CDOs

Bond insurer Assured Guaranty has reached a three-part deal with Radian Asset that expands Assured Guaranty’s portfolio and business.

Bank of America has raised a $388 million CLO for Symphony Asset Management.

Robust attendance is expected at the American Securitization Forum's (ASF) ASF 2012 to be held in Las Vegas' ARIA hotel and convention center starting this Sunday, Jan 22. The conference will last until Wednesday, Jan 25.

Goldman Sachs has offered initial price guidance on certain slices of a $400 million CLO it is arranging for Ares Management, according to reports.

Structured finance software solutions provider Principia Partners has said that Serone Capital Management has chosen its Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Platform for consolidated portfolio management, risk surveillance and operational control across its European credit investment business.

Standard & Poor's expects CLO portfolio credit to be stable this year, said the agency's analysts in an emailed report released this morning.

Law firm Paul Hastings added a partner to its leveraged finance practice in Europe.

Golub Capital Partners is close to launching a $250 million middle-market CLO, arranged by Wells Fargo, according to a report from Moody’s Investors Service.

Oak Hill Advisors has promoted Alexandra Jung, Adam Kertzner, Jeffrey Kirt and Thomas Wong to partners of the firm.

Dallas-based Highland Capital Management, which along with its affiliates has roughly $23 billion in assets under management, hired Brian Rice as managing director.

Societe Generale named Degenhard Schroeren as the head of leveraged finance for Germany, Austria and Central and Eastern Europe, according to reports.

More professionals, including securitization staff, are continuing to leave Morgan Stanley, published reports have indicated.

Albert Sohn, previously head of securitized products at Credit Suisse, will move into alternative investments in asset management at the bank. In his new position, Sohn will manage structured credit and residential real estate assets, according to an internal memo obtained by ASR.

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The American Securitization Forum (ASF) announced today that John Walsh, acting comptroller of the currency, will give a keynote speech at ASF 2012.

European buyout firm CVC Capital Partners has agreed to buy Resource America’s CLO unit in a move to expand in the U.S., the two companies said in separate statements today.

Knight Capital Group has appointed a director of institutional credit sales responsible for selling bank loans and high yield bonds to large European investors.

The fight over a capital surcharge for the largest banks took center stage in 2011, at least in the international Basel III process, as the chief executives of some major banks publicly clashed with regulators over the issue.

The Loan Syndications and Trading Association (LSTA) on Dec 29 released the results for its 2012 Loan Market Survey (for a full copy of the slide presentation, please click the link below).