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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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UniCredit said on Wednesday that it is one of the banks suspected of violating European Union competition rules in the purchase and trading of European government bonds between 2007 and 2012. -
This week the US Federal Reserve side-stepped the question of whether it should apply new liquidity and capital rules to the US branches of foreign banks, publishing proposals that instead focused on tailoring requirements for their intermediate holding companies (IHCs).
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A senior European Commission official has defended the EU's record on regulation since the financial crisis, amid complaints that global derivatives markets have become fragmented.
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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.
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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.
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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.
