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Belgian car leasing company taps four banks and three investment firms
CoT intends on issuing twice a year from its master trust starting from 2027
S&P’s Andy South gives his outlook for European ABS, and the regular trio talk about Italian ABS, frantic CLO issuance and a passing of the torch
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Mercedes-Benz bank has priced its Silver Arrow 13 transaction at 11bp over one month Euribor, setting a post-global financial crisis record low for German auto ABS spreads. -
Restaurant franchise operator FAT Brands priced a private $144m whole business securitization, its latest move to secure additional capital for its acquisition growth strategy. The transaction closed a day early due to oversubscription, according to sources familiar with the matter.
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As the securitization regimes in the UK and the EU begin to diverge, the changes made so far will do little long-term damage and there are even potential benefits, as long as rule makers on both sides of the English Channel stay true to the 'simple, transparent and standardised' (STS) principle.
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Hectic negotiations and lobbying are going on at the European Commission about the Taxonomy of Sustainable Economic Activities, in the last day before it is due to publish the detailed rules. Key countries including Germany have changed their positions, GlobalCapital can reveal, while supporters of gas and nuclear power are digging in. Battlelines are now being drawn over the timing.
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Bankers Healthcare Group (BHG) is returning with its second securitization backed by loans made to high-earning medical professionals. The healthcare consumer lender is expected to see its newest deal well subscribed, considering its popularity last year and its relatively high yield ranging from 2% to 5%.
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Banca Progetto, an online bank backed by Oaktree Capital, is bringing an Italian consumer transaction securitizing payroll-deductible loans, with the majority originated slightly before or during the pandemic. The issuer has mandated BNP Paribas on the transaction.
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Public Power Corporation (PPC), the largest utilities provider in Greece, has launched a first-of-its-kind programme securitizing missed electricity payments with the help of Deutsche Bank.
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The $2tr infrastructure plan proposed by president Joe Biden is now under review in Congress, where it is expected to go through a process that will reduce its scope and size. The comprehensive terms of the bill include plans to create millions of jobs in agriculture and construction, which will serve as a boon to the equipment ABS sector.
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The European Commission is set to put forward a new solution to the intense battle over the EU's sustainable finance Taxonomy, between green finance supporters and EU member states that want to safeguard their plans to use gas, GlobalCapital has learned. This would appear to involve leaving gas out of the sustainable category of the Taxonomy, as environmentalists have demanded, and making a "separate legislative proposal" to deal with gas and nuclear power.
