Archive for September, 2011

New co-branded Standard & Poor’s ISDA CDS index

S&P’s current set of CDS indices will be rebranded as S&P/ISDA CDS Indices

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Growing gap between US vs. EU corporate CDS

The spread between European corporate CDS and American corporate CDS is at a record +61 bps right now compared to -42 bps in September 2008 when Lehman Brothers went bankrupt.

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French bank CDS rise to records

Investors fretting about French bank holdings of other European sovereign debts.

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CMA adds quanto CDS data

CMA has added support for quanto CDS spreads

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Fitch launches new CDS indices

Fitch just launched about 70 new credit default swap indices.

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CDS Seminar in New York on Oct.6

Structured Credit Investor is organizing a CDS seminar in New York in October for those interested in attending.

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Archstone in play

The ultimate buyer of Archstone, if there is one, could end up taking on a lot more debt to fund the purchase – and that could lead to CDS of the buyer rising higher.

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CDS bid-ask spreads triple

While equity markets may have backed off their volatility highs of earlier last month, credit default swap markets are seeing their volatility continue and bid-ask spreads have approximately tripled during the month of August.

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ISDA rules no TXU credit event

In an update to last week’s news, ISDA’s North American Determinations Committee ruled unanimously that no bankruptcy credit event had occurred

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Boeing CDS flying higher

Boeing credit default swaps are hovering at nearly 2-year highs

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