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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 Commission is looking to change its rules on research unbundling and other aspects of MiFID II to ease the post-coronavirus recovery in the EU. It is also set to present tweaks to rules on securitization and prospectuses. -
Commodity derivatives trades are primed for a fillip from European regulators as the European Commission plans to relax position limits on their trading.
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In a world first this week, 23-year-old student and Australian retail government bond investor Katta O’Donnell filed a legal challenge against the sovereign on Wednesday, claiming that the government does not do enough to disclose the risks of climate change to investors. If successful, the case could change issuers’ obligations regarding climate risk disclosure.
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Reform of the US government sponsored enterprises (GSEs) has always been considered a necessary precursor to establishing a US covered bond legal framework. But with the Covid-19 crisis and November’s presidential elections diverting attention, dollar covered bond issuance will remain dominated by foreign banks, with near term supply prospects likely to be determined by the cross-currency basis swap.
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Reports that the European Central Bank (ECB) could ask banks to suspend dividend payments until the end of 2020 sent subordinated debt higher and stocks lower this week.
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Central counterparty clearing houses (CCPs) could face increased attention and greater regulation after coming through the Covid-19 crisis in good shape, Fitch Ratings analysts said this week.
