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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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The Securitisation Regulation came into force in January but there is still room for market participants to influence the details of the rules – and the European Commission is still receptive to feedback, if only the industry will “raise its voice”, said Alexandre Linden of BNP Paribas.
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The Chinese state council introduced new measures governing the proceeds of local government special-purpose bonds on Monday. Some of the proceeds can now be counted as project capital — which bankers said would make it easier for infrastructure projects to secure loans. -
The European Central Bank will price the third instalment of its Targeted Longer-Term Refinancing Operations (TLTRO III) more harshly than expected, it revealed on Thursday. This should keep most banks using market funding. Meanwhile, expectations are rising of another round of quantitative easing, something that would boost prices of bank debt, write Tom Brown, Jasper Cox, David Freitas and Bill Thornhill.
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Christopher Giancarlo, chairman of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, made his final speech at a Futures Industry Association conference this week, with a last attempt to stake out his vision on cross-border clearing supervision.
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The European Central Bank’s cheap lending programme for European banks will prolong the lives of some, but not cure them.
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Corporate debt levels have increased to a point where a sudden shift in financial conditions could trigger disruptive capital outflows from emerging markets, the head of the International Monetary Fund has warned finance ministers of the G20 group ahead of their summit beginning on Saturday. Christine Lagarde also said that the G20 should streamline the topics it concerned itself with.
