Wednesday, June 20, 2007

US CREDIT-Sallie Mae spreads widen, may weaken further

(Reuters) - Sallie Mae, officially known as SLM Corp., on April 16
accepted a $25 billion takeover bid from two private equity
funds, J.C. Flowers & Co. and Friedman Fleischer & Lowe, and
JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Bank of America Corp. .
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"Hedge funds taking short positions have been pushing CDS
spreads wider. We have seen only limited selling in cash
bonds," said Vincent Breitenbach, head of credit research for
the Americas at Barclays Capital in New York. "Short-sellers
will continue to lean on the spreads until they meet some
buying resistance."


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