Press Release

DBRS Announces New Canadian Structured Finance Newsletter

Structured Credit
February 19, 2009

DBRS has today published its first Canadian Structured Finance Newsletter. The Canadian Structured Finance Newsletter will address all structured finance and structured credit assets classes rated by DBRS in Canada including residential mortgages, commercial mortgages, automobile loans and leases, equipment loans and leases, receivables, credit cards, covered bonds and Collateralized Debt Obligations (CDOs).

With today’s announcement, DBRS has also discontinued publication of the CDO Newsletter. The first CDO Newsletter was published in March 2006. DBRS has utilized the CDO Newsletter as a tool to communicate with investors with regard to topical issues in the CDO market and to explain some of the nuances of these complex instruments. The CDO Newsletter also served as a vehicle which allowed DBRS to bring an unprecedented level of transparency and disclosure to the Canadian CDO market. With the Canadian Structured Finance Newsletter, DBRS will take the same approach and apply it to all Canadian structured finance and structured credit asset classes.

A copy of the newsletter is available by clicking below or contacting us at info@dbrs.com