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A swift response is tempting, but lenders should avoid kneejerk reaction
Mortgage securitizers Annaly Capital Management, Invictus Capital, Redwood Trust and others are expected to send marketing materials this week for non-prime deals
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Barclays has won a mandate on an Irish RMBS deal fully pre-placed by equity-holder Pimco on Tuesday. The deal was announced as it emerged that Rob Scott, head of asset finance securitisation and asset finance solutions at Barclays, is leaving the bank to join the asset manager. -
Real estate investment firm Toorak Capital closed a $340m securitization of residential bridge loans last Friday, its fifth deal to date. Toorak’s latest transaction drew huge investor interest, with its A-1 and A-2 notes being oversubscribed several times.
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Citi bank has released initial price thoughts (IPTs) for its upcoming Canada Square Funding 2021-2 UK BTL RMBS deal, guiding the senior tranche at around 80bp, cutting around 15bp from its last deal.
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Matt Blake, director of treasury at Together Money, has left the specialist mortgage lender for a position as treasurer at Pepper Money.
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Banks have released initial price thoughts for Finance Ireland RMBS No. 3 a new RMBS deal made up of prime mortgage collateral in Ireland. The transaction is a rare outing for prime Irish RMBS, and it means banks are likely to have to work carefully to find the right price level for a deal with few benchmarks.
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Coventry Building Society has launched the second RMBS deal from its Economic Master Issuer platform, an innovative shelf issuance structure which modernises traditional master trust technology. Lloyds, however, an arranger for the first deal last year, is not on the programme, with Barclays joining as dealer instead.
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Kensington, the pioneer of the first social RMBS in the UK, priced the country’s first mortgage securitization with a class ‘A’ green tranche, achieving 65bp pricing for the senior notes on Thursday. However, investors said the green feature did not impact on pricing and called for “more ambitious” ESG targets.
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On Wednesday, non-bank lender Finance Ireland mandated Bank of America as an arranger, alongside =leads BNP Paribas, Citi and Standard Chartered, on a €298.85m RMBS transaction, Finance Ireland RMBS No 3. The deal includes a new structural feature to mitigate future arrears.
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The UK is reforming its treatment of special purpose vehicles in an attempt to make itself appear more business-friendly. However, in its attempts to open up the asset class, regulators could inadvertently tie up the market in red tape, as shown by its recent consultation over the possibility of including shares in ABS collateral.
