It seems like most of the interesting news lately has been sufficiently important to merit separate posts, so these daily reviews have been suffering! Today Mishkin announced his resignation from the Fed Board: Mishkin, 57, …
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Exchange Traded CDSs & Accrued Interest
Accrued Interest has come out in favour of Exchange Traded Credit Default Swaps in a new post:Bailouts, Wall Street, and the Bad Motivator, although he does not go so far as some in claiming that …
PrefBlog, inter alia, mentioned in Financial Post
Hugh Anderson has a column in today’s Financial Post, Clear Thinking for Smart Investing : Above all, you need to understand clearly who has the upper hand in the never-ending tussle between issuer and buyer. …
May 22, 2008
Accrued Interest has a good piece today, elaborating his thoughts on the GSEs (which he insists on spelling with an apostrophe). Did Freddie Mac move their ABS portfolio into Level 3 because they didn’t like …
May 16, 2008
Not much today, folks! Naked Capitalism republishes some of a piece by Gillian Tett of the Financial Times regarding the advisability of managers talking to each other; her recommendations echo those of the International Report …
IIAC 1Q08 Issuance Report
The IIAC has issued its 1Q08 Review of Equity New Issues and Trading, noting: Preferred share issues were one of the brighter spots in the quarter – increasing by 17% from last quarter and raising …
DBRS Affirms GWO Ratings After Lengthy Review
DBRS has announced: has today confirmed the ratings on Great-West Lifeco (GWO or the Company) and its affiliated operating subsidiaries at current levels with Stable trends. The ratings on GWO are no longer Under Review …
May 15, 2008
I’m becoming more and more convinced that the Credit Crunch has evolved from its fundamental role as Reducer of Excesses to a new position as Political Football. My thoughts on this are influenced by many …
May 7, 2008
Big excitement for US Municipals as Vallejo, California, intends to enter bankruptcy: The city council’s unanimous decision makes the San Francisco suburb the largest city in California to file for bankruptcy and the first local …
RPQ.PR.A Downgraded by S&P
Connor Clark & Lunn ROC Pref Corp has announced: that Standard & Poor’s (“S&P”) lowered its rating on the preferred shares of the Company today by one notch from P-1 (low) to P-2 (high) and …