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  • A tie-up with real estate firm Grivalia will allow Eurobank to accelerate the reduction of its non-performing exposures, the Greek lender said on Monday. The country’s banks normally face equity dilution from writing down bad loans, under a law relating to deferred tax credits (DTCs), but Eurobank has found a structural way to get around that.
  • On Thursday, the Bank of Greece revealed plans to manage the banking sector’s non-performing loans through securitizing them in a vehicle capitalised by the banks’ deferred tax credits (DTCs) — the latest move to speed up the push to clean up lenders’ balance sheets in the country.
  • EU authorities are allergic to complex financial products — except when they solve a problem for the EU.
  • National Australia Bank is planning a further expansion in UK RMBS, using its balance sheet strength to muscle into the burgeoning specialist finance market. The bank is hiring for the team, and plans to build a lasting presence.
  • Paragon, the UK bank that specialises in buy-to-let mortgages, reported strong lending growth for its year to September, supported by a 47% increase in deposit funding. That reduced its reliance on wholesale funding and helped it boost profits by 25%.
  • Credit risk transfer deals were pioneered by the US government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) as a means to limit taxpayer liability to the quasi-public entities’ massive portfolio of mortgages. But private mortgage insurers have followed suit and are transferring a portion of their insurance risk in similarly structured deals.
  • Frequent Dutch RMBS originator, Elan Woninghypotheken (EW), is back with its second deal of the year, with risk retention provided by a Goldman Sachs-controlled private financing vehicle based in Luxembourg.
  • Following the successful debut issuance of £250m senior preferred bonds last week, NIBC's latest transaction, Dutch MBS XIX, brings them back to the securitization market for the first time since January 2013.
  • Looking at the broad-based volatility battering financial markets this autumn, analysts at Wells Fargo have spotted similarities between "red October" and the 2013 taper tantrum, with one notable exception — the absence of a major investor to help reduce volatility and absorb new supply.