Provider Profile
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Capital retention
Dan Rosen, ceo and co-founder, and Benoit Fleury, head of fi...
Provider Profile 23 June 2010
Q: How and when did R2 Financial Technologies become involved in the structured credit market?
A: We started in this business by conducting groundbreaking research on how to price complex credit derivatives and structured finance assets for one of the largest structurers on Wall Street. That engagement helped us gain a deep understanding of the analytical .......
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A benchmark solution
Brian Upbin, director, index research, and David Tattan, vp,...
Q: How and when did Barclays Capital become involved in ABS indices?
BU: Barclays Capital publishes the leading family of broad-based fixed income and inflation-linked benchmarks for global investors. Fixed rate ABS have long been eligible for many of our flagship aggregate indices and as standalone ABS benchmarks for dedicated ABS investors.In 2004 we broadened .......
Provider Profile 16 June 2010
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Navigating the post-crisis landscape
Evan Schwartzberg, head of sales and trading, and Mathew Van...
Q: How and when did Odeon Capital Group become involved in the structured finance market?
MVA: Odeon Capital Group launched a year ago with six people and now has a head-count of almost 40. We're a full-service boutique broker-dealer, with over US$2.5bn in transaction volume so far.Our expertise is in distressed corporate credits and structured .......
Provider Profile 9 June 2010
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Demystifying the black box
Jeremy Hintze, coo at ClearStructure, answers SCI's questions
Q: How and when did ClearStructure become involved in the structured credit/ABS market?
A: ClearStructure started as the IT\systems group of Atlantic Asset Management (Atlantic) in Stamford, Connecticut, back in 1993. We built an internal portfolio management system to manage all of Atlantic's fixed income portfolios.In 1998 Atlantic issued its first CDO. When we were .......
Provider Profile 7 April 2010
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High-touch coverage
Mike Foggia, evp, and PK Jain, md, at Advisors Asset Management, answer SCI's questions
Provider Profile 31 March 2010
Q: How and when did Advisors Asset Management (AAM) become involved in the structured credit market?
MF: Advisors Asset Management is a diversified broker-dealer with a growing separately managed asset accounts group that has been in business since 1979. About 10 years ago the partners at AAM established a fixed income platform, with the aim of .......
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Solid operations
Douglas Long, evp business strategy at Principia Partners, answers SCI's questions
Provider Profile 17 March 2010
Q: How and when did Principia Partners become involved in the structured finance market?
A: Principia Partners was established in 1995. The initial focus was on structured products more broadly, before structured finance as an asset class gained significant traction. Certainly before 2000 Principia concentrated on derivative products, enabling clients to structure, value, risk manage and .......
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A personalised service
Steve Curry and Mike Nawas, partners at Bishopsfield Capital Partners, answer SCI's questions
Q: How and when did Bishopsfield Capital Partners become involved in the structured credit market?
MN: Steve and I each have over 20 years' structured finance experience gained at ABN AMRO and RBS.The recent turmoil in financial markets has led to unprecedented amounts of government support for the banking sector and market liquidity, a general .......
Provider Profile 3 March 2010
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Illiquid solution
Celestino Amore, md and founder of IlliquidX, answers SCI's questions
Q: How and when did IlliquidX become involved in the structured credit market?
Provider Profile 10 February 2010
A: IlliquidX is a financial services boutique providing innovative solutions to professional investors that include institutional, corporate and high net worth clients. We enable our clients to effectively price and trade illiquid securities, such as high yield and distressed debt, bankruptcy claims, NPLs, MBS, CLOs, CDOs and CSOs. .......
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The right direction
Rohan Douglas, ceo of Quantifi, answers SCI's questions
Provider Profile 27 January 2010
Q: How and when did Quantifi become involved in the structured credit market?
A: I set Quantifi up in 2002, having previously run the global credit derivative research group at Citi. I saw an opportunity at that time in an environment where the biggest banks had sophisticated internal risk management and pricing systems, but new entrants .......
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The regreening process
Richard Bennett, European president of Razor Risk Technologies, answers SCI's questions
Provider Profile 16 December 2009
Q: How and when did Razor Risk Technologies become involved in the structured finance market?
A: Razor Risk Technologies is an Australian firm listed on the ASX, which has been around since 1999 - although the risk management side of the business came about in 2003. We've built up our client roster steadily since then. It .......
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Wealth management
Tarek Khlat, co-founder and ceo at Crossbridge Capital, answers SCI's questions
Q: How and when did Crossbridge Capital become involved in the structured credit market?
A: We launched 15 months ago, with the idea of creating an independent advisory firm. Historically, the team was at Credit Suisse, but we wanted to step away from having the approach of a single institution in order to get a broader view of client portfolios.Clients .......
Provider Profile 25 November 2009
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Forensic analysis
Richard Barrent, president and coo of The Barrent Group, answers SCI's questions
Provider Profile 18 November 2009
Q: How and when did The Barrent Group become involved in the RMBS markets?
A: The Barrent Group began working on forensic mortgage loan reviews for clients in September 2008, looking to take action to recover losses on pools of loans that were purchased for residential mortgage-backed securities. Prior to that, our group was part of .......
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Supporting change
Rizwan Hussain and Pawan Malik, principals of Navigant Capit...
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Q: How and when did Navigant Consulting become involved in the structured credit market?
PM: Navigant Consulting is a US-listed firm, with around 2000 consultants focused on the health, construction, energy and financial services sectors. Our business incorporates financial analytic and litigation support, investigations and operational consultancy. The firm has office across North America and in .......
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Accessing dark pools
Robert Barsky, coo and a founder, and David Audley, founder...
Q: How and when did Beacon Capital Markets become involved in the structured credit market?
Provider Profile 5 August 2009
RB: Beacon was set up in 2004 to promote liquidity in less liquid markets by providing an open trading platform - called the Trade Discovery Platform - to all participants on an anonymous and equal basis. The platform is an electronic engine that matches buyers and .......
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Driving democratisation
Farooq Jaffrey, founder, chief executive and head broker of Traccr, answers SCI's questions
Provider Profile 1 July 2009
Q: How and when did Traccr become involved in the structured credit market?
A: We got UK FSA approval this month (June) and are now operating as the first retail CDS broker to market. Traditionally, the CDS markets have been available exclusively to volume players. However, the growing liquidity, ease of use and transparency of credit .......
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The new norm
Nicholas Stewart, head of structured credit products at Prime Source, answers SCI's questions
Nick Stewart Q: How and when did Prime Source become involved in the structured credit/ABS market?
Provider Profile 24 June 2009
A: Prime Source (NYSE Euronext) Limited was launched in early 2008 by NYSE Euronext group as part of its drive to provide more transparent and reliable independent asset pricing to the market. The Prime Source service has been .......
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Counterparty risk reduction
Michael Shapiro, director, and Andrew Scott, md at NetDelta answer SCI's questions
Andrew Scott Q: How and when did you/your firm become involved in the credit derivative market?
Provider Profile 20 May 2009
MS: NetDelta was founded in 2008 to address the counterparty risk management challenges that have been present in the credit derivative market since its inception. We believe that there is a structural problem in the OTC CDS .......
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Readying for redemption day
Andrew Smith, co-founder and president, and Karl D'Cuhna, se...
Q: When, how and why did your firm become involved in the structured credit markets?
Provider Profile 6 May 2009
AS: Houlihan Smith was founded in 1996 by Richard Houlihan and me. Richard, who was also the founder of Houlihan Lokey, has a background in restructuring and valuation and I have a background in investment banking, M&A and restructuring. Today the firm has offices in New .......
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Understanding the fundamentals
Mark Hale, Paul Levy, Charles Pardue and Malcolm Perry of The Prytania Group answer SCI's questions
Q: How and when did The Prytania Group become involved in the structured credit market?
Provider Profile 22 April 2009
Malcolm Perry, ceo: Prytania was established five years ago - with backing from JPMorgan - by Charles Pardue, who was one of the original members of the bank's structured finance team. The move was driven by the realisation that there was a limited amount of buy-side .......
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Embracing change
Jamie Cawley, ceo of IDX Capital, answers SCI's questions
Q: How and when did IDX Capital become involved in the structured credit market?
Jamie Cawley
A: My background is in sales and trading, having worked in corporate bonds, structured products and emerging markets at Salomon Brothers, Lehman Brothers and Bank of America. I saw an opportunity in CDS early on, in 2002, that from ....... Provider Profile 15 April 2009
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Insider knowledge
Dean Atkins, md of Structured Credit Trading Solutions, answers SCI's questions
Dean Atkins Q: How and when did you/your firm become involved in the structured credit market?
Provider Profile 11 March 2009
A: Structured Credit Trading Solutions (SCTS) was officially incorporated in September 2008. It is essentially an advisory company and does exactly what it says on the tin. It had become all too clear that there is not enough understanding .......