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Latin American development bank Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF) will continue to monitor its members’ needs before determining how much funding it has left to raise in 2020, but has covered the majority of its financing needs after increasing the size of a dollar benchmark, priced on Wednesday.

BBVA’s Mexican subsidiary, Bancomer, on Tuesday provided one of the clearest examples yet of the attractiveness of international bond markets for Latin American borrowers as it notched the lowest ever coupon on a dollar deal from a bank from the region.

Kansas-based Palmer Square Capital Management has been one of the most active managers of the year, particularly in the pandemic era, with six CLOs priced in 2020. The firm, which manages $12.3bn in assets as of July 31, has specialised in static CLO issuance, and during the crisis was able to price three static deals in the US, as well as one in Europe. Chairman and CEO Chris Long spoke with GlobalCapital about the future of CLO market, the advantages of static deals in times of crisis and opportunities in Europe.

ABS investors are wading deeper into the market for esoteric assets, prompted by the Federal Reserve’s updated view on inflation that is sure to keep rates lower for longer and further compress yields across fixed income.

The UK has an opportunity to change key aspects of the Securitization Regulation once it leaves the European Union to the benefit of investors and issuers, said speakers at IMN’s Global ABS 2020 virtual conference on Tuesday.

Securitization market participants are predicting growth across Asia where financial support from governments following Covid-19 has opened up the potential for the securitization of defaulted assets, particularly in markets with a budding ABS sector.

London-based SCIO Capital has announced that structured credit veteran Oliver Wriedt has joined the company as a strategic advisor.

Non-banks lenders may seek corporate ratings in order to receive support from the UK government after finding it difficult to access financial aid during the Covid crisis, said RMBS players speaking during Global ABS 2020.

South America’s largest corn-based ethanol producer, FS Agrisolutions Indústria de Biocombustíveis (FS), will look to become the latest Latin American borrower to sell a sustainability-themed bond as it proposes a green format for its international market debut.

InSite Wireless Group has priced a $164m securitization, with its senior bonds achieving the lowest yield for a cell tower securitization this year. Sources have bemoaned rapidly tightening spreads across all sectors, ranging from cell tower to prime auto ABS, posing a challenge for investors looking for yield in securitization.

The worst of the pandemic may be behind the CLO market, both in the US and Europe, and optimism is growing as the sector moves towards the fourth quarter. However, speaking in a market update during Global ABS on Tuesday, panellists said some important changes to the market that emerged in the last few months may be here to stay.

Surging covered bond issuance that is printed only for repo at the central bank and official sector purchases means that the asset class is now less relevant for market funding purposes than ever before. If this continues, the systemic importance of the €2.7tr global market will be undermined just as efforts to develop it look to bear fruit.