Kramer Levin Launches Credit and Derivatives Market Trends Blog

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP today launched the Decoding Derivatives blog, which discusses notable events, strategies and developments in the credit and derivatives markets. The blog will be edited by partners Fabien Carruzzo and Daniel M. Eggermann and associate Daniel King. 

“Decoding Derivatives aims to highlight key market developments and considerations affecting trading strategies for investors in the credit and derivatives markets,” said Mr. Carruzzo, who is head of the firm’s Derivatives and Structured Products group. “This blog will serve as a digestible touchpoint for insights on notable events and developments in those markets, cutting through the information overload and inaccuracies that frequently characterize them." 

The blog’s initial post addresses:

• Takeaways from recent developments in the Chapter 15 filing of U.K. travel agent Thomas Cook Group Plc
• Net-short lender activism in the post-Windstream era
• ISDA’s updates to the 2014 credit derivatives definitions governing narrowly tailored-credit defaults
• Why CDS are critical for cash market liquidity

In addition to Carruzzo, Eggerman and King, contributors to the blog will include other members of the Kramer Levin Derivatives and Structured Products group and related practices.