Guidance shows steady demand for alternative lender, non-STS deals

The European pipeline is awash with RMBS deals, most of them concentrated in the UK as issuers hurry to beat a new round of Brexit uncertainty. Out of the five RMBS deals making their way through the market however, only one is set to qualify for the ‘simple, transparent and standardised’ (STS) regulatory regime, as levels of STS issuance from the banking sector appears to have slowed.