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Tom Hall goes through a sterling week of deals for European ABS, while Thomas Hopkins dissects the dangers that a rise in LMEs would pose for European CLOs
Proposed 10% limit on interest would strip out most of securitizations' excess spread
Implementation necessary after wide-ranging changes last year
It is not enough to just undo some of the European Commission’s more controversial proposals
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Germany's Federal Constitutional Court (BVG) fired a warning shot at the European Central Bank this week. The court’s threat to stop the Bundesbank from taking part in official asset purchasing could have serious consequences for ECB monetary policy and, by extension, bond markets, just when the markets seem to be relying on the central bank more than ever, write Jasper Cox and Lewis McLellan.
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European lenders are debating whether it is worth them taking advantage of new IFRS 9 transitional rules, with some market participants suggesting they will largely ignore any capital benefit gained through these sorts of relief measures.
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US and European airlines and aircraft makers have had contrasting experiences in the capital markets during the Covid-19 pandemic, highlighting the two continents’ different corporate finance cultures, as well as the way central bank support is being received in the market, writes Mike Turner.
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IHS Markit’s announcement this week that it had acquired regulatory technology firm Catena Technologies marked another move towards consolidation in the industry.
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Martin McKinney, senior manager of medium-term funding at Santander UK, speaks to GlobalCapital about the impact the UK’s lockdown on the bank’s balance sheet, central bank liquidity, and the bank’s changing mix of regulatory and pure funding.
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Germany's Federal Constitutional Court (BVG) touched off a legal bombshell on Tuesday morning. It left the ECB in an impossible position: it can accept the court's verdict or ignore it, but either decision will undermine its efforts to stabilise Europe's capital markets.