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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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A list of competent authorities under article 29 of the new Securitization Regulation published by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) showed that Spain is still without a securitization regulator, in an example of the teething difficulties of the new European securitization regime. -
In the wake of changing trading patterns, the European Stability Mechanism and the European Financial Stability Facility have developed methods to keep their bond issues liquid. In this way, the issuers hope they will be more attractive to traditional government bond investors.
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The covered bond industry and the Capital Markets Union (CMU) hit a new milestone on Thursday after the European Parliament’s plenary in Strasbourg adopted the text of the Covered Bond Directive just after midday.
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The European Parliament this week approved a package of measures that will overhaul prudential capital rules for banks, ending more than two years of debate in time for new parliamentary elections in late May.
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The European Central Bank has indicated that it is looking into how to mitigate the costs that years of negative interest rates have exacted on banks. That has led some in the market to bet that it will introduce tiered interest rates at some point. But analysts are not convinced that tiering deposit rates will help weak lenders — or make any difference at all. Mike Turner reports.
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The Financial Conduct Authority has set out plans to amend the UK’s regulated covered bond framework once European Union legislation comes into force.
