Request For Comment: S&P's Proposed Criteria For Rating Bond Anticipation Notes

Request For Comment: Standard & Poor's Proposed Criteria For Rating Bond Anticipation Notes (00:08:48 min)

On Dec. 20, 2010, we published a request for comment concerning proposed revisions to our criteria for rating bond anticipation notes. The piece focuses on our proposed linkage between the long-term rating on the type of debt intended to retire the notes and the short-term rating on them. In this podcast, Standard & Poor's credit analyst Gabriel Petek discusses the scope of the proposed critieria, the public's responses, our framework for bond anticipation note analysis, and more.

PRN: Lyxor Asset Management Expands Operational Due Diligence Capabilities

Lyxor Asset Management Expands Operational Due Diligence Capabilities

NEW YORK, Dec. 13, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Lyxor Asset Management Inc. has hired Nicole Sivel, expanding its Operational Due Diligence capabilities. Ms. Sivel will assume a senior role within the Operational Due Diligence team, focusing on the review and evaluation of all operational aspects related to potential and existing hedge fund investments.

Business Insider: 30 Bernanke Quotes That Are So Absurd You Won’t Know Whether To Laugh Or Cry

Business Insider

30 Bernanke Quotes That Are So Absurd You Won’t Know Whether To Laugh Or Cry
Michael Snyder, The Economic Collapse | Dec. 8, 2010, 11:05 AM

Did you see Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on 60 Minutes the other night? Bernanke portrayed the Federal Reserve as the great protector of the U.S. economy, he claimed that unemployment would be 15 percent higher if the Federal Reserve had sat back and done nothing during the financial crisis and he even started laying the groundwork for a third round of quantitative easing.