Arena first RMBS out in 2011 as S&P ‘doomsday’ approaches

Rabobank and Royal Bank of Scotland will take Delta Lloyd’s Arena 2011-1 transaction on the road this week, in what could be the first European RMBS of 2011. But investors and issuers alike are waiting nervously for the introduction of Standard & Poor’s new counterparty criteria next week, which could see more than 80% of the European RMBS market placed on CreditWatch Negative.