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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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Sir Jon Cunliffe, deputy governor for financial stability at the Bank of England, this week outlined the risks the UK will face once it breaks from the European Union. Foremost is the uncertainty of the relationship after the divorce. -
While other central banks have started to grapple with climate change, the Federal Reserve has been conspicuous by its absence. But as green shoots begin to emerge in the US, the Fed will not be able to ignore the topic for much longer.
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The risk of a Cristina Fernández de Kirchner winning the presidential election in Argentina has spooked investors, causing the currency to sell off and bond prices to slump. But the weakening economy is bolstering support for president Mauricio Macri’s rivals, causing what investors are calling a “toxic feedback loop”.
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Blackstone is suing Urbano Cairo, chairman and controlling shareholder of Italian publisher RCS Mediagroup, citing loss of opportunity for Blackstone and its investors to sell a property acquired from RCS in 2013.
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Marketplace lender Prosper miscalculated and materially overstated its annualised net returns to investors, according to the US Securities and Exchange Commission, which slapped the online lender with a $3m fine last month.
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Amid criticism of the effect of quantitative easing (QE) on asset prices, the Bank of England could buy themed government bonds instead of regular Gilts in the next downturn, according to Samuel Tombs, chief UK economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics. This would be designed to ensure that QE directly helped the economy.
