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  • Synth CDOs Tipped For Growth 03/01/2010 11:12 PM GMT  

    Demand from European insurance companies is expected to generate an increase in synthetic collateralized debt obligation issuance by year-end, according to panelists at the Information Management Network’s 3rd Annual European Structured Credit Products Summit in London today.

  • FSA Targets Structured Finance 03/01/2010 11:10 PM GMT  

    The U.K. Financial Services Authority is placing greater scrutiny on structured finance products as the market begins to stir back to life, and will veto any structures it considers too risky.

  • FSA: Structured Credit, Not Prop Trading, Fueled Trading Losses 03/01/2010 05:05 PM GMT  

    Structured credit products chalked up the biggest chunk of trading losses for investment banks in the U.K. over the financial crisis—more than 70% of the total against 13% for prop trading and 3.46% for equity derivatives.

  • Markit Launches Loan Index 02/12/2010 02:51 PM GMT  

    Markit launched a leveraged loans index yesterday, just in time to mark a 0.1% softening in the market.

  • U.K. MP Defends Compensation Focus 02/12/2010 02:51 PM GMT  

    Michael Fallon, an opposition member of the U.K. parliament and its Treasury Select Committee, made the case for regulatory and government action on banker bonuses.

  • Structured Products Association Conference 11/11/2009 08:51 PM GMT  

    The U.S. Structured Products Association hosted its fifth annual Autumn Expo Nov. 9 at NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square, New York.

  • U.S. Buysiders Wary Of Exotics 11/11/2009 08:50 PM GMT  

    Most brokers and investment advisors that cater to the U.S. retail market are still cautious about touting exotic structures, according to buyside panelists.

  • Index Firms Pitch Commodity Themes To Structures 11/09/2009 10:01 PM GMT  

    Several index providers were pitching equity commodity-themed indices to structurers at today’s Structured Products Association’s fifth annual autumn expo in New York.

  • Russian Regulator Aims To Legalize Close-Out Netting 11/04/2009 04:32 PM GMT  

    Russia’s Federal Financial Markets Service has offered a Parliamentary bill to legalize close-out netting for derivatives along existing International Swaps and Derivatives Association guidelines.

  • SIFMA Conference 10/28/2009 06:49 PM GMT  

    An assortment of Wall Street bigwigs—and regulatory top dogs Tim Geithner and Mary Schapiro—came up to Times Square on Tuesday for the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association’s annual meeting.

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