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UK credit card provider Jaja hires Belen Bulnes as it plans on entering the public ABS market
Thomas Picton joins as firm works to build strength in CLOs
Regulator plans to implement formulaic p-factor proposed in October 2024
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The UK government is considering changing its securitization rules to allow shares and equity to be securitized, one of many proposals regulators are considering in order to make the sector more competitive. The announcement comes close to the EU’s finalisation of its securitization amendments, which has split the two regulatory regimes following the UK's departure from the bloc. -
The European Parliament has passed amendments to the STS Regulation and changes to the Capital Requirement Regulation (CRR) after a tax dispute almost shut Australian investors out of European ABS.
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Alternative investment firm Angelo Gordon has hired two managing directors in its latest effort to bolster the firm’s structured credit investment strategies. The new hires will work on expanding the firm’s residential mortgage and consumer debt businesses.
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Goldman Sachs has been offering UK specialist lenders terms for mortgage warehouses, in a radical shift in securitized products strategy for the US investment bank, which has concentrated most of its recent primary markets efforts on principal deals. The move puts it into competition with commercial banks with bigger balance sheets and cheaper capital, but could send waves through the sector.
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NatWest Markets is offering warehouse terms for new CLOs again, reflecting the reorganisation of the bank’s operations and an increased focus on sponsor financing for the UK bank.
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This week 35 investors with $8.5tr of assets — many of them UK and Nordic pension funds — launched the Net Zero Investment Framework, a primer for investors wanting to decarbonise their portfolios. Faith Ward, chair of the Institutional Investors’ Group on Climate Change, answers some key questions for GlobalCapital about why the Framework is important and how it will be implemented.
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The Senate Banking Committee approved the nomination of Gary Gensler as chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission and Rohit Chopra as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, allowing the two picks by US president Joe Biden to advance to the Senate floor. The restoration of consumer protection initiatives removed under the Trump administration is expected to follow a successful confirmation by Chopra.
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Barclays has appointed a former C-suite executive to run private side activities in its asset-backed finance group, following the departure of Cecile Hillary to become deputy treasurer at Lloyds Banking Group.
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Danish credit asset management boutique Capital Four is expanding in the US and has hired former MidOcean CLO portfolio manager Jim Wiant to establish and lead the US business. Wiant has been appointed CEO of US Capital Four and portfolio manager. He will be based in the New York office.
