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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
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
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
The possible further internationalisation of the covered bond market will present challenges as well as opportunities
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The agreement on collective action clauses (CACs) reached by Argentina, Ecuador and their creditors is highly complex. But it is hugely encouraging that major investors are actively participating on an issue that is crucial to the health of the market.
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With the world’s most important asset managers taking a more active role in sovereign debt restructuring negotiations, the once niche topic of collective action clauses (CACs) is set to rise up the capital markets agenda as participants debate whether adjustments made by Argentina and Ecuador to the 2014 ICMA CACs should become common practice. -
Hopes are rising that sustainable finance could blossom in the US if Joe Biden wins the presidency in November, replacing Donald Trump’s climate-sceptic administration with a new government, committed to the most ambitious set of environmental policies ever.
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A recent rule change by China's regulators to disclose bond bookbuilding extensions shows that more and more issuers are pushing the bookbuilding periods for their onshore bonds amid a rise in volatility.
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The Colorado attorney general reached a settlement with marketplace lenders Avant and Marlette Funding on Tuesday that enables the lenders to keep working with partner banks under safe harbour provisions if they comply with rules set out by the state. Market participants said the settlement is a clear win for online lenders, as it brings legal certainty, and it may guide other states in resolving “true lender” issues.
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National champions have outpaced their smaller peers in the rally in bank bond spreads over recent months. Investors say individual valuations in the middle tier of the sector could pick up, but that the chances of consolidation may first have to improve.
