CDOs/CLOs

JPMorgan named a new head of its leveraged finance group in North America, the bank confirmed.

Apollo Global Management said today it agreed to acquire Stone Tower Capital, an investment firm that manages 12 CLOs, for an undisclosed sum.

KeyBanc Capital Markets has hired Steve Rielly from UBS to oversee loan trading, ASR sister publication Leveraged Finance News has confirmed.

Moody's Investors Service has assigned provisional ratings to three series of notes issued by BBVA EMPRESAS 6.

Morgan Stanley and MBIA have settled a series of lawsuits.

The European Central Bank (ECB) has relaxed its collateral requirements for repo eligibility in a move that encourages new ABS activity.

The MF Global collapse provides an important lesson concerning the effectiveness of the principal or proprietary banking model.

Federal regulators took another step Wednesday toward lessening banks' reliance on credit ratings by proposing three methods for assessing risk on firms' trading books.

JPMorgan has raised a $304.9 million CLO for Prudential Investment Management, according to people familiar with the situation.

Morgan Stanley has raised a $353.8 million CLO for New York Life Investment Management, according to a presale report from Standard & Poor’s.