RMBS

  • New ILS unit launched

    Sector developments and company hires

    ABS outfit launched

    US Bancorp has launched a new ABS lending business, providing non-recourse commitments secured by consumer and commercial receivables. Bo Weatherly - who joined the firm in 2016 - will serve as md for the new business, based in Charlotte, North Carolina. He has brought together a team of established industry experts, each with an average .......

    Market Moves 25 January 2019

  • CLOs retain top ranking

    Quarterly SCI data update

    CLOs remained the top asset class in terms of deal count for European and US new issuance in 4Q18, according to SCI data - although the numbers are down on those posted in Q3 (SCI 23 October 2018), reflecting market volatility in the final quarter of the year. In contrast, CLO BWIC volumes rose in both regions.

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    News Analysis 24 January 2019

  • Slow start

    European ABS and CLO market update

    The European ABS market is experiencing its “slowest start to a year since 2011” as STS and Brexit uncertainty dampen primary activity. Attention is being focused on secondary trading and CLO issuance.

    “CLOs have started the year fairly well,” says one portfolio manager. “The latest St Paul’s CLO has just been announced, and there are a few more already in .......

    Market Reports 23 January 2019

  • Pepper up

    European ABS market update

    European secondary market activity is picking up, following a quiet start to the year. However, the new issue pipeline remains sparse, with only four CLO managers lining up deals.

    “We’re not hearing of anything imminent,” confirms one portfolio manager. “There is talk of a UK master trust issuer potentially tapping the market – it already delivers to .......

    Market Reports 22 January 2019

  • Latest SCI podcast available

    SCI podcast episode four is now live

    SCI’s latest podcast is now live. This month the team round up asset class performance from 2018 and look ahead to the expectations for 2019.

    2018 was a landmark year, with US new issue supply outpacing maturing debt for the first time since 2007. Furthermore, while non-mortgage ABS and structured credit have had positive net issuance since 2014, last year .......

    News 21 January 2019

  • Innovative ILS transaction launched

    Sector developments and company hires

    Auto ILS closed

    AlphaCat Managers has securitised a non-standard passenger auto insurance portfolio. “This innovative transaction creates new ILS market opportunities in securitizing broader classes of insurance risk. We look forward to working with more MGAs and insurers. "The bilateral transaction comprises a private placement of two tranches of notes: a US$6.67m senior note and a US$3.33m junior .......

    Market Moves 18 January 2019

  • Redemption relief?

    RMBS calls could boost European supply

    The European securitisation pipeline remains all but empty as regulatory uncertainty continues to hamper new issuance activity. Upcoming optional redemption dates could provide a much-needed source of supply, however, with the potential restructuring of the Towd Point Mortgage Funding 2016-Granite1, 2 and 3 deals leading the way.

    Approximately €21.2bn of outstanding post-crisis European RMBS transactions will hit their .......

    News Analysis 18 January 2019

  • Global investor promotes duo

    Sector development and company hires

    Europe

    Martin Munte has been named director, investor relations at CVC Credit Partners in London. He was previously director, sales for Germany, Austria and Luxembourg at BlueBay Asset Management.

    Zenith Service has recruited Maria Bianca Mascheroni as head of SPVs corporate department, based in Milan. She is tasked with coordinating and supervising all of the corporate activities .......

    Market Moves 17 January 2019

  • Risk retention for Japan?

    Sector developments and company hires

    ILS

    Sarah Demerling has joined Walkers Bermuda as a partner in the firm's corporate, finance and funds group. With more than 17 years' experience in the financial services industry in Bermuda, Demerling adds asset management, investment funds and ILS expertise to the practice. She was previously client director at Estera Services (Bermuda) and before that a partner at Appleby in .......

    Market Moves 16 January 2019

  • STS-compliant ABS issuance to be 'higher than expected'

    Lack of certainty continues around areas of Securitisation Regulation

    The EU Securitisation Regulation came into force as of 1 January this year, despite several parts of the legislation not yet having been finalised and amid concerns that market participants may lack the necessary infrastructure to adequately comply. Despite this, it is thought that there will be more STS-compliant transactions issued at the start of 2019 than expected, with many .......

    News Analysis 16 January 2019

  • First steps

    Manufactured housing RMBS to re-emerge?

    The assignment by Fitch of a primary manufactured housing (MH) specialty servicing rating of RPS3- to Cascade Financial Services is being seen as a first step towards building a post-crisis MH RMBS market. The move also signals a shift in manufactured housing servicing dynamics.

    “Ditech - whose servicing portfolio has approximately comprised two-thirds manufactured housing - has been .......

    News Analysis 16 January 2019

  • US firms see flurry of hires

    Sector developments and company hires

    US

    Bay Crest Partners has bolstered its fixed income business with a trio of senior hires: Tadeusz (Ted) Jachowicz, Jatin Dewanwala and Greg Hackett. Jachowicz and Dewanwala previously ran Metacapital Management's structured credit effort, including portfolios of ABS, CMBS and RMBS. Hackett joins Bay Crest following five years at RBC, where he headed the firm's CMBS and CRE .......

    Market Moves 10 January 2019

  • UK tax partner pinched

    Sector developments and company hires

    UK

    Hunton Andrews Kurth has recruited David Klass as a partner in its London office. Klass brings more than 15 years of experience advising on a wide range of tax issues and transactions, particularly those with an international element. Among the clients he advises are asset originators and arrangers in connection with structured finance deals. He was previously .......

    Market Moves 8 January 2019

  • Banca Carige placed into temporary administration

    NPL disposals 'could be accelerated'

    Banca Carige has been placed into temporary administration by the European Central Bank (ECB) following the resignation of the majority of Banca Carige’s board members. The decision is unlikely to negatively impact Banca Carige’s non-performing loan (NPL) securitisation programme and could actually expedite its NPL disposal plans.

    The ECB states that, following the board member resignations, it became necessary to .......

    News Analysis 4 January 2019

  • GSE footprint

    FHFA changes to bring housing market reform?

    President Trump’s nomination of Mark Calabria, currently chief economist for Vice President Mike Pence, to replace Mel Watt as FHFA director when his term ends in January could have a significant impact on the US mortgage market. Although Calabria appears to be a proponent of reducing the GSE footprint and has spoken publicly about the current administration’s commitment to ......

    News Analysis 20 December 2018

  • Japanese dependence

    European ABS market update

    European ABS markets have effectively closed for the year. Deals in the pipeline are now expected to price in early 2019.

    Looking ahead to 1Q19, one trader comments: “For UK buy-to-let and non-conforming RMBS, activity will depend 100% on what happens with Brexit. Unless we have more clarity about how Brexit will play out, investors are going to be .......

    Market Reports 19 December 2018

  • Cerberus explores RMBS options

    Sector developments and company hires

    Granite alternatives

    Cerberus European Residential Holdings is exploring strategic alternatives with respect to the mortgage loans held in the Towd Point Mortgage Funding 2016-Granite1 and 2016-Granite2 RMBS, which will become eligible for optional redemption from April and May of 2019 respectively. The firm has engaged Morgan Stanley and Bank of America Merrill Lynch as its financial advisors to .......

    Market Moves 17 December 2018

  • Landmark transaction launched

    UK RMBS is first securitisation tied to SONIA rate

    The first securitisation with liabilities tied to the Sterling Overnight Index Average (SONIA) rate has been issued by Lloyd’s Bank, which is opting to retain the deal. The £7.6bn transaction, dubbed Elland RMBS 2018, is backed by owner-occupied residential mortgages in England and Wales, originated by Bank of Scotland under the Halifax brand.

    While the assets in the transaction are .......

    News 17 December 2018

  • STS guidelines published

    Sector developments and company hires

    P2P head hired

    Dynamic Credit has hired Giles Andrews as chairman of its supervisory board. The board will have three members and serves to strengthen the corporate governance of Dynamic Credit Group (DCG), which comprises of the asset manager and direct lender Dynamic Credit and the investor servicing platform LoanClear. Andrews is co-founder of Zopa and, in addition to his .......

    Market Moves 13 December 2018

  • Bid scarcity

    European ABS market update

    A major UK bank is focusing efforts of European NPLs in the coming weeks, as spreads continue to widen in the CLO and ABS primary markets.

    “We are running a few private processes, which are keeping us busy, and we will hopefully conclude them over the next couple of days,” says a trader.

    The trader comments that .......

    Market Reports 7 December 2018

  • BTL securitisation planned

    Sector developments and company hires

    Europe

    Accunia has promoted Mads Romild as head of Accunia’s CLO platform. Romild will continue as cio and head all Accunia investment strategies. Andres Garcia Bartolome and Rajiv Thaker are also promoted to senior portfolio managers and will be responsible for the portfolio management of the three existing and all new Accunia CLOs. Romild previously held a position as chief portfolio .......

    Market Moves 6 December 2018
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