Capital Relief Trades
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Robust pipeline
Italian cash SRT market on the rise
Five Italian cash SRT deals closed in the consumer and auto loan space earlier in 2024 (SCI 12 July), and two recent announcements by Stellantis (Auto ABS Stella Loans 2024-2) and CA Auto Bank (A-BEST 25) bring the total to seven confirmed transactions this year for the jurisdiction. Three additional deals – Brignole CO 2024 and Brignole CQ .......
News 20 November 2024
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SRT: The long view – video
Man Group's Moniot delves into key differences between European and North American SRT
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Latest SRTx fixings released
SRTx figures display continuity
With market sources continuing to report a tightening in spreads for new issue trades (repeat benchmark deals from established issuers are seeing bids 100+ basis points tighter than comparable transactions from earlier in 2024), the latest SRTx fixings present a generally stable and coherent narrative, in line with the positive risk tone that has been prevalent since the summer .......
News 14 November 2024
NAV in focus
Growing market 'key' to fund finance toolkit
Net asset value (NAV) lending volumes are poised to more than double over the next few years. Indeed, panellists at Invisso’s recent ABS East conference forecast that the market could grow from nearly US$150bn in 2024 to an estimated US$500bn by the end of the decade.
NAV loans are becoming an increasingly relevant tool within the broader US$1.2trn .......
News Analysis 5 November 2024
Job swaps weekly: Linklaters lures four A&O Shearman partners
People moves and key promotions in securitisation
This week’s roundup of securitisation job swaps sees Linklaters hiring four partners from A&O Shearman for its New York office. Elsewhere, the Prytania Solutions team has joined Houlihan Lokey’s structured products valuation advisory team as part of the latter’s acquisition of the former, while Danske Bank has snapped up a former senior Nordea executive as investment director.
Linklaters .......
Market Moves 1 November 2024
Significant piece of regulation
The PRA's latest consultation paper introduces consequential developments for the SRT market
While the Prudential Regulation Authority’s (PRA) latest consultation paper (CP13/24 – Remainder of CRR: Restatement of assimilated law) focuses more broadly on capital requirements, three significant developments for the SRT community have clearly emerged.
The meaningful proposals include a new formula based p factor, (still) no STS for synthetics and a widely softened stance for unfunded SRTs.
News Analysis 29 October 2024
Optimisation optimism
SRT activity set to soar as banks adjust to Basel 4
Panellists at SCI’s 10th Annual Capital Relief Trades Seminar in London last week widely agreed that banks are set to ramp up their use of SRT transactions to optimise balance sheets and improve capital efficiency ahead of sweeping regulatory changes under Basel 4.
"I expect further growth in SRTs as banks adjust to Basel 4, using these transactions .......
Talking Point 24 October 2024
Milestone deal
IDB Invest lays off risk to private investors
IDB Invest – the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Group's private sector institution – has completed a US$1bn securitization for private sector investors to buy multilateral development bank (MDB) assets from Latin America and the Caribbean.
The transaction follows IDB Invest’s new originate to share business model, connecting development assets with global investors to scale impact in Latin America and .......
News 23 October 2024
Latest SRTx fixings released
SRT market projections include spreads firming up and incrementally worsening credit risk outlook.
While we enter the final quarter of the year, September was characterised by central banks and the significant easing priced in by markets. Such vision and prediction for a more aggressive rate-cutting cycle by major central banks has led to a bull steepening of yield curves. After the 50 bps rate cut by the Fed in the US, markets have .......
News 16 October 2024
SRT issuer profile: NatWest
Rob Lloyd, head of balance sheet management at NatWest Comme...
Q: How long have you been involved in SRT and what were the drivers behind your first trade?
A: SRT is not a new concept, the bank has been users of the product for some time. This year we are embarking on the tenth issuance of our Nightingale programme.
Q: Do you view SRT as a strategic .......
The Structured Credit Interview 14 October 2024