CDOs/CLOs

Citigroup is arranging a $350 million CLO for the U.S. investment arm of Dutch insurer Aegon.

Regulators still haven’t done enough to exempt some of the biggest buyers of corporate loans from onerous reporting requirements that go into effect next year.

While still a shadow of its former self, the bond insurance industry is showing signs of revival amid a pickup in issuance of deals backed by riskier assets.

It's harder to get financing to warehouse loans for a CLO these days.

Fitch Ratings caused a stir last month when Credit Suisse dropped the firm's rating of an RMBS because it took a more critical view of the deal than two of its rivals.

Two and a half years ago, regulators opened the door for rating agencies to offer ratings or commentary on credits even when they haven't been hired to do so. Since then, all NRSROs can access detailed transaction data that issuers are required to post on designated issuer Web sites. The intended effect: a side market in unsolicited ratings and commentary. The actual effect: not a single unsolicited rating and roughly 15 commentaries.

Regulations are making trade finance CDOs more attractive, but recent press buzz surrounding the market's potential appears to be overhyped and maybe a little amnesic.

National Credit Union Administration (NCUA)is preparing to ease the reins on the use of financial derivatives and allow more credit unions to deal in a variety of instruments that would help them hedge interest rate risk, including interest rate swaps, caps, floors, options and collars.

Moody’s Investors Service Thursday issued a negative report on the bond insurance industry.