重读Bill Ackman看空MBIA(Municipal Bond Insurance Association)的55页文章 - part one
Is MBIA triple A?
1)公司成立于上世纪70年代,提供市政债券保险
2)提供收费路,体育馆等设施债券的保险服务
3)提供sub prime的债券,CDOs, CMBS
4) MBIA对于损失的计提储备非常小,对于7640亿的保险承诺,MBIA计提了the balance of $327 million (4.3 b.p.) is available for the $763 billion portfolio of guarantees without identified problems.
5)MBIA有86亿资产负债项目在5个off balance sheet SPVs,底层资产主要有仓库贷款房产贷款,MBIA文章原文为Many of the SPV assets that we have been able to identify are warehouse lines of credit to poorly capitalized seller servicers of auto loans, defaulted credit card receivables, home equity mortgages and healthcare receivables.
6)根据dealer的quote,MBIA mark to market损失为53亿到77亿,差不多是MBIA equity的100%到140%,MBIA会计报表计价CDO则是根据内部模型
7)MBIA卖的CDS保险定价过于便宜,大概在4 to 7 bps of the guarantee amount. 在FSA和Ambac从CDS市场撤出后,CDS bps来到了9 to 12 bps