ABS
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Mr Powell and the banks
B3E looks set to change, but how will it affect US SRT?
Few pronouncements by Federal Reserve chairmen have been as eagerly embraced by the financial community as those made by Jerome Powell in early March about prospects for the Basel 3 Endgame (B3E). No one was paying closer attention than banks that exploit, or want to exploit, the SRT market.
Hitherto, Powell has not emulated the gnomic bearing of .......
News Analysis 12 April 2024
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Job swaps weekly: A&O Shearman promotes two securitisation lawyers to partner
People moves and key promotions in securitisation
This week’s roundup of securitisation job swaps sees A&O Shearman announcing two new securitisation partners in its first wave of post-merger partner promotions, while an existing A&O partner leaves for Kirkland & Ellis. Elsewhere, Paul Hastings has lured two securitisation specialists from Weil Gotshal & Manges, while Campbells has added a partner in its Hong Kong practice.
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Market Moves 12 April 2024
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Balancing act
SRT Market Update
The first quarter was notable for a number of SRT trades referencing investment grade portfolios being executed at very attractive levels (SCI 5 April). While demand arguably exceeded supply, this trend is broadly expected to even itself out during the remainder of the year.
“Supply is not generally very strong during the first quarter. In fact, it's .......
SRT Market Update 12 April 2024
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Real estate finance platform formed
Market updates and sector developments
Blue Owl Capital has launched a real estate finance strategy with the acquisition of Prima Capital Advisors for the aggregate consideration of US$170m. Jesse Hom, previously global head of real estate credit at GIC, will join Blue Owl to lead the newly created strategy as cio, reporting directly to Marc Zahr, co-president of Blue Owl and head of real .......
Market Moves 11 April 2024
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Latest SRTx fixings released
Tightening in the spread and volatility indexes reflect gene...
The latest fixings for the SRTx (Significant Risk Transfer Index) have been released. Similarly to last month (SCI 6 March), there has been some further incremental tightening in the SRTx Spread Indexes. However and unlike last month’s survey responses, volatility indexes have improved.
SRTx Spread Indexes have moderately tightened in the large corporate category (-3.5% in .......
News 10 April 2024
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Skills gap?
Lack of specialist SRT talent on the market
The SRT sector is in a period of flux, with many new issuers and new investors entering the market (SCI 28 March). Although supply and demand dynamics are expected to find equilibrium in time, for the moment, there appears to be a skills gap among some players on the buy-side.
One long-standing SRT investor points out that the .......
News Analysis 10 April 2024
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Wake-up call?
NCSLT decision spurs documentation improvements
The Third Circuit’s decision last month that the National Collegiate Master Student Loan Trusts (NCSLT) are ‘covered persons’ under the Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) (SCI 22 March) could potentially impact securitised products beyond the student loan ABS sector. The extent of the trusts' liability has not yet been settled, but moves to improve securitisation deal documentation are .......
News 8 April 2024
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SRT Monthly - March 2024
First significant wave of transactions of the year
Issuance overview
SRT Market Update 5 April 2024
During March, the SRT market experienced its first significant wave of transactions of the year (see SCI’s Capital Relief Trades Database). The sector saw longstanding programmes issue - such as CRAFT (Deutsche Bank) and Chakra (Standard Chartered) - as well as seasoned issuers, including Santander (with the Ducati trade) and BNP Paribas, come to the fore .......
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Blue Owl to form insurance solutions unit
Market updates and sector developments
Blue Owl Capital has entered into a definitive purchase agreement to acquire Kuvare Insurance Services (doing business as Kuvare Asset Management) (KAM) for US$750m. Separately, Blue Owl has made a long-term investment in Kuvare, purchasing US$250m of preferred equity. This investment is intended to create alignment between Blue Owl and Kuvare and provides growth capital to Kuvare’s insurance companies, each .......
Market Moves 4 April 2024
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EARN unveils 'strategic transformation'
Market updates and sector developments
The board of trustees of Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT (EARN) has unanimously approved a strategic transformation of its investment strategy to focus on corporate CLOs. The company intends to build upon its current US$44m CLO portfolio, with an emphasis on secondary CLO mezzanine debt and equity tranches.
In connection with its strategic transformation, EARN has decided to revoke .......
Market Moves 2 April 2024
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CMBS slide
Commercial real estate values falling with no bottom in sight
Collapsed commercial real estate values, which will not recover for perhaps half a decade, will drive expected losses in office loans within its rated US CMBS conduit portfolio of 7.7%, according to a new report by Fitch.
This is more than double the expected losses at time of issuance, and also well above the overall average loss of 5.2% for all property .......
News Analysis 29 March 2024
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On the up
Nordic reticence towards SRT "less pressing"
The Nordic and Baltic countries are expected to experience a “not-insignificant” increase in SRT issuance in 2024, with their somewhat self-imposed supervisory reticence towards the instrument taking a back seat amid other market drivers. Indeed, the implied supervisory concerns across the region appear less pressing now, given greater regulatory transparency around synthetic securitisation and the designation of SRTs as .......
News Analysis 28 March 2024
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Hot, hot, hot!
Four takeaways from IMN's SRT Symposium
SCI attended IMN’s SRT Symposium at Clifford Chance last week. Based on our takeaways from the conference, here are the four things every SRT enthusiast needs to know:
- Investor interest
“SRT is seriously hot!” Kaikobad Kakalia, cio of Chorus Capital Management and a speaker on the first panel of the day, told audience members. “Taylor Swift was .......
Talking Point 28 March 2024
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SCI In Conversation Podcast: John Beacham, Toorak Capital Partners
We discuss the hottest topics in securitisation today...
In this episode of the SCI In Conversation podcast, SCI US editor Simon Boughey speaks to John Beacham, founder and CEO of Toorak Capital Partners, about residential transition loan (RTL) securitisations. Beacham discusses the significance of being the first firm to close a rated RTL securitisation, which it achieved in February, the prospects for the year ahead, and more.
News Analysis 27 March 2024
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Navigating market volatility
Mike Nowakowski, md and head of structured products at Conni...
Institutional investors navigating market volatility increasingly seek asset classes offering unique yield opportunities and portfolio diversification. One such asset class garnering attention and capital is esoteric ABS.
Esoteric ABS are very similar to traditional auto and credit card ABS, but the collateral may be less familiar. Most esoteric ABS deals can be divided into three large categories based .......
Talking Point 27 March 2024
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NCSLT found to be 'covered persons'
Market updates and sector developments
In a case involving the CFPB and the National Collegiate Master Student Loan Trust (NCSLT), the Third Circuit has found that statutory trusts used to handle securitisations are considered ‘covered persons’ for purposes of the Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) and thus are subject to CFPB jurisdiction. According to a recent Cadwalader memo, this effectively means that the trusts would .......
Market Moves 22 March 2024