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  • Job swaps weekly: Barclays snaps up new global head of securitised products

    People moves and key promotions in securitisation

    This week’s roundup of securitisation job swaps sees Barclays appointing a New York-based global head of securitised products. Elsewhere, KBRA has named a global head for its newly formed corporate portfolio finance and direct lending business, while K2 Insurance Services has hired a former senior AIG executive to lead its new collateral protection insurance division.

    Barclays has appointed Chetan .......

    Market Moves 6 February 2026

  • Interpath consolidates securitisation capabilities under new global platform

    New platform reflects rising complexity, cross-border execution and evolving diligence demands

    Interpath’s recent launch of a global securitisation services (GSS) platform reflects a broader shift in structured finance towards more integrated, cross-border operating models as transactions grow in complexity and diligence requirements become increasingly bespoke, the firm tells SCI.

    The new platform brings together more than 40 specialists across the UK, France and offshore teams, consolidating expertise across securitisation and .......

    News Analysis 2 February 2026

  • Job swaps weekly: CVC acquires Marathon

    People moves and key promotions in securitisation

    This week’s roundup of securitisation job swaps sees CVC wholly acquiring Marathon, with senior Marathon management continuing to spearhead existing strategies. Elsewhere, Franklin Templeton has consolidated its US and European alternative credit businesses – Benefit Street Partners and Alcentra – under one brand, while Eagle Point Credit Management has committed capital to Pasadena Private Lending as part of a .......

    News 30 January 2026

  • Financing the AI revolution moves mainstream

    Squire Patton Boggs lawyers Ranajoy Basu and Nathan Menon ar...

    The demand for hyperscale data centres over recent years has significantly increased, driven primarily by AI technology requiring such developed digital infrastructure. As a result, asset-backed structures backed by data centre cashflows have moved from niche products into the mainstream, as data centre operators fund large-scale real estate commitments, power upgrades and overall expansions.

    Increasing demand and greater .......

    Talking Point 26 January 2026

  • Job swaps weekly: Squarepoint appoints industry vet to lead CLO platform

    People moves and key promotions in securitisation

    This week’s roundup of securitisation job swaps sees Squarepoint hiring an AXA Investment Managers veteran to spearhead its CLO management platform. Elsewhere, Varde Partners has made two senior promotions in its assed-based finance team, while Serone Capital Management has hired a portfolio manager within its global structured credit team.

    AXA Investment Managers global head of loans and private .......

    Market Moves 23 January 2026

  • Job swaps weekly: TwentyFour appoints two new partners

    People moves and key promotions in securitisation

    This week’s roundup of securitisation job swaps sees TwentyFour Asset Management naming two new partners from its portfolio management team. Elsewhere, a former Deloitte director has founded an independent debt advisory, while a Deutsche Bank esoteric ABS veteran has left the business to join StoneX.

    TwentyFour Asset Management, has announced the appointment of two new partners from within .......

    Market Moves 16 January 2026

  • Job swaps weekly: Schroders makes senior securitisation and ABF hire

    People moves and key promotions in securitisation

    This week’s bumper roundup of securitisation job swaps – and the first roundup of 2026 – sees Schroders Capital hiring an investment director for securitised products and asset-based finance. Elsewhere, a BNP Paribas veteran has taken up a new role at Société Générale CIB as an SRT originator, while Crédit Agricole CIB has appointed a head of US ABS and PP .......

    Market Moves 9 January 2026

  • 2025 wrapped: Structured finance year in review

    As market prepares for 2026, SCI looks back on themes that shaped 2025

    The structured finance market in 2025 is much more clearly defined by structural evolution than headline volumes, from the rise of ABF and data centre securitisations to a reset-heavy European CLO market and renewed focus on balance sheet optimisation

    Across ABS, CLOs, SRTs and now ABF, the story this year has been one of both reinvention and redefinition .......

    News Analysis 24 December 2025

  • European ABS sees resilient monthly issuance heading into year end

    Demand for primary remains resolute despite some widening of spreads

    The European ABS market maintained solid momentum in November, supported by continued primary issuance and resilient investor demand, even as year-end dynamics began to influence market conditions. In monthly fund fact sheets monitored by SCI, asset managers pointed to healthy reception of supply across consumer, auto and mortgage-backed assets with returns increasingly driven by carry rather than spread tightening.

    News 24 December 2025

  • Job swaps weekly: Barrenjoey snaps up asset-backed income fund

    People moves and key promotions in securitisation

    This week’s roundup of securitisation job swaps – and the final roundup of 2025 – sees Barrenjoey Private Capital acquiring an asset-backed income fund from Trefor Capital and incorporating two of the strategy’s leaders into its team. Elsewhere, A&O Shearman has made a senior hire in its fund finance practice in New York, while Cadwalader has promoted nine securitisation .......

    Market Moves 19 December 2025

  • Call for increased EU regulatory ambition

    Concerns remain over newly published SecReg texts

    The European Parliament’s ECON committee, in charge of negotiating the securitisation reform package, has fired its starting gun on modifying the European Commission’s proposals - with the file’s rapporteur, Ralf Seekatz, publishing draft reports on the proposed Securitisation Regulation amendments and the proposed CRR amendments. Meanwhile, the European Council has agreed its own text, subject to formal final approval by .......

    News 17 December 2025

  • ABF Deal Digest: Sardis Group targets retail investors with private market interval fund

    A weekly roundup of private asset-backed financing activity

    This week’s roundup of private ABF activity sees securitised credit investment management firm Sardis Group launch an interval fund seeking to provide private market exposure to retail investors. Elsewhere, Blackstone Credit & Insurance (BXCI) has agreed a small business loan forward flow origination partnership with Harvest Commercial Capital.

    Sardis Group has launched the Sardis Credit Opportunities Fund (SGSIX), .......

    News 17 December 2025

  • Job swaps weekly: Jefferies strikes Hildene deal

    People moves and key promotions in securitisation

    This week’s roundup of securitisation job swaps sees Jefferies Financial Group acquiring a 50% stake in the parent of credit-focused asset manager Hildene. Elsewhere, Kirkland & Ellis has recruited a Washington DC-based partner, while Baker McKenzie has snapped up a real estate finance and structured finance specialist as a partner in its London office.

    Jefferies Financial Group is .......

    Market Moves 12 December 2025

  • BlackRock targets global flexibility and cross-sector relative value

    BGF Global Securitised Fund to allocate dynamically across ABS, MBS and CLOs

    BlackRock has launched the BGF Global Securitised Fund, a new strategy designed to invest across the major global securitised markets and provide diversified exposure to ABS, CMBS, RMBS and CLOs. The fund is structured to allocate dynamically across Australia, Europe, the UK and the US, while moving up and down the capital stack to capture shifting risk-return opportunities across .......

    News 10 December 2025

  • Job swaps weekly: Fitch succession plan kicks into action ahead of Duignan retirement

    People moves and key promotions in securitisation

    This week’s roundup of securitisation job swaps sees Fitch Ratings making a wave of changes in its global analytical leadership team, as part of a succession plan surrounding the retirement of Kevin Duignan. Elsewhere, a widely revered industry veteran is to step down from her partnership at Reed Smith at the end of the year, while Mount Street Group has .......

    Market Moves 5 December 2025

  • Job swaps weekly: IQ-EQ acquires Zenith

    People moves and key promotions in securitisation

    This week’s roundup of securitisation job swaps sees IQ-EQ acquiring Zenith Global, marking its entrance into the Italian market. Elsewhere, a former Fried Frank partner has joined Gibson Dunn as a partner and head of fund finance, while two former Macquarie fund finance specialists are to lead NLC Capital Partners’ new asset-backed lending strategy.

    IQ-EQ is to enter .......

    Market Moves 28 November 2025

  • Australia eyes debut data centre securitisation

    Issuance anticipated within next 12 months

    Australia is to capitalise on growing demand for digital infrastructure with its first data centre securitisation within the next 6-12 months, according to market participants. The anticipated deal would position it ahead of several neighbours in the broader region.

    Louise McCoach, partner at Dentons, says the market is in a "pre-launch phase" with substantial preparatory work underway. .......

    News Analysis 28 November 2025

  • Job swaps weekly: Amundi and ICG ink long-term partnership

    People moves and key promotions in securitisation

    This week’s roundup of securitisation job swaps sees Amundi and ICG launch a long-term partnership that will see the former acquire a minority stake in the latter. Elsewhere, a former Emso Asset Management portfolio manager is to launch a new ABF fund, while Norton Rose Fulbright has hired a new partner in its Amsterdam office.

    Amundi and ICG have announced a long-term .......

    Market Moves 21 November 2025

  • Inside EDW UK's strategy: bringing transparency to private credit

    Nigel Batley, executive director of EDW UK, answers SCI's questions

    Q: You were named executive director of European DataWarehouse UK in September, taking over from Markus Schaber. What made this the right time - and the right role - for you?
    A: Honestly, I was sceptical at first - because if you think about the origins of a securitisation repository, they only exist because regulation forced them into existence. .......

    Provider Profile 21 November 2025

  • BciCapital targets CRE NAV gap in US market

    Structured products platform deploys US$2bn as it carves a niche in bespoke ABF

    BciCapital is rapidly gaining traction in the US asset-backed finance market, after deploying nearly US$2bn since launching in mid-2024. Bolstered by 16 recently recruited practitioners from various global and foreign investment banks, the platform has identified and exploited gaps in commercial real estate NAV lending that larger competitors have overlooked.

    "We're building relationships. We're looking to be here .......

    News Analysis 17 November 2025

  • Job swaps weekly: Newmark adds two London-based mds

    People moves and key promotions in securitisation

    This week’s roundup of securitisation job swaps sees Newmark making two senior appointments to its European debt, equity and structured finance team. Elsewhere, an ex-Goldman Sachs structuring pro is targeting the launch of an asset-backed finance vehicle, while Paul Hastings has snapped up a former Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft lawyer as a tax partner.

    Newmark has hired two .......

    Market Moves 14 November 2025
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