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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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Another piece of the jigsaw of greener financial markets was inserted on Tuesday last week, though hardly anyone noticed. Under the EU’s new Investment Firms Regulation, asset managers and investment banks will have to disclose their environmental, social and governance risks, including from stranded assets, and how they vote in shareholder meetings. The requirements are quite radical and amount to insisting that all firms practice ESG investing. -
Amid the blizzard of legislation going through Brussels in the dying days of the present Commission and Parliament’s mandate, little attention was paid last week to the new rules governing how investment managers and investment banks are supervised. But they have big implications, including bringing investment banks such as Barclays and Goldman Sachs under the European Central Bank.
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The Bank of England is rebooting a crisis-era tool for its banks. Firms will be able to use its liquidity facility in euros (LiFE) from next week, as central banks seek to avert a liquidity crunch in a no-deal Brexit scenario.
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John McFarlane, chair of Barclays, said on Monday that he hoped the EU would not turn its back on London in the Brexit negotiations. However, he expected financial activity to move out of London to Europe, and thought that — on a global scale — faster-growing economies in Asia and the US, and big technology firms, could reshape the financial industry.
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The Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) published the official rules for the new tech board at the end of last week. The exchange said the tech board will allow unprofitable companies to list, prevent small retail investors from participating directly and loosen lock-up requirements for key investors.
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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.
