Structured securities are so complex that perhaps 1 in 100 investors who acquire them understand them. They are sold based on investors’ fear of loss rather than their potential for competitive market ...

The share of private placements bonds and structured securities has risen markedly in the fixed-income portfolios of U.S. health insurers in recent years as carriers have retooled investment ...

Clearstream has launched a new service element allowing clients to better use structured securities pledged as collateral thus allowing them to optimize their collateral allocation. The improvement ...

STRUCTURED PRODUCTS, complicated hybrid securities used both to hedge and to speculate, are among the fastest growing investment vehicles in the retail market, according to their backers. Last year, ...

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has proposed further automating the processing of the structured securities market in a new white paper issued today. This would save the industry ...

Interactive Data Corp and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority are trying to shed some light on market activity related to U.S. structured securities for the first time ever. The two have ...

At Mercenary Trader, we consistently get emails from readers with great questions regarding position structuring, market expectations, and trading theory. Unfortunately, we’re restricted from ...

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If the fair value of a loan-backed or structured security is less than its amortized cost basis at the balance sheet date, the Company determines whether the following circumstances exist and, if so, ...