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Blackstone is also marketing the first public CMBS since July
Ravi Anand and Amany Attia depart UK lender
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Online personal lender LendingPoint closed its fourth ABS of the year, and one of the last few consumer deals to be priced before rules change in January. The regulatory pendulum is expected to swing next year, with US government agencies starting to keep a closer eye on consumer-facing companies. -
European ABS issuance is closing the year with the lowest volumes since 2009, with the Covid-19 economic turmoil and cheap central bank liquidity having deterred issuers from coming to market.
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The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) has praised new framework for on-balance sheet securitizations in Europe, but warned that it may also make deals more costly and complicated.
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For many investors, the US election landed in the best possible place — a Joe Biden win with a split Congress, ensuring a strong pandemic plan, yet blocking radical change. But Biden’s leadership will reshape securitization markets through changes to critical regulatory agencies, setting the tone for the next four years in consumer credit, mortgages and green securitization. Jennifer Kang reports.
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After four years of the US government noisily refusing to protect humanity from climate change and pushing back on responsible investing, sustainable finance supporters are full of hope that Joe Biden’s presidency will shift the US — and the world — in the right direction. Jon Hay reports
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UniCredit has structured the first non-performing real estate lease securitization in Italy, disposing of part of its leasing business in order to navigate complex legal challenges around managing repossessed properties.
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The EIB and EIF have guaranteed a synthetic securitization issued by Luminor Bank to support SMEs and mid-caps in the Baltic States.
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The European Commission’s plans to tackle the mountain of non-performing loans that are expected next year as government support schemes roll off have been criticised as unambitious. They have been dismissed as containing little beyond a review of proposals that have already been unveiled.
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The significant risk transfer market is usually at its busiest in December, as issuers hope to gain balance sheet benefits by year-end. But 2020 has seen a pullback from investors who have blamed a lack of credit data brought about by Covid-19 payment moratoria.
