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Investor appetite for CLO ETFs is increasing in Europe, as the asset class matures. But regulation and investor wariness may limit the eventual size of the market, writes Thomas Hopkins, meaning it will be some time before it can reach the scale of that in the US
Specialist mortgage lenders are optimistic that funding for asset-backed lending will improve in the long run, despite the difficult developing situation around the fall of specialist bridging lender Market Financial Solutions, writes Tom Hall
Artificial intelligence’s capabilities could speed up some of the work involved in securitization, but its implementation poses risks. Building governance frameworks is key to deploying the technology safely, writes George Smith
The possible further internationalisation of the covered bond market will present challenges as well as opportunities
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The European Central Bank's decision to withdraw repo facilities for structured covered bonds from the start of next year may disincentivise issuers from structuring further deals without a law. -
Technical changes to the UK government’s large business support scheme open the way for private equity-owned firms to draw on the facility, but limits on dividends and new indebtedness may still discourage sponsors from using the scheme.
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In this round-up, Beijing plans to further ease foreign access to the onshore capital markets, Chinese industrial firms post rising profits and the securities regulator plans to loosen the rules for equity follow-ons.
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In this round-up, Xi Jinping reveals plans for the country to become carbon neutral by 2060, FTSE Russell decides to include Chinese government bonds in its flagship index, and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange resumes granting new outbound investment quotas.
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The European Central Bank's decision to embrace sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) as collateral and for its asset purchase programme is a sign of what is to come.
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The coronavirus pandemic has sparked an unprecedented wave of sovereign borrowing. Much of the paper has, unsurprisingly, ended up on the balance sheets of domestic banks. This has, equally unsurprisingly, prompted a fresh round of worry about the strengthening of the sovereign-bank nexus.
