Expect[ed] Loss

––– a weblog focusing on fixed income financial markets, and disconnects within them

Saturday, February 8, 2020

Leveraged Loan CLOs and Rating Agencies - Policy Solutions

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Over the last couple of years, financial market commentators have become concerned that leveraged loans and Collateralized Loan Obligation...
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Thursday, December 12, 2019

Mall Shooting Highlights Folly of Single Asset CMBS Ratings

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On Black Friday, the Destiny USA Shopping Mall in Syracuse, New York was evacuated after a shooting in the food court. The following day,...
Thursday, April 4, 2019

Lawsuits "Without Merit"

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Theranos Hero-turned-villain Elizabeth Holmes is once again the talk of the town, with HBO's documentary Out for Blood in Silicon V...
Sunday, February 24, 2019

Lloyd v. Google

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If it were simply a play, Shakespeare might have called it "Privacy, or What You Will." On Friday, the Wall Street Journal brok...
Sunday, November 25, 2018

SocGen Regulators - Be Not Proud!

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Last week, the news media made much of the latest penalty imposed by US authorities on French banking giant  Société Générale  SA (SocGen) ...
Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Can Technology Freshen Up Stale CMBS Ratings?

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Sears' recent bankruptcy filing underscored the challenges confronting shopping malls in the late 2010s. Because mortgages on these fac...
Thursday, November 8, 2018

KPMG's Big Announcement

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If you're ever in the UK or Australia, you'll notice that local newspapers run what seem to be daily articles portraying popular di...
Thursday, September 20, 2018

S&P Maintains Investment Grade Rating on CMBS Tranche Mainly Collateralized by a Defaulted Loan

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The Class B notes of Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Series 2005-1 ( BACM2005-1 ) are currently collateralized by two commercial mortgag...
Monday, April 16, 2018

A VIXing Problem

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2017 was a banner year for equity investors across the globe, including in the U.S., as the S&P 500 index gained over 19% (excluding di...
Friday, April 6, 2018

Tesla Bonds – Revved Up by Moody’s?

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There’s one thing about equity analysts talking up Tesla and getting behind the hype: equity investors enjoy the upside if their optimistic...
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