ABS

  • Risk transfer round-up - 17 November

    RBS hit the market this week with its first DBRS-rated risk transfer transaction, dubbed Nightingale Securities 2017-1. The £390.2m CLN references a mixture of asset types, with a WAL of 4.5 years and a sequential amortisation structure, as per CRR/SRT rules.

    Meanwhile, Lloyds is rumoured to be marketing two capital relief trades - a mid-cap deal and a large real .......

    News 17 November 2017

  • Call for increased standardisation

    Ahead of the EBA's public hearing tomorrow on its significant risk transfer (SRT) discussion paper (SCI 28 September), SCI undertook a straw poll of industry opinion on the document. The exercise revealed an overall positive response, although some areas for improvement were highlighted, especially regarding transaction standardisation.

    Giuliano Giovannetti, ceo of Arch Mortgage Insurance, says that the EBA's SRT guidelines .......

    Talking Point 16 November 2017

  • Mortgage ILS breaks new ground

    Arch Capital Group recently closed its first public rated mortgage ILS (SCI 18 October). Dubbed Bellemeade Re 2017-1, the US$368.11m transaction features structural departures from previous deals in the programme, while Morningstar Credit Rating's rating facilitated wider interest and broadened investor participation.

    James Bennison, svp at Arch Capital Group, comments that as well as being the first rated transaction from .......

    News Analysis 14 November 2017

  • Job swaps round-up - 10 November

    EMEA

    Ares Management has hired Rory McHugh as md. McHugh was previously md, head of alternative finance, specialist lenders and fintech at RBS. Prior to that he was head of structured finance derivatives and automated treasury solutions also at RBS.

    Scope has founded Scope Investor Services to support institutional investors in the selection of fund managers and investment vehicles across .......

    Job Swaps 10 November 2017

  • NPL equity acquired

    Hedge fund Elliott Management has acquired an equity piece in Attica Bank's non-performing loan securitisation, reducing the exposure of Aldridge EDC, the original investor (SCI 7 July). Details of the transaction have not been disclosed, but local industry sources and growing momentum in the Greek NPL market, suggest that Elliott coveted exposures to Greek assets.

    Aldridge paid €70m for the .......

    News Analysis 10 November 2017

  • EMIR inaction could be 'grave'

    The risks from industry inaction regarding EMIR are "grave" and could have "serious negative consequences" on the European securitisation sector, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch European securitisation analysts. Along with a recent ISDA whitepaper, they outline recommendations to limit the regulation's detrimental effect on the market.

    The BAML analysts say that major negative consequences will result from the .......

    News 9 November 2017

  • Aqua preps debut ABS

    Aqua Finance is marketing its first public term securitisation. US$194m Aqua Finance Trust 2017-A (see SCI's deal pipeline) is collateralised by a pool of retail instalment sale contracts and agreements primarily used for water treatment equipment and home improvements.

    The US$174.5m class A notes have been provisionally rated single-A by Kroll Bond Rating Agency. Kroll has also rated the .......

    News 7 November 2017

  • Agricultural equipment ABS debuts

    DLL Finance, a Rabobank subsidiary, is in the market with an inaugural equipment ABS. Dubbed DLL Securitization Trust 2017-A, the US$501.5m transaction is backed by 24,080 loans and leases mostly originated by dealers to finance primarily agricultural equipment.

    S&P and Moody's have assigned provisional ratings to the transaction of A1+/P1 on the US$120m class A1 notes (which are expected to .......

    News 7 November 2017

  • Airline bankruptcy exposure gauged

    A number of aircraft ABS have been impacted by the bankruptcy of several large carriers in Europe, with the Castlelake 2015 and 2016 transactions disproportionately affected, according to a new Deutsche Bank analysis. However, in most cases, narrow-body aircraft are expected to have little difficulty finding a new home - helping to mitigate the impact on investors in these deals.

    News 6 November 2017

  • Job swaps round-up - 3 November

    EMEA

    The Carlyle Group is set to reorganise its executive leadership, effective from 1 January 2018. Deputy cio Kewsong Lee and president/coo Glenn Youngkin will replace David Rubenstein and William Conway as co-ceos of the firm, while deputy cio Peter Clare will become co-cio alongside current cio Conway, with the trio also joining the board of directors. Rubenstein and Conway .......

    Job Swaps 3 November 2017

  • Risk transfer round-up - 3 November

    Two US public pension funds in Arizona and Pennsylvania are rumoured to have completed a capital relief trade each, although the exact identity of the funds could not be confirmed. According to one industry insider: "The risk transfer market is private, so the details of the transactions are sketchy. However, if I am hearing of these deals, I suspect there .......

    News 3 November 2017

  • Pre-emptive lawsuits envisaged

    The threat of significant losses has sparked concern that the US subprime auto ABS sector could see pre-emptive legal actions emerging. With spreads continuing to tighten in the face of increasing delinquencies, investors may start to question whether they are being adequately compensated for the risks involved.

    Joe Cioffi, partner at Davis and Gilbert, says that while losses in subprime .......

    News Analysis 3 November 2017

  • Balance sheet optimisation continues

    Rabobank has transferred part of the risk on a €3bn commercial credit portfolio to pension fund Pensioenfonds Zorg en Welzijn (PFZW). The synthetic securitisation forms part of the lender's efforts to optimise its balance sheet and follows the disposal of a €600m mortgage portfolio to La Banque Postale (SCI 27 October).

    Bas Brouwers, Rabobank cfo, confirms: "This transaction is part .......

    News Analysis 3 November 2017

  • ISPV approach published

    The UK PRA has published its final approach and expectations in relation to the authorisation and supervision of insurance SPVs (SCI passim). In light of public consultation, a new safeguard has been introduced that removes the need for multi-arrangement insurance SPVs (MISPVs) to notify supervisors of proposals to assume new risks before they take effect. The authority has also issued .......

    News 2 November 2017

  • Using insurance to lay off risk

    Alan Ball and Fiona Walden, senior underwriters leading the structured risk solutions team at Liberty Specialty Markets, answer SCI's questions

    Q: How did Liberty Specialty Markets become involved in providing capital relief-driven transactions?
    A:     We're one of the leading insurers operating in the London insurance market, providing both specialty insurance and reinsurance. Our structured risk solutions team was set up just .......

    The Structured Credit Interview 2 November 2017

  • Unique SLABS relaunched with revisions

    The first securitisation of income-contingent repayment (ICR) student loans originated by the UK government (SCI 29 March) has been re-jigged after being postponed due to the UK general election in June. Dubbed Income Contingent Student Loans 1 (2002-2006), the £3.94bn ABS is the first of its type globally and has been relaunched with structural changes and revised provisional ratings.

    Rabobank .......

    News 1 November 2017

  • Secured warehouse use broadens

    Be-Spoke Loan Funding (SCI 3 October), a direct lending warehouse facility set up as a cashflow securitisation, exemplifies one of the ways in which secured warehouse financing continues to evolve. While the sector has already demonstrated adaptability, rising interest rates could pose a significant challenge.

    Warehouse funding is mainly used as either an acquisition bridge facility, a private facility for .......

    News Analysis 1 November 2017

  • Protection 'gap' targeted

    Plans to establish Singapore as an Asian insurance-linked securities hub were unveiled today at the Singapore International Reinsurance Conference. Lim Hng Kiang, minister for trade and industry and deputy chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), outlined a three-pronged strategy aimed at closing what he described as a "protection gap" in the region.

    "As Asia continues to grow in .......

    News 1 November 2017

  • Loss coverage ratios scrutinised

    Loss coverage ratios on a number of World Omni Auto Trust class A ABS bonds should have been adequate before the recent introduction of a cash-trapping mechanism, according to a new Wells Fargo study. However, the analysis suggests that loss coverage ratios on class B bonds have been lagging, particularly for 2016 vintage deals.

    Fitch recently affirmed its ratings on .......

    News 31 October 2017

  • First Aussie personal loan ABS prepped

    The first Australian personal loan ABS is marketing. The A$542.5m Latitude Australia Personal Loans Series 2017-1 transaction (see SCI's deal pipeline) securitises a portfolio of Australian unsecured and partially secured personal loans originated by Latitude Personal Finance.

    Moody's has assigned preliminary ratings of Aaa to the A$331.5m class A notes. It has rated the A$56m class B, A$40m .......

    News 31 October 2017

  • Euro secondary strengthens

    Levels continue to strengthen across the European securitisation secondary market.

    October has been another month of more of the same and November looks unlikely to differ in the short term as technicals still hold sway and volumes remain relatively light. Demand continues to outstrip supply with holders unwilling to release seemingly ever-improving paper and other participants, especially dealers, very keen .......

    SCIWire 31 October 2017
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