Friday, 03 August 2007

UPDATE 3-Bear Stearns, brokers debt protection costs rise

(Reuters) - Recent developments, including problems at some of Bear
Stearns' managed hedge funds, have the potential to hurt the
company's performance for an "extended period," S&P said in a
statement. For details see [ID:nN03300207].




The cost to insure Bear's debt with credit default swaps
rose to around 160 basis points, or $160,000 per year for five
years to insure $10 million in debt, from about 115 basis
points at Thursday's close.


Read more at Reuters.com Bonds News

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