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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 Bank of England said that the proportion of new highly leveraged loans would swell from 18% of the market to 28%, once add-backs and subsequent borrowing were included, taking overall leverage levels in the market above those prevailing in 2007.
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The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority has opened a large number of whistleblowing cases related to behaviour and culture at investment banks, according to data obtained by GlobalCapital. This corresponds to a broader push by the regulator to look beyond traditional misconduct issues. -
The chairman of the US Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, has insisted he will stand firm against any attempts by president Donald Trump to sack him as head of the central bank. Powell also warned that Facebook’s Libra currency plans raise concerns about financial stability.
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Interest rate swaps (IRS) trading platform trueEx has announced plans to close its doors after coming under pressure from an alleged bank boycott.
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The Netherlands is about to pass an act inspired by US bankruptcy rules or English schemes of arrangement, updating an insolvency code that has proved ineffective for dealing with companies with secured debt — and has seen companies like Nyrstar redomicile to the UK as part of their restructurings.
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Greencoat Investment, a vehicle associated with Rizwan Hussain's attempts to take control of a pre-crisis CMBS, was dealt a blow this week when a court rejected its application to put the deal into administration. The move, for now, puts paid to efforts to persuade bondholders to tender their holdings.
