| From: | "Joseph Barbuto" |
| Received: | 09/04/2008 03:48 PM |
| Subject: | Europe on coarse for more asset deflation |
As can be seen from the table, assets in new liquidity category V (former
liquidity category IV) will be subject to a haircut of 12% regardless of their
residual maturity and coupon structure. This corresponds to the level of
haircuts that was previously assigned to assets in this liquidity category with
a fixed coupon and a residual maturity of over ten years. Furthermore, assets in
this liquidity category that are given a theoretical value (in accordance with
Section 6.5 of the “General Documentation”) will be subject to an
additional valuation haircut. This haircut will be applied
directly to the theoretical value of the asset in the form of a valuation
markdown of 5%, which corresponds to an additional haircut of
4.4.
I expect numbers from Europe are going to collapse next year if
they don't reverse this. Do they really want asset deflation and debt
deflation to accelerate?
Joseph
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