Article: First Trust Strategic High Income Fund Declares Special Distribution of $0.23 Per Share.

Article: Hybrid securities risk.
Australasian Business Intelligence;  June 26, 2003 ;     423 words ... ... investors should be cautious about investing in hybrid securities funds. Douglas, from van Eyk, notes that the sector has attracted ... and that some of the strategies used by hybrid securities fund managers are yet to be fully tested under a range of market ...

Article: Competition opens up securities risk.
Australasian Business Intelligence;  March 3, 2008 ;     412 words ...Byline: Robert Elstone Mar 03, 2008 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The transparency of the central limit order book of the Australian sharemarket is being jeopardised by competitive alternatives proposed by investment banks. The possibility of Australian Securities

Article: Investors in hybrid securities risk taking a trip ...
Australasian Business Intelligence;  September 28, 2003 ;     421 words ...Sep 28, 2003 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX) Australian investors are being offered an increasing range of hybrid securities. These seem attractive as they offer a high rate of fixed or floating interest, but they do carry substantial additional risks to more standard fixed interest products. Some

Article: Teaching the old Vix new tricks.(volatility index for ...
Futures (Cedar Falls, Iowa);  August 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... more precise explanation of how the Vix is calculated, it is best to think of it as a forecast. In the same way that the Fed funds market will price-in anticipated changes by the Federal Reserve, option market makers must price-in forecasts of the expected ...

Article: 3Q Earnings: Merrill Admits Errors in Managing Securities ...
American Banker;  October 25, 2007 ;     700+ words ...After disclosing Wednesday that it had taken the hardest hit of any investment bank from exposure to collateralized debt obligations, securitizations, and subprime mortgages, Merrill Lynch & Co. was buffeted by analysts who assailed the firm's risk management practices and its top executives

Article: Rating agency, dealer announce collaboration.(Banc of America ...
Asset Securitization Report;  May 26, 2003 ;     700+ words ...A suite of risk analysis tools developed by Banc of America Securities has been harnessed by Standard and Poor's Risk Solutions, a move that is being perceived, initially, as a boost to synthetic CDO ratings. The analysis of corporate credit risk is the trend du jour this year, as lenders and

Article: Examining duration, 'hedge ratio,' and basis risk to hedge ...
Futures (Cedar Falls, Iowa);  May 1, 1989 ;     700+ words ...Examining duration, `hedge ratio,' and basis risk to hedge securities Hedging with futures is simple: long a cash security, sell futures. Any loss (profit) in the cash market should be offset by a profit (loss) in futures. In practice, things are more complicated. It is often difficult to assess