities the largest sector of the market.
Primus Financial: the risk repository
Primus Financial occupies a unique place in the credit derivatives market by writing CDS protection – and then holding the swaps to maturity
CDO market to hit $2 trillion by end of 2006, Celent says
According to research by Celent, the notional size of the collateralised debt obligation (CDO) market should reach $2 trillion by the end of next year. In the analysis, the New-York-based consultancy argued that dealers will have to specialise their…
Merrill Lynch Investment Management builds structured products team
Merrill Lynch Investment Management has lured Fernando Guerrero, a collateralised debt obligation (CDO) specialist, away from ABN Amro to head its planned structured products team in New York.
In the core of correlation
The single-factor Gaussian copula model has become a benchmark for the pricing and risk management of basket credit derivatives and synthetic CDO tranches. However, recent months have seen the development of a market for tranched synthetic indexes,…
Collateralization: A safety net for investors?
The proliferation of credit derivatives has given rise to the widespread use of collateralization—posting collateral against the risk of default. But as Saskia Scholtes reports, this practice may be creating its own risks.
Collateralization: A safety net for investors?
The proliferation of credit derivatives has given rise to the widespread use of collateralization—posting collateral against the risk of default. But as Saskia Scholtes reports, this practice may be creating its own risks.
Central banks seek more data on credit derivatives
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is going to ask dealers in the credit derivatives market to supply more information about their business, including information on who they are dealing with.
Regulators put credit risk transfer in the spotlight
Leading financial services regulators have placed the credit risk transfer market under scrutiny to establish if instruments such as credit derivatives and synthetic collateralised debt obligations (CDOs) pose a threat to financial stability.
Notching: Poles apart
A long-running dispute between the 'big three' credit rating agencies concerning the practice of notching refuses to go away. Saskia Scholtes examines the latest contribution to the debate from economics consultancy Nera.
No Nera for agencies
Moody's and S&P claim that a recently commissioned study supports their belief that not all agencies' ratings are equal. Fitch, meanwhile, takes a different line of argument. Saskia Scholtes examines the notches that have driven a wedge between the…
Tri-party repo push for Europe
Europe's tri-party repo market may be ready to take off, thanks to the combination of tighter credit conditions and the provision under Basel II, the new Accord on bank regulatory capital, for lower charges on collateralised financing.
Nomura analyst sceptical about Nera's ratings study
Research by National Economic Research Associates' (Nera) economic consulting division comparing different rating agencies' rating processes has been described as "disappointingly inconclusive" by Mark Adelson, a New York-based securitisation and asset…