Any public source for recovery rates?Thanks a lot!

Anybody got some good research material on above topic? Material from a bank's fixed income research department would be most suitable. TNX

<t>Hi - how much should you be able to invest in structured credit such as CDOs, equity pieces, etc. Does anybody know a broker/dealer that would work with a 'start-up' kind of fund. I am thinking of a commodities fund that plans to grow into the fixed income area.Your replies are highly appreciated...

KC,do you have the article / access to it? would you mind forwarding it to me?DB

I know thats not really quant finance but since there are a lot of people out there who know a lot about finance and seem to be really willing to help: does anybody know a good source on the web for this? Thanks!

<t>HFTB...you re right. I basically want to lever up a long postion. Though of buying on margin but I thought I would find it difficult to find a broker that would let me do that. I thought it might be easier to buy a warrant-like kind of instrument. Thanks anyway. Let me know if you know a good (on...

<t>erstwhile, you're right! What I am trying to do is quite simple. If I'd want to invest in equity I could think of a zillion ways to leverage my opinion on a certain stock and I'd find a bunch of brokers that would enable me to invest in this particular opinion. Not so for credit. Let's say I have...

Donyoshi,I titled this thread ''credit deriv for INDIV INVESTORS'', remember?The cred derivs desk at an ibank would hang up on me....

DonyoshiI find it difficult to find single name credit linked notes (the ones I can find are linked to a basket). Could you lead me to sources for FTDs andstep-up callables? Sorry for being dumb but I'm not in Asset Management and am lacking the product focus.Thanks anyway, Chris.

Ha, ha .... good one!My point is that you can easily trade futures on indices or a large variety of equity derivatives as an individual investor (just take the CFD market as an example) but the market for credit derivatives is not really developmed for these ''semi professional'' investors.

<t>Has anybody seen derivatives on CDS // CDOs which are available to individual investors? Or is this kind of investments exclusively for institutional investors?I think I read something about options on bond spreads offered by DrKW last year (so called ''Casino Deal'', the french supermaket) -- wh...

<t>Has anybody seen derivatives on CDS // CDOs (like the options mentioned above) which are available to private investors? Or is this kind of investments exclusively for institutional investors?I think I have read something about options on bond spreads offered by DrKW last year (so called ''Casino...

Thanks Laurent,do you know what they take for the CDS data package?

Is there a way to daytrade credit derivatives for a living as a private person or would I have to create a hedge fund for that?

can anybody think of a valuable source for this?I know this question has been asked in the past (creditex, credittrade and creditgrades have been mentioned).Anything new out there in the meantime?Thanks!