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Structured Finance
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Corporate and Securities Law
SEC Releases Study on Credit Ratings
Securities Law Prof Blog
FINRA Fines Guggenheim Securities for Failing to Supervise CDO Traders
FINRA fined Guggenheim Securities, LLC of New York $800,000 for failing to supervise two collateralized debt obligation (CDO) traders who engaged in activities to hide a trading loss. FINRA sanctioned the…
Structured Finance In Brief
Welcome to the Structured Finance in Brief Blog
By Tamara Box
I am delighted to welcome you to Reed Smith's Structured Finance Group blog, Structured Finance in Brief. We are thrilled to be able to share with you our views on…
SDNY Blog
Judge Scheindlin Denies Non-Settling Defendants Access to Settlement Agreement, At Least for Now
In one of the many cases concerning failed structured finance vehicles, certain defendants moved to compel the production of a settlement agreement with other defendants, in part because the settlement…
Crunched Credit
Structured Finance Update: Delaware Legislature Considers Law That Would Protect Investors
The Delaware General Assembly is considering a bill that would allow the owner of a rescinded life insurance policy to receive a refund of the premiums it paid in the…
Tom Mighell
Blawg of the Day – Structured Finance Litigation Blog
By Tom Mighell
The Structured Finance Litigation Blog offers "all you need to know about the latest developments in the world of structured finance/capital markets litigation, including RMBS cases, CDO cases, government investigations,…
The D&O Diary
Rating Agencies Must Defend Negligent Misrepresentation Claims for Toxic SIV Ratings
The rating agencies must defend against claims for negligent misrepresentation in connection with the ratings the firms assigned to a pair of structured investments vehicles, Southern District of New York…
Crunched Credit
First Annual IMN CLO and Leveraged Loan Conference Update
Seven of our colleagues in Dechert’s active CLO group represented the firm at the first annual IMN CLO and Leveraged Loan Conference in New York a few weeks ago. Strong…
Al-Mirsal
The DIFC Special Purpose Company: An Increasingly Popular Vehicle for Structured Finance Transactions
By Oliver Simpson, Kai Schneider
Over the last 12 months, structured finance transactions in the Middle East (both Islamic and conventional) have seen increased use of a comparatively new and previously underutilized type of special…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Lipson on Defining Securitization
Re: Defining Securitization, by Jonathan C. Lipson, University of Wisconsin Law School, was recently posted on SSRN. Here is the abstract:This Article fills a gap in commercial finance law. Despite…