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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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Some of the more creative souls in corporate debt markets are trying to find ways to gloss over the impact of the IFRS 16 accounting standard. Brought in a year ago, it has driven up some firms’ leverage ratios by forcing them to report leases on their balance sheets, even though their businesses have not changed. But it would be a bad idea to act as if the rules had never changed. -
Regulators are helping those banks most at risk of failing to meet their minimum requirements for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL) by giving them extra time to prepare, a report from the European Banking Authority said this week.
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The European Commission has opened a public consultation on MiFIR/MiFID II, as it takes stock of two years of the sweeping regulations.
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In this round-up, China could face a downgrade to its sovereign rating, Hong Kong’s finance secretary expects a “tsunami-like” impact on the economy from the Covid-19 outbreak, and the Chinese securities regulator relaxed rules on stock issuance.
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In this round-up, the number of novel coronavirus infections increased by 14,840 in a single day after the Hubei province changed its diagnosis methodology, China has put the former mayor of Shanghai in charge of Hubei amid the prolonged outbreak, and regulators have given the green light to MasterCard’s long-awaited entry to the Mainland market.
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Deutsche Bank’s ability to issue a new additional tier one bond illustrates the lesson of investing in European banks over recent years: bet on bonds, not equity.
