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Investors are increasingly focused on non-call risk in European securitizations, with specialist lenders in the firing line. Investors say roadshow conversations led them to believe that non-call risk would not be a feature of the post-2008 ABS market. -
JP Morgan’s chief investment office is likely to be the main anchor buyer in the £1.29bn senior tranche of a new UK RMBS, the second slug of a portfolio sold by the UK government’s bad bank last year. The deal, officially priced on Tuesday, was executed at levels determined before the coronavirus panic blew out spreads for UK mortgage bonds.
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The ABS secondary market had not seen an increase in purchases from the European Central Bank as of Thursday, when the central bank’s Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme was supposed to officially start buying. ECB head Christine Lagarde invoked the spirit of her predecessor by promising to do 'whatever it takes' to save the euro from the coronavirus pandemic, but the start of the programme has left ABS traders citing miscommunication between the central bank and the securitization market.
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The $2tr coronavirus relief bill passed by the US Senate on Wednesday has mortgage servicers worrying that they are set to bear the brunt of the cost of the 90 days of mortgage forbearance set out in the legislation.
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The private label mortgage market fell into the grip of the Covid-19 crisis this week as shocks to commercial property assets and an end to a decade of US job growth put non-agency CMBS and RMBS in jeopardy.
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The Bank of England’s Term Funding Scheme for small and medium-sized enterprises (TFSME) is encouraging retained issuance in European ABS planned for the second quarter, but publicly syndicated deals are expected to rebound once the Covid-19 crisis subides.
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With the continent on lockdown, European countries are taking different approaches to granting borrowers relief from mortgage payments, putting RMBS deals across Europe in uncharted territory.
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Intrum’s share price dropped sharply this week after short seller Muddy Waters disclosed it was betting against the firm’s stock price. The debt purchasing sector has been a popular target for short sellers for years, but the impact of coronavirus and associated measures is a further heavy blow.
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Warehouse terms are looking increasingly challenging for European securitization issuers as the Covid-19 shocks continue, with some less-established issuers feeling pressure to come to market while spreads are pushed wider and warehouse extensions become less economical.
