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Scrutiny of regulatory proposals by those without securitization expertise is a feature, not a bug
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
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With its more relaxed rules around pre-emption rights, the UK has led from the front by allowing embattled companies to raise equity to keep themselves alive during the coronavirus pandemic. The market's flexibility means there have been no damaging delays waiting for for formal rule changes. Such pragmatism is admirable, although more must be done to protect retail investors from dilution.
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A eurozone bad bank would have been difficult to institute even without the coronavirus crisis to spur it on. Now, with countries diverging on moratorium measures in response to the pandemic, it’s verging on impossible. -
Supervisors are encouraging financial institutions to use all of their capital and liquidity buffers as necessary during the coronavirus crisis, signalling that lenders will be given a "significant" amount of time to restore their regulatory ratios to adequate levels.
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Any attempt to create a eurozone bad bank is likely to face many challenges, both political ones over support for the banking sector and practical ones in creating an institution dealing with non-performing loans from across Europe, market experts have said.
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Market participants have dismissed the viability of Turkey extending its swap line arrangements with the US Federal Reserve this week to enhance the country's access to dollars. They also noted that little has happened to change their bearish outlook on the sovereign.
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Companies in the US high yield market have started adding a "corona claw" provision to bond documents, allowing a big chunk of new bond issues to be paid back early if the company gets cash from the federal government. But it’s not clear yet where any public money will fit in the capital structure of leveraged corporates — and whether bondholders could end up primed by the government.
