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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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As the end of the European Parliament and Commission mandates loom, EU institutions are in a rush to close deals on as many files under the capital markets union (CMU) as possible. But while everyone likes the idea of a CMU, no one is sure how to implement it. -
The ‘simple, transparent and standardised’ framework for securitisations took another step forward this week when its first third-party verifier, True Sale International’s STS Verification International (SVI), was authorised by German regulator BaFin. Another verifier, Prime Collateralised Securities (PCS), is already working on deals as it awaits authorisation.
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The final text of the net stable funding ratio has improved slightly compared to earlier versions, but the covered bond industry’s hopes for equal treatment relative to senior unsecured debt has fallen on deaf ears. The Council of Europe is expected to adopt the regulation from mid-March before putting it to a parliamentary vote in April.
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The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has appointed Pablo Hernández de Cos, governor of the Bank of Spain, as its new chair. He takes over as the committee looks to reflect on post-crisis regulation.
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Poland has released a draft capital markets development strategy, that aims to improve corporate governance, including at state-controlled firms, and foster a savings culture.
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A US pension fund has filed a class action suit against two of the banks suspected by the European Commission of breaching EU competition law in their trading of European government bonds between 2007 and 2012.
