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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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Healthy financial systems should not rely on short sellers and journalists to expose accounting scandals at large, publicly listed companies. Regulators and auditors should have been the heroes of the Wirecard story but their inability to see what others saw plainly paints them as the villains in this edition of German corporate noir. -
European Union institutions failed on Friday to reach a deal on a clearing resolution scheme, due to disagreements on whether the second skin in the game should be prefunded or not. The EU Commission is now suggesting a middle way that will be debated on Tuesday evening.
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Nikhil Rathi will be the new chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority. He is currently CEO of the London Stock Exchange.
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The US Federal Reserve will publish the results of its latest bank stress tests this week, after updating the exercise to include three new scenarios related to Covid-19. The new scenarios could have a bearing on dividend policy, but capital requirements will still be based on the pre-pandemic stress test model.
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In this round-up, the Chinese capital of Beijing conducts nucleic acid tests for Covid-19 on 2.3m local residents, the central bank leaves the benchmark lending rate unchanged for June, and a subsidiary of AIA is set to become China’s first wholly foreign owned life insurance company.
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The European Commission proposal for a debt-financed coronavirus recovery fund goes before the European Council on Friday. The Council is unlikely to reach a decision on the fund this week, but analysts hope a verdict will emerge before July.
