RMBS
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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
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Launching into RMBS
Cynergy Bank director of group treasury and FRM Nicholas Fuller speaks to SCI
After the recent close of its first securitisation, Cynergy Bank director of group treasury and FRM Nicholas Fuller sits down with SCI’s Marina Torres to discuss investor processes, new mechanisms and synthetics on the roadmap.
Q: Cynergy Bank completed its first securitisation in December, Lovelace CBP 01, a cash-derecognition RMBS backed by buy-to-let mortgages. What prompted the firm to launch a .......
The Structured Credit Interview 4 February 2026
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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
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KBRA launches inaugural UK RMBS indices
New quarterly benchmarks track credit performance across pri...
Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) has launched its inaugural set of UK RMBS indices, SCI has learned, providing a new benchmark for tracking credit performance across the UK prime, buy-to-let (BTL) and non-conforming (NC) mortgage markets.
The new quarterly indices track performance across publicly rated UK RMBS transactions and are intended to complement KBRA’s existing suite of structured finance indices .......
News 30 January 2026
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ABS heads into 2026 resilient but fragmented across regions, says CSC
CSC highlights regional divergence, investor selectivity and...
The global ABS market is entering 2026 from a position of relative resilience, but with growing divergence across regions and increased investor selectivity, according to CSC’s ‘Asset-Backed Securitisation 2026: Looking Back to Look Ahead’ report.
While issuance across core ABS sectors remained robust through 2024, CSC notes that macro volatility, geopolitical uncertainty and regulatory fragmentation shaped market behaviour in .......
News 27 January 2026
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Opportunities eyed in the 'eddies of ABF'
Davidson Kempner favours market's quieter corners for risk-adjusted returns
While direct corporate lending dominates private credit headlines, Davidson Kempner Capital Management argues that investors should look towards quieter corners of the market - the "steady eddies" of ABF. These smaller market segments offer compelling risk-adjusted returns with stronger structural protections than their corporate counterparts, according to the company’s latest white paper, entitled ‘Rapids of private credit: opportunities .......
News Analysis 17 December 2025
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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
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RTL securitisations set to gain traction next year
Cardinal Capital and Saluda Grade securitisations mark infle...
A wave of residential transition loan (RTL) securitisations is transforming how private lenders finance property developers. The trend is expected to accelerate through 2026 as the asset class gains institutional credibility.
"I do anticipate an increase in securitisation activity within the industry, especially with direct RTL originators," Dominic Blad, cio at Cardinal Capital Group, tells SCI. "The .......
News Analysis 15 December 2025
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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
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StrideUp reopens UK's Sharia-compliant securitisation market
Country's first HPP-backed RMBS since 2018 signals renewed i...
StrideUp has reopened the Sharia-compliant securitisation market in Q4 this year with Meridian Funding 2025-1, the first UK public RMBS backed by home purchase plans (HPPs) since 2018. The £308m transaction reconnects Islamic home finance with mainstream capital markets.
“This game-changing moment has only been possible because of a generational shift among young Muslims, who are extremely active .......
News Analysis 11 December 2025
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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
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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
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