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Global LPT defies credit gloom

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2007
... sub prime issue has had its greatest impact on the US homebuilder sector, mortgage REITs and collaterised debt obligation (CDO) markets, it had not dampened growth expectations for the world's major economies, a key driver behind global listed property ...

Diversification under the microscope

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2007
With easy money gone following the sub-prime fallout, an industry expert has urged investors to re-assess how diversified their investment portfolios are and whether they can withstand further market volatility. Damien Crowley, general manager of adviser ...

On the sub-prime defensive

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2007
Sub-prime fallout and more than a little paranoia has hit markets hard in recent weeks leading some investors with exposure, and others with none, to become defensive. Reserve Bank Governor, Glenn Stevens, had raised concerns over local councils' heavy ...

Councils exposed

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2007
... concerns have become reality. As a leading investment adviser to local councils, Grange Securities sold much of its Federation CDO product to councils, offering a higher yielding diversification from corporate and bank credit. In fairness to the councils' ...

Sub-prime dominoes falling

... leading investment adviser to local councils and has raised $50 million through its Federation collateralised debt obligation (CDO), which offered diversification from corporate and bank credit. Offering a fixed-term return of 7.6 per cent per year ...

Absolute Capital suspends redemptions

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2007
... sub-prime CDOs was a small part of a diversified portfolio that included other asset backed securities. He said its sub-prime CDO holdings did not include CDO equity, the lowest rated tranche in the structured credit portfolio that is exposed to any ...

Absolute differences among hedge funds

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2007
... were a number of differences between the Basis and Absolute funds. "Our fund does not use leverage. And it does not invest in CDO equity (CDO equity refers to the lowest rated tranche in the structured credit portfolio that does not earn a coupon but ...

Basis Capital suspends yield fund

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2007
Local hedge fund manager Basis Capital yesterday suspended redemptions from its $1 billion Basis Yield Fund. The fund manager wrote to investors saying that disruption to the global structured credit market had created difficulties for the fund and ...

Derivative Fitch rates structured products

... research, analytics and evaluation services for credit derivatives. The company will move over 100 of its staff from its global CDO (Collateralized Debt Obligation) and Structured Credit ratings groups and related complimentary products, analytics and ...

Big banks pursue more exotic securitisation schemes

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2006
... provide. The September edition of the Reserve Bank Financial Stability Review, confirms that the trend is continuing with CDO issues reaching $177 billion in the six months to June 2006, up from $108 billion in the previous six monthly period. With