Hints and tips:
...Andrew Garthwaite et al at Credit Suisse has had a fiddle about with the model portfolio, resulting in insurers getting a push....
...Countrywide Financial Corporation, et al is ostensibly brought on behalf of purchasers of such CWALT, Inc. mortgage pass-through certificates, as well as various other mortgage-backed securities registered...
...What really happened at Northern Rock, Royal Bank of Scotland et al? This gives you a clearer idea....
...Which is to say, the NY Times article was certainly alarmist, but may not be – as MBIA et al would rather have you believe – so totally wrong....
International Edition