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Granular Investments is a specialist advisor on credit risk transfer through insurance, structured finance and other solutions. Established in October 2008 by experienced senior banking and insurance executives, we design risk transfer and capital relief solutions for banks with a focus on granular assets.
The team at Granular Invesments has a proven track record in providing protection on Eur 60 billion of residential mortgages across Europe.
Recent news
- The Closer16 May 2012, 9:35 pm
ROUND-UPThe S&P 500 dropped for a fourth day, its longest pace of declines for a month, closing down 0.4 per cent at 1,324.80. Bank shares led the way down (Bloomberg).......
- Discuss among yourselves, inflation trend path comparison edition16 May 2012, 8:16 pm
A chart from Market Monetarist:And one from James Bullard (that’s US PCE below):Caveats related to commodity prices, the ECB’s actual inflation target, the differing time series,...... - FOMC minutes for April 24-25 meeting16 May 2012, 7:44 pm
Yes, of course, there was a lot of stuff in the minutes about recent trends in the economy and the looming fiscal cliff and inflation forecasts and so on. The word “uncertainty”...... - Shifting ECB liquidity to ELA, Greek bank recap edition16 May 2012, 4:45 pm
NOT HALTING. SHIFTING. THEN IT GOES BACK LATER.Today was really not the best day for the ECB to signal this:May 16 (Reuters) - The European Central Bank has stopped monetary...... - Odey’s angst16 May 2012, 4:18 pm
At present the lights are being turned down in the markets but the good fund manager, like the good pianist, will be the one who can play in the dark.That’s Crispin Odey...... - Fiscal credibility vs democracy16 May 2012, 2:24 pm
Last November John Hempton wrote an amusing post arguing that Ben Bernanke’s problem was that the Fed’s credibility was too high, thus creating a liquidity trap, and...... - Markets Live transcript 16 May 201216 May 2012, 2:00 pm
Markets Live chat transcript for the chat ending at 15:08 on 16 May 2012. Participants in this chat were: Joseph Cotterill, FT Cardiff Garcia JC Hola, rabble.JC And welcome to US Markets Live.......
- FSA searches for new enforcement chief17 May 2012, 1:38 am
The financial watchdog is casting its net across three continents and has asked headhunters to help find a replacement for Margaret Cole... - Spain bids to pin down real estate losses16 May 2012, 8:32 pm
Blackrock and Oliver Wyman to carry out two-stage assessment in move designed to ease investor fears on the possible extent of loan losses... - Bank of England optimism dented again16 May 2012, 8:06 pm
International debate is red-hot with estimates of effects of austerity on growth, but UK inflation report did not address the issue of how these might apply here... - How JPMorgan’s storm in a teapot grew16 May 2012, 7:01 pm
The bank’s idea for hedging credit risk, which went spectacularly wrong, has become something of an epic tale for hedge fund managers... - Xstrata slips lower amid UBS caution16 May 2012, 6:39 pm
Shares in resources producers drag the FTSE 100 lower, with the mining index registering its second-lowest close since October 2009... - HSBC wins suspicious transactions case16 May 2012, 4:38 pm
Judge rules in favour of the bank and dismisses $300m claim brought by a customer who sued when his account activity was reported to crime agency... - UAE’s first sukuk restructuring forecast16 May 2012, 12:43 pm
Yield on Dana Gas’s $920m Islamic bond soars as investors express concern over Sharjah-based energy company’s ability to repay the debt...
- Number of first-time buyers surges by 75pc16 May 2012, 10:43 am
There was a surge in activity in the mortgage market in March, as first-time buyers rushed to make the most of the "stamp duty holiday".... - Scottish homes sell for 10pc less than asking price14 May 2012, 8:06 am
The 'reality gap' widens as Scottish home owners fail to get asking price for properties.... - House price rises 'expected by 35pc'11 May 2012, 9:34 am
Home movers have delivered their most upbeat house price forecast in more than a year and a half.... - Homeowners hit with biggest rise in mortgage costs since 200910 May 2012, 7:39 pm
Homeowners were last month hit with the biggest rise in mortgage costs in almost three years despite interest rates remaining at a record low, according to Bank of England figures.... - Fall in lending to buy-to-let property market blamed on weak UK economy10 May 2012, 3:47 pm
Lending to the buy-to-let property market took a hit in the first three months of this year, with the first fall in mortgage loans to the sector for five quarters blamed on the faltering UK economy.... - 10,000 properties repossessed in first three months of 201210 May 2012, 10:48 am
The latest CML figures reveal nearly 10,000 properties were repossessed in the first quarter of this year.... - Home buyers less likely to get discount10 May 2012, 7:53 am
Property sellers are standing firm on asking prices, despite withdrawal of stamp duty concession....
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