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 ...

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 ...

Structured securities are bespoke financial instruments that are customized to the specific situation of the issuing entity, frequently combining equity and debt-like features in a minority investment ...

Broker-dealers’ sales of structured products, including private-placement notes and reverse convertibles, remain a top concern of state securities regulators, according to Joseph Borg, director of the ...

Nonetheless, in a letter to Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd and Ranking Member Richard Shelby on Tuesday, the organizations suggested that differentiating between ratings would only ...

Following the collapse of the U.S. subprime mortgage market in mid-2007, market concerns about the exposure of structured securities to subprime loans dramatically slashed liquidity. Mark-to-market ...

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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Academy Securities, a registered broker-dealer certified as a Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise(DVBE) and Minority Business Enterprise (MBE), today announced the addition ...