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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 Central Bank has promised to undertake “shorter term” initiatives to move the eurozone closer to a Banking Union, conceding that member states were finding it challenging to implement the full long-term overhaul. -
The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (Afme) and the Investment Association (IA) have proposed a one and a half hour reduction to the European equity market trading day, in response to a consultation launched by the London Stock Exchange in December.
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Hopes that insurance investors could flood back into the market for mezz tranches have been dashed, after Europe’s insurance regulator closed its feedback session on revamping Solvency II without mention of any changes to the securitization capital treatment.
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The European Commission wants to develop new non-financial reporting standards that will compel EU companies to publish more information about the risks they face from climate change and other sustainability issues.
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Corporate debt advisers have joined the call for lenders to make clear their plans for the transition away from Libor, as frustration takes hold among some bank clients that a solution still seems far away.
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A report commissioned by Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), French financial regulator, concluded that MiFID II regulations damaged research and worsened coverage of SMEs. The report recommends tweaks to the regulation and other measures to boost research.
