Tuesday, December 04, 2007

Fitch Downgrades Citigroup SIV 12 Levels

From Bloomberg: Citigroup SIV's Junior Sedna Debt Cut to CCC by Fitch (hat tip FFDIC)
Citigroup Inc.'s Sedna Finance Corp. had $867 million of junior-ranking debt downgraded 12 levels to CCC by Fitch Ratings after declines in the structured investment vehicle's assets.
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Sedna's net asset value has fallen to 54 percent, eroding nearly all the protection the downgraded ``second priority senior'' notes gets from ranking above the lowest layer of debt, Fitch said in a statement today.
12 levels? Yikes!