Primus Comments on Ambac Financial Exposure
10 Novembre 2010 - 10:05PM
Business Wire
Primus Guaranty, Ltd. (the “Company”) (NYSE:PRS) today commented
on certain aspects of the credit default swap (“CDS”) portfolio of
Primus Financial Products, LLC (“Primus Financial”) related to the
credit event announced today by International Swaps and Derivatives
Association, Inc. Americas Determinations Committee involving Ambac
Financial Group, Inc. (“Ambac Financial”).
Primus Financial had bought CDS protection that referenced Ambac
Financial with a notional of $4 million in its single-name
portfolio. Primus Financial also had sold CDS protection on Ambac
Financial in several of its bespoke tranche portfolios. Primus
Financial may be required to make a payment on one of the tranches
as a result of deterioration of existing subordination levels.
Based on current market-quoted recovery levels for Ambac Financial,
Primus Financial’s net cash payments related to the Ambac Financial
credit event are estimated to be approximately $2 million.
About Primus Guaranty
Primus Guaranty, Ltd. is a manager of corporate credit assets
and provider of credit protection. Primus manages assets in
structured credit funds and operating companies, across a range of
asset classes – including investment grade, high yield and
leveraged loans – using both cash and synthetic instruments.
Forward-Looking Statements
Some of the statements included in this press release and other
statements Primus Guaranty may make, particularly those
anticipating future financial performance, business prospects,
growth and operating strategies, market performance, valuations and
similar matters, are forward-looking statements that involve a
number of assumptions, risks and uncertainties, which change over
time. Any such statements speak only as of the date they are made,
and Primus Guaranty assumes no duty to, and does not undertake to,
update any forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ
materially from those anticipated in forward-looking statements,
and future results could differ materially from historical
performance. For a discussion of the factors that could affect the
Company's actual results please refer to the risk factors
identified from time to time in the Company's SEC reports,
including, but not limited to, Primus Guaranty's Annual Report on
Form 10-K, as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission.
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