ABS

  • Navient unveils 'strategic actions'

    Market updates and sector developments

    Navient has unveiled a strategic action plan designed to simplify the company, reduce its expense base and enhance its flexibility, following an in-depth review overseen by the Board over the past several months. The strategic actions include outsourcing the servicing of its student loan portfolio to a third party; exploring strategic options for its business processing division, including potential .......

    Market Moves 5 February 2024

  • Job swaps weekly: M&G lures new cio from Allianz GI

    People moves and key promotions in securitisation

    This week’s roundup of securitisation job swaps sees M&G Investments snap up a new private markets cio from Allianz Global Investors. Elsewhere, a London-based partner at Allen & Overy leaves the firm after 28 years, while Canopius bids to enhance its SRT business by appointing a new head of structured credit.

    M&G Investments has appointed Allianz Global Investors' .......

    Market Moves 2 February 2024

  • Powen pioneers Spanish solar ABS

    Market updates and sector developments

    Powen Group, a portfolio company of Brookfield Asset Management, has closed a pioneering bank-funded securitisation of Spanish solar assets with a value of up to €120m. The transaction is one of the first private European solar ABS and is the first to finance a combined portfolio, comprising both residential solar loans, as well as solar leases and power purchase .......

    Market Moves 30 January 2024

  • Job swaps weekly: Dechert rings the changes in US securitisation group

    People moves and key promotions in securitisation

    This week’s roundup of securitisation job swaps sees Dechert make two appointments to its US asset finance and securitisation team, including the appointment of a new head. Elsewhere, Fried Frank has appointed a structured finance expert as a London-based partner, while TCW Group has appointed a former Brigade Capital Management partner to lead its newly formed asset-backed finance (ABF) .......

    Market Moves 26 January 2024

  • Inside job

    Internal ESG assessments and SPOs favoured

    Second-party opinions (SPOs) are growing in importance as climate credit risks and sustainable impact efforts continue to converge. At the same time, although rating agency ESG criteria have developed extensively alongside regulation, many securitisation market participants still rely on internal ESG performance assessments and scoring.

    “We treat a second-party opinion how we’d treat an opinion from any other .......

    News Analysis 26 January 2024

  • TCW launches ABF business

    Market updates and sector developments

    The TCW Group has launched a dedicated asset-backed finance (ABF) business that will be anchored with over US$1bn in capital commitments from TCW, partners and affiliates. Dylan Ross has joined the firm as md and portfolio manager to lead the asset-backed finance investment efforts.

    Ross brings to TCW almost 20 years of experience in alternative credit investing with .......

    Market Moves 26 January 2024

  • Risk transfer round-up - 25 January

    The week's SRT developments and deal news

    Market news
    BofA Global Research analysts believe that there is potential for 2021-2022 GSE credit risk transfer transactions to be upgraded, as their credit enhancement levels and mark-to-market LTVs continue to improve and delinquencies remain low. Rating agencies upgraded 292 CRT bonds in 2023, 35 of which were upgraded from non-investment grade to investment grade.

    In particular, bonds rated .......

    News 25 January 2024

  • Pilot transaction

    IDB expands focus and lending capacity to the private sector

    The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the main source of development financing for Latin America and the Caribbean, recently completed a risk-transfer transaction using credit-insurance protection with private insurance companies to optimise the use of resources and unlock capital for additional lending to the region. This is the IDB's first such transaction with the private sector. 

    Previously, the IDB .......

    The Structured Credit Interview 25 January 2024

  • Building momentum

    Chinese consumer ABS market tipped for growth

    Chinese securitisation issuance posted a 7% decline in volumes last year. However, backed by solid mortgage originations, vehicle sales and foreign investor interest, China could well be on its way to long-term growth if its structured finance market can stay afloat.

    After seeing the market’s first triple-A rated consumer ABS last year, the consumer segment is likely to .......

    News 24 January 2024

  • Job swaps weekly: Permira Credit promotes pair to lead expansion

    People moves and key promotions in securitisation

    This week’s round-up of securitisation job swaps sees Permira Credit appoint two new co-heads to lead the firm’s expansion. Elsewhere, Hildene Capital Management has snapped up a Jefferies executive as head of capital markets, while Axonic Capital has promoted its head of credit to the newly created role of co-cio. 

    David Hirschmann and Ariadna Stefanescu have been appointed .......

    Market Moves 19 January 2024

  • Gathering momentum

    SRT market update

    Following a measured start to the year, SRT investors are expecting a pick-up in issuance to materialise soon. Meanwhile, activity in the US market is clearly gathering momentum.

    While at the end of last year it had been reported that a few transactions had been pushed into Q1 of this year, one SRT investor cites the increased .......

    News 19 January 2024

  • IFC, SG team up on sustainable finance

    Market updates and sector developments

    Societe Generale and IFC have signed a Collaboration Framework Agreement to accelerate efforts on sustainable finance in developing countries, as part of both institutions' shared ambition to contribute to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and a strong commitment to the environmental transition and sustainability.

    As part of this agreement, the two institutions aim to further develop wide-ranging .......

    Market Moves 19 January 2024

  • Hanging in the balance

    UK green securitisation market falling behind

    The outlook for the UK’s green securitisation market appears bleak this year, following government backtracking on green policies. In contrast, green originations are anticipated to play a crucial role in driving continental European issuance volumes in 2024.

    Last year alone, the UK government took a U-turn on new EPC rules for landlords - despite support for the rules .......

    News 17 January 2024

  • Radical reform?

    ESMA disclosure consultation could pave the way for material improvements

    ESMA’s launch of its long-awaited consultation on potential revisions to the European Commission’s securitisation disclosure templates in late December (SCI 21 December 2023) may have negatively impacted interest in submitting responses. Nevertheless, the move could potentially open the door to radical reforms.

    ESMA is seeking feedback on four very different possible options (A through D) for .......

    News 16 January 2024

  • IACPM 'stands ready' to work with US regulators on SRT

    Market updates and sector developments

    The IACPM says it stands ready to share data and experience on synthetic securitisation with US federal regulators, in order for US banks to share risk in an effective, safe and transparent manner with specialised long-term partners. The move follows recent positions taken in the press or in letters sent to the US agencies, notably by Sheila Bair and .......

    Market Moves 16 January 2024

  • SCI In Conversation podcast: Andrew South and Alastair Bigley, S&P Global Ratings

    We discuss the hottest topics in securitisation today...

    In this episode of the SCI In Conversation podcast, SCI's deputy editor Kenny Wastell speaks to S&P Global Ratings’ md and head of EMEA structured finance research Andrew South and Alastair Bigley, md and sector lead for European RMBS, about the year ahead. The ratings agency recently published its European Structured Finance Outlook for 2024, forecasting that issuance in Europe could .......

    News Analysis 16 January 2024

  • Risk transfer round-up - 12 January

    The week's SRT developments and deal news

    Deal news
    Europejski Fundusz Leasingowy (EFL), owned by Crédit Agricole, has completed a synthetic securitisation with the EIB Group. The transaction is backed by a PLN2bn portfolio of Polish leasing receivables.

    The EIF guarantee on the PLN250m mezzanine tranche covers a reference portfolio of PLN2bn, while a counter-guarantee from the EIB mirrors the EIF’s obligation, whereby the EIB covers the .......

    News 12 January 2024

  • Project finance SRT finalised

    BBVA closes bilateral trade

    BBVA has closed a synthetic securitisation with PGGM referencing a project finance portfolio valued at €750m. The bilateral transaction allows BBVA to release up to 88% of the portfolio's capital. 

    Of the projects in the securitised portfolio, 60% are classified as sustainable, with renewable energy, digital infrastructure and transportation infrastructure the leading sectors. In terms of geography, the portfolio is .......

    News 11 January 2024

  • First-mover advantage

    SCI recently asked Georgi Stoev, head of Northern Europe &am...

    The EIF invested over €3bn in the securitisation market last year, of which €2.8bn was executed in a synthetic format. In terms of jurisdictions, the fund continues to strengthen its engagement across Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), with Romania (accounting for over €700m of investments), Bulgaria (close to €500m) and Poland (€450m) topping the investment list.

    Q: Is .......

    The Structured Credit Interview 10 January 2024

  • BNPL boom

    Middle East consumer ABS set for expansion

    The Middle East’s securitisation landscape is poised for expansion as the second local buy now, pay later (BNPL) transaction is unveiled. Coupled with a wave of new legislation and ever-growing interest from foreign investors, the future of Islamic structured finance appears bright.

    UAE-based BNPL service provider, Tabby, hit the market last month with a US$700m ABS - echoing .......

    News 10 January 2024

  • Latest SRTx fixings released

    Index values indicate gradual tightening in spreads and impr...

    The latest fixings for the SRTx (Significant Risk Transfer Index) have been released. Spread indexes have moved higher compared with December’s fixings (SCI 4 December), particularly in the large corporate space, owing to typical year-end volatility.

    After two months of tightening in SRTx Spread Indexes, this month’s survey responses show a widening of both the large .......

    News 8 January 2024
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