ABS
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SRT prints
KIMI X prices tight
Santander has finalised a full-stack capital relief trade backed by a €450m portfolio of Finnish auto loans. Dubbed KIMI X, the transaction priced at pre-Covid levels (see SCI’s capital relief trades database).
Rated by S&P and Fitch, the transaction consists of €411.8m AAA/AAA rated class A notes (which priced at one-month Euribor plus 13bp), €17.6m A/AA+ rated class B .......
News 18 October 2021
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Big bang?
Tokenisation touted as a replacement for securitisation
Tokenisation is being touted as a potential replacement for securitisation, given its many applications and benefits. However, a number of challenges remain before the technology can be fully adopted by the market.
News Analysis 14 October 2021
“Tokenisation could replace securitisation – but it won’t be a big bang. However, when you see the speed of digitisation in some areas, you see it has the .......
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Challenging valuations
Covid-19 aftermath dogs NPL exposures
The aftermath of the coronavirus crisis is hindering the valuation of properties that back European non-performing loan transactions. Nevertheless, collections have picked up and more NPL ABS issuance is expected.
According to Moody’s, the deterioration in the quality of the valuation of properties underlying securitised exposures in new trades can be ‘’explained by the increased difficulty in carrying .......
News 14 October 2021
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Transition trauma
A bumpy road ahead for shift to post-Libor world
The structured finance market still has a great deal to do before the beginning of next year when contracts can no longer be quoted in Libor, agrees Amy Williams, partner and structured finance expert at Hunton Andrews Kurth.
Very few securitizations or the assets which comprise the reference portfolios have moved over to quote contracts in term SOFR. CLOs, RMBS and warehouse .......
News Analysis 13 October 2021
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Forbearances plunge
Fresh data reveals biggest drop in forbearances in a year
The largest drop in the number of US mortgages in forbearance in 12 months was recorded last week in the seven days ending October 4 according to Black Knight data released today.
Active forbearance plans fell by 177,000, or 11%, with healthy declines recorded across all investor classes. There has been a reduction of forbearances of 294,000 in the last 30 days, which .......
News 8 October 2021
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Credit recovery
Rating upgrades outpace downgrades
Rating upgrades are outpacing downgrades this year, although net upgrades so far represent only about 12% of the net Covid-induced downgrades in 2020. Still, credit outlooks in aggregate have stabilised and returned to pre-pandemic levels, while default rates have fallen sharply and are trending towards their long-term average.
According to S&P, credit quality continues to recover slowly from .......
News 8 October 2021
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Landmark guarantee inked
ThinCats and BBB seal agreement
The British Business Bank and alternative lender ThinCats have finalised a guarantee agreement via the former’s ENABLE Guarantee programme. The guarantee will provide up to £300m of additional funding for UK SMEs and midcaps. The transaction features a warehouse facility provided by Citi and it is the first under the ENABLE programme to facilitate lending to smaller businesses from .......
News Analysis 8 October 2021
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Green light
Record second-hand car prices fuel RV opportunities
Rising used car prices are positive for auto ABS transactions with exposure to residual values (RVs). Indeed, opportunities could emerge for deals with RV risk to outperform rating agency assumptions, which could – in turn – lead to rating upgrades.
Car values usually start depreciating as soon as they leave forecourts, but figures from Auto Trader - an automotive advertising .......
News Analysis 7 October 2021
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Chopra on the march
CFPB to expand its role and come down harder on securitisation
The securtisation market will see a more aggressive CFPB under the leadership of recently appointed director Rohit Chopra, with “more frequent enforcements and bigger fines,” according to Rachel Rodman, a partner with Cadwalader, Wickersham and Taft.
Rodman was speaking yesterday (5 October) at the annual SFA conference in Las Vegas on a panel addressing the future of housing .......
News 6 October 2021
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Untapped markets
French NPLs gaining attention
Southern European jurisdictions continue to witness strong activity in the non-performing loan space, especially in Greece and Cyprus. At the same time, investor interest in French NPLs is on the rise.
“Investors are looking further afield for opportunities in such markets where others aren’t necessarily looking. They are exploring opportunities everywhere that they can,” observes Amo Chahal, md .......
News 6 October 2021
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Libor warnings
Senior Fed governor spells things out for the SFA
Federal Reserve vice chair of supervision Randal Quarles fired a shot across the bows – very close to the bows – of the structured finance market this morning (October 5th) when he addressed the SFA conference in Las Vegas on the topic of Libor transition.
“The year of magical thinking is over,” he said, quoting the title of Joan Didion’s book on .......
News 5 October 2021
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CRT crush
Mayer Brown working with 'many' imminent issuers
Mayer Brown is currently working on “many” US private label capital relief trades which will “come to fruition” in the near future, according to partner Carol Hitselberger. She was speaking yesterday (4 October) at the Structured Finance Association (SFA) annual conference in Las Vegas.
Two US regionals – Texas Capital Bank and Western Alliance Bancorporation – have issued .......
News Analysis 5 October 2021
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CIFC, TRS launch leveraged loan partnership
Sector developments and company hires
CIFC, TRS launch leveraged loan partnership
Market Moves 4 October 2021
Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) and CIFC Asset Management have established a new leveraged loan investment fund platform known as Texas Debt Capital (TDC). A CIFC affiliate is the general partner and investment manager of TDC, while TRS is the anchor investor limited partner and has committed significant equity to the fund. The .......
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Capitalising Mobility-as-a-Service
SDG Investments partner Stefan Bund and senior structurer To...
The trade-off between urbanisation, individualisation and sustainability has led to the emergence of new business models around individual and micro-mobility. New mobility providers enter the market and shape the urban landscape with their cars, mopeds, bicycles and scooters.
To cover the associated capital requirements, they need financing solutions that are as sustainable as the business models themselves. This offers the .......
Talking Point 4 October 2021
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Libor risks
Securitized products with swaps at most risk when Libor dies
While the potential damage to US securitized markets inflicted by the abolition of Libor appears less than seemed likely only a few months ago, pockets of concern remain, say credit analysts.
Deals which include swaps, particularly cross currency swaps, are most vulnerable. Any interest rate swap incorporates a floating rate leg indexed against Libor, while a dollar versus yen cross currency swap, .......
News Analysis 1 October 2021
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Lack of clarity
Positive signs for Indian ABS, but challenges remain
The Indian ABS market has demonstrated resilience during the Covid-19 pandemic. However, going forward, the lack of a central data depository and secondary market poses challenges to the growth of securitisation in this jurisdiction.
“The Indian securitisation market has crossed 30 years of existence – since then we have come a long way. The Indian market has grown .......
News 1 October 2021
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Synthetic Libor settings confirmed
Sector developments and company hires
Synthetic Libor settings confirmed
Market Moves 29 September 2021
The UK FCA has confirmed that to avoid disruption to legacy contracts that reference the one-, three- and six-month sterling and Japanese yen Libor settings, it will require ICE Benchmark Administration to publish these settings under a 'synthetic' methodology, based on term risk-free rates, for the duration of 2022. However, these six Libor settings will be .......