ABS
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Doubling up
Record year anticipated for the EIF
The bulk of European SME capital relief trades in 1H20 were public, with the EIF a particularly active participant, given its mandate to support the sector. Indeed, it is shaping up to be a record year for the organisation in terms of synthetic securitisation, with easily double the volumes than issued under normal circumstances.
“Part of the EIF’s .......
News Analysis 22 September 2020
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Tech crazy
Securitizations of tech assets finding favour in Covid world
Securitizations of technology assets are proving popular with US investors in the Covid marketplace, according to a new Moody’s report based on interviews with “dozens” of structured finance issuers, arrangers and investors around the world.
In particular, securitizations of data centres, both as a constituent asset of CMBS transactions and corporate ABS deals, have caught the eye of buyers, say .......
News Analysis 18 September 2020
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Pagaya on hiring spree
Sector developments and company hires
Pagaya brings in new blood
Pagaya, the data-driven asset manager, has made five key hires across all areas of its business. It has hired Jeff Andrews and Paul Limanni as, respectively, head of originations and head of structured products. Andrews joins from LendingClub where he was vp of strategic partnerships, and Limanni joins from Shelter Growth Capital Partners. Limanni will oversee all .......
Market Moves 17 September 2020
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SYME securitisation underway
Sector developments and company hires
SYME securitisation underway
Market Moves 11 September 2020
Supply@ME Capital (SYME) reports that it has received offers, subject to contract, from a number of large, global institutional investors for a securitisation note issuance via StormHarbour, in order to monetise more than €300m of inventory (SCI 24 April). The company says it is currently analysing whether to syndicate this first securitisation issuance or work on .......
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Volksbank debuts
Delayed Italian SRT inked
Volksbank has completed a financial guarantee with the EIF and the EIB that references a static €700m Italian SME portfolio of roughly 3600 borrowers. The transaction is the Italian bank’s first significant risk transfer transaction.
Martin Schweitzer, cfo and deputy ceo at Banca Popolare dell’Alto Adige, notes: “It’s an important transaction for us in several respects, not least because of .......
News 11 September 2020
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APAC SRTs eyed
Balance sheet optimisation in focus
Asia Pacific banks are eyeing synthetic securitisations to optimise their balance sheets and as Basel 4 is incorporated into local laws. However, portfolios tend to be structured as blind pools, which could potentially limit future investor interest.
APAC SRTs are not a new phenomenon, as the activity of Standard Chartered and Credit Suisse demonstrates. Credit Suisse, for instance, closed three APAC .......
News Analysis 11 September 2020
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Auto opportunities
Euro residual values holding up
The European second-hand car market has been relatively strong since lockdown ended, supporting auto ABS residual values, according to panellists at S&P’s recent European Structured Finance Virtual Conference. Mezzanine tranches in consumer and auto paper were highlighted as areas of opportunity.
Vittoria Ferraris, senior director and sector lead automotive EMEA at S&P, noted that auto ABS residual values .......
News 11 September 2020
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Multi-level Libor exposure eyed
Sector developments and company hires
Multi-level Libor exposure eyed
Market Moves 9 September 2020
Japanese securitisations with exposure to Libor on multiple levels will face the highest risks in the transition away from the benchmark rate when it is phased out at end-2021, Moody's notes. Around 20% of Japanese structured finance transactions the agency rates have Libor exposure and, in some cases, there is Libor exposure through notes, as well .......
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Risk transfer round-up - 9 September
CRT sector developments and deal news
Commerzbank is rumoured to have significantly upsized a corporate and SME significant risk transfer trade that is expected to close in 4Q20, following the alleged replacement of PGGM as counterparty with another private investor. The German lender’s last capital relief trade was closed with the EIF in February (see SCI’s capital relief trades database).
....... News 9 September 2020
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Euro CLO payment mismatch grows
Sector developments and company hires
Euro CLO payment mismatch grows
Market Moves 8 September 2020
The payment frequency mismatch between underlying loans and European CLOs is growing as loan issuers switch to semi-annual payments to manage risks in the Covid crisis, according to Fitch. The agency reports an increase in the share of semi-annual obligations among quarterly-paying Fitch-rated CLOs to around 50% of the portfolio balance in July 2020, from .......
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ILS burden eased
Trapped capital securitisation debuts
Bermuda-based ILS Capital Management has completed a US$57m first-of-its-kind trapped capital securitisation. Trapped capital has historically been considered a burden in the ILS sector.
The debut transaction encompasses 51 contracts and represents 70% of the trapped capital across ILS Capital funds, as of 1 January 2020. Tom Libassi, managing partner and co-founder of ILS Capital Management, says: “The .......
News 8 September 2020
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Reporting template RTS published
Sector developments and company hires
Reporting template RTS published
Market Moves 4 September 2020
Seven Commission Delegated and Implementing Regulations comprising the technical standards in connection with the details to be made available by the originator, sponsor and SSPE in a securitisation transaction subject to the Securitisation Regulation have been published in the EU Official Journal. Publication means that the reporting templates RTS will be effective on 23 September, after .......
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Liquidity boost
Piraeus taps Intrum
Piraeus Bank and Intrum have signed an agreement under which Intrum will acquire 30% of the junior and mezzanine tranches of a €1.9bn non-performing loan RMBS dubbed Project Phoenix. The novelty of the deal lies in its ability to facilitate auctions via an SPV liquidity reserve.
According to the terms of the transaction, 30% of the junior and .......
News 4 September 2020
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Risk transfer round-up - 4 September
CRT sector developments and deal news
Intesa Sanpaolo is rumoured to be readying a corporate capital relief trade from its GARC programme for 2H20. The Italian lender closed its first post-Covid significant risk transfer deal and last GARC transaction in June. The latter deal referenced leasing assets (see SCI’s capital relief trades database).
....... News 4 September 2020
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CMBS cure rates eyed
Sector developments and company hires
CMBS cure rates eyed
August US CMBS remittance data shows declining 30-plus day delinquency rates, as consent and forbearance agreements came into force and the country reopened. Within post-GFC conduit deals, 30-plus day delinquencies fell 40bp month-on-month to 8.1%, while SASB delinquencies improved 34bp to 7.4% and CRE CLOs improved 30bp to 2.4%.Contributing to this improvement in delinquencies .......
Market Moves 3 September 2020
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Negative rating actions tallied
Sector developments and company hires
Negative rating actions tallied
Market Moves 2 September 2020
Fitch reports that global structured finance negative rating actions - including downgrades, negative outlooks and rating watch negatives - reached an eight-year high in 1H20, reflecting weakening credit conditions due to the coronavirus pandemic-related recession. As of 30 June, 8% of the agency’s ratings had a negative outlook and 3% of ratings were assigned a RWN, compared .......
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EGF expression of interest launched
Sector developments and company hires
EGF expression of interest launched
Market Moves 1 September 2020
The EIF has issued a call for expression of interest in participating in its Pan-European Guarantee Fund (EGF), which forms part of the overall package of measures agreed by the Eurogroup on 9 April and further endorsed by the European Council on 23 April (SCI passim). The EGF has a target size of €25bn and .......
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Seeking stability
Stimulus complicating SME SRT analysis
Coronavirus-related stimulus schemes are complicating the analysis of European SME significant risk transfer deals. While a small number of such transactions are being discussed with investors, the EIF’s involvement is anticipated for the vast majority of them – given that its mandate is to support the sector – until further clarity emerges regarding SME performance.
Prior to the .......
News Analysis 1 September 2020
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Risk transfer round-up - 28 August
CRT sector developments and deal news
BNP Paribas is rumoured to be prepping its fifth corporate capital relief trade from the Resonance programme, which is expected to close in 2H20. The French lender closed another corporate deal in September 2019 that is believed to be Resonance Four and inked Resonance Three in December 2018 (see SCI’s capital relief trades database).
....... News 28 August 2020
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CECL eligibility expanded
Sector developments and company hires
CECL eligibility expanded
Market Moves 28 August 2020
The FDIC, OCC and the US Fed have finalised a rule that allows institutions that adopt the current expected credit losses (CECL) accounting standard in 2020 to mitigate the estimated effects of CECL on regulatory capital for two years (SCI 31 March). Under the rule, eligible institutions have the option to mitigate the estimated capital effects .......
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Auto SRT prepped
Santander readies capital relief trade
Santander is marketing a full-stack auto significant risk transfer trade that references a €520m static portfolio of 49,547 Spanish secured auto loans. Dubbed Santander Consumer Spain Auto 2020-1, the transaction differs from previous auto SRTs due to more conservative levels of excess spread.
Rated by Scope and Moody’s, the transaction consists of €450m AA/Aa1 rated class A notes, .......
News 28 August 2020