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RFC issued on homogeneity RTS
Sector developments and company hires
The EBA has launched a public consultation on draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) specifying the criteria for the underlying exposures in securitisation to be deemed homogeneous, in line with requirements under the Securitisation Regulation and as amended by the Capital Markets Recovery Package (CMRP). The homogeneity requirement aims to facilitate the assessment of underlying risks in a pool of underlying .......
Market Moves 29 July 2022
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Last week of term?
European ABS/MBS market update
As July comes to an end, the European and UK primary ABS/MBS markets are looking forward to the summer hiatus after a difficut few months. Still, a few RMBS mandates managed to get over the line this week and there is even a deal in the visible pipeline.
Although widely distributed deals were yet to hit screens again .......
News 29 July 2022
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On the cards
Credit card ABS strength likely to attenuate into 2023
The resilience of the credit card ABS market in the face of rampant inflation has surprised analysts, but delinquency rates will increase from the beginning of next year, they say.
Covid-era stimulus payments and delinquency moratoriums by banks, plus lack of spending opportunities, have protected consumers from surging prices so far, but these factors will be of diminishing importance by the end .......
News Analysis 28 July 2022
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Securitised products business under review
Sector developments and company hires
During its 2Q22 financial results presentation yesterday, Credit Suisse disclosed that it has been conducting a strategic review of the bank's businesses, with the goal of creating “a more focused, agile group with a significant, lower absolute cost base”. As part of this review, the bank is assessing strategic options for its securitised products business, including accelerating growth and strengthening .......
Market Moves 28 July 2022
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Risk sharing facility disclosed
Caixabank inks SRT as risk sharing scheme revealed
News 27 July 2022
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Trade finance tokens unveiled
Sector developments and company hires
Trade finance tokens unveiled
Market Moves 26 July 2022
Tradeteq has selected XinFin’s XDC Network to launch TRADA tokens, believed to be the first-ever fully regulated trade finance-backed fungible security tokens. The move is expected to deliver liquidity to the trade finance sector by securitising a traditionally illiquid asset class on the XDC Network public blockchain and extending access to the sector to both retail .......
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SCI Start the Week - 25 July
A review of SCI's latest content
Last week's news and analysis
News 25 July 2022
Capital call CRT
WAB sells subscription CRT to Blackstone
Changing perceptions
Need for liquidity supporting TRS growth
Digital revolution?
Claira answers SCI's questions
Fannie will, Freddie won't
Fannie Mae to place less CAS than predicted, sells another two CIRT deals
Golden opportunity?
Basel 4 raises Japanese SRT prospects
Nordic SRT finalised
Nordea executes synthetic ABS
Portfolio selection
Credit Benchmark publishes innovative CRT report
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Fannie will, Freddie won't
Fannie Mae to place less CAS than predicted, sells another two CIRT deals
While Fannie Mae confided at this week’s SFA conference in Las Vegas that 2022 CAS issuance will be less than was expected at the beginning of the year, Freddie Mac says its forecast is unchanged.
Fannie now anticipates CAS volume this year to be $10bn-$11bn compared to the $13bn-$15bn predicted in January, and will issue another three or four CAS .......
News 22 July 2022
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Capital call CRT
WAB sells subscription CRT to Blackstone, say sources
In addition to its recent CRT deal derived from mortgage assets, Western Alliance Bank (WAB) has been in the market very recently with CRT trades referencing capital call facilities, say well-placed market sources.
The Phoenix-based bank, which is fast becoming the doyen of US regional CRT issuers, has placed least one capital call transaction, add sources.
It is believed to have executed .......
News 22 July 2022
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Golden opportunity?
Basel 4 raises Japanese SRT prospects
Japanese banks have historically been well-capitalised, but implementation of the Basel output floors could change this. Against this backdrop, this Premium Content article investigates the prospects for capital relief trade issuance in the jurisdiction.
Japanese banks are expected to boost their issuance of significant risk transfer transactions as the implementation of the Basel output floors draws near. ......
News Analysis 22 July 2022Premium Content
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Changing perceptions
Need for liquidity supporting TRS growth
Rapid growth in trade receivables securitisation (TRS) volumes has been accompanied by an apparent change in perception of the asset class, from being overly complex to now being widely considered as an important funding instrument for the real economy. Through the pandemic - and ever since - TRS has been embraced as a flexible solution for corporates seeking to .......
News Analysis 21 July 2022
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Relative rebound
European ABS/MBS market update
The penultimate week of July has seen activity rebound in the UK and European ABS/MBS primary markets. Although no widely distributed deals have yet been seen, issuance flows have been encouraging in comparison to recent weeks.
Facing continuing broader macroeconomic concerns exacerbated by political turmoil in Italy, issuers sought to get ahead of today’s long-awaited ECB rate rise by picking .......
News 21 July 2022
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'Penalising' RBC proposal criticised
Sector developments and company hires
‘Penalising’ RBC proposal criticised
Market Moves 21 July 2022
The LSTA has submitted a comment letter to the NAIC expressing its belief that the NAIC’s risk-based capital (RBC) proposal could penalise insurance company investments in CLOs and consequently impact the CLO and loan markets. The proposal would change the RBC framework such that capital requirements for purchasing all tranches of a CLO match the capital .......
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ICE launches ESG Geo-Analyzer
Sector developments and company hires
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) has launched its ICE ESG Geo-Analyzer tool to better help analyse portfolios of both commercial and residential properties, asset-backed securities, and corporate operations that are tied to certain locations. The Geo-Analyzer tool uses ICE’s geospatial data modelling to create climate risk and social impact data and analytics for properties and communities across the US. It seeks to .......
Market Moves 19 July 2022
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Digital revolution?
Claira co-founder, Eric Chang, and co-founder and advisor, Joe Squeri, answer SCI's questions
Q: Claira, the document intelligence fintech, recently announced its collaboration with Citi to help boost digital transformation within securitisation and develop next-generation data analysis solutions for CLOs (SCI 29 June). Tell us more about your vision for the company.
Provider Profile 19 July 2022
JS: The digitisation of structured credit documents has been something I’ve been trying to solve my entire career, and I’ve .......
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