Securitization Polls and Awards

There weren't many loan-only investors setting out on their own without institutional backing in 1998.

Credit Suisse maintained its place atop the secondary loan trading market, winning all three titles in Total Securitization & Credit Investment’s 13th Annual Best Trading Desk Survey.

Howard Tiffen credits his accomplishments in the syndicated loan market to simply having remained in the market for nearly four decades, but colleagues said there is much more to it than that.

>> Credit Suisse Cleans Up

Credit Suisse pulled off a clean sweep in Credit Investment News' annual Best Trading Desk Survey, snagging the top awards for best par, distressed and overall trading groups.

Howard Tiffen, recently retired managing director and senior advisor at Van Kampen Investments, will receive the Outstanding Contribution Award at Credit Investment News' 2009 Best Trading Desk Awards on May 6.

Loïc Fery, ex-global head of structured credit at Calyon, is hoping to launch a credit fund early next month at his London startup, Chenavari Credit Partners.

In 2003, Lehman Brothers asked Jeremy Vogelmann to hedge its loan books.

Credit Suisse has landed the Best Overall Trading Group award at Credit Investment News' 2008 Best Trading Desk Awards.