Top Section/Ad
Top Section/Ad
Most recent
Creating unified trading data feeds is proving much harder — and more controversial — than foreseen
Little green men could be closer than they appear
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
More articles/Ad
More articles/Ad
More articles
-
The European Parliament decided this week to cancel a vote on the draft text for a directive that would boost the secondary market for non-performing loans. Final negotiations with member states are now unlikely to start before September. -
A study presented to the European Commission on competition in European loan syndication found no evidence of collusion and no need for further investigations. Indeed, for most bankers, the balance of power seems so tilted to borrowers that it has helped erode deal documents and yields in recent years.
-
Standard Chartered is paying $1.1bn in penalties to US and UK authorities in relation to breaching rules relating to sanctions and financial crime. This exceeds the $900m provision the bank announced in February for sanctions fines.
-
The newly published Covered Bond Directive is viewed favourably by credit rating agencies, but it will not necessarily drive covered bond rating upgrades— in stark contrast to the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive.
-
Saudi Aramco’s $85bn of orders amassed before US investors even had the chance to buy makes a mockery of the idea that regulation has stopped the inflation of investor orders in bookbuilding.
-
The US Securities and Exchange Commission should take the opportunity of errant tweeting from Tesla boss Elon Musk to figure out how it transitions to a more modern way of regulating market communication.
