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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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Fears that MiFID II is demolishing coverage of smaller UK companies appear to be misplaced, according to research firm Hardman & Co, with analyst numbers actually on the up. But not everyone agrees with that assessment. Meanwhile, market participants think that liquidity is decreasing, despite what the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) says, and this could boost private equity interest in these small firms. -
In this round-up, the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC) put pressure on banks to provide more private sector financing, the US trade representative said he was not yet satisfied with China’s trade promises and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) planned to increase cross-border capital market deals.
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A group of nine NGOs, trade unions and other civil society groups have got together to produce an independent white paper setting out in detail how they believe the European Union’s Sustainable Finance Action Plan should progress. It calls on the EU to push ahead with the Plan, only some of whose targets have been acted on so far, and to take it further and deeper.
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Christine Lagarde, head of the International Monetary Fund, warned politicians on Thursday not to roll back banking regulations established in the wake of the financial crisis, as she highlighted a spike in financial pay. She also discussed ways of making finance more sustainable in its outcomes, and how fintech could improve inclusivity.
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Irish republican party Sinn Féin has proposed a mortgage bill dubbed ‘no consent, no sale’, which would seek a borrower’s agreement before selling mortgage loans to another owner, either abroad or domestic, in a move which could end the securitization market in Ireland.
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UK IPO sellers should consider an entirely different listing process, to cope with more volatile markets and ensure a flotation has a higher chance of success, argues Richard Brown, corporate finance partner at US law firm Baker Botts in London.
