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ABS market not the cheapest cost of financing for issuer of first ever trade in the asset class
Revival of high LTV mortgage lending is creating an opportunity for more SRT and deconsolidation transactions
Trade follows the end of a joint venture to originate loans
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Bankers Healthcare Group (BHG) is preparing an inaugural securitization backed by loans made to high-earning medical professionals. The deal is the first in a growing pipeline of securitizations from the healthcare industry, ranging from pharmaceutical drug royalties to venture capital ABS, as Covid-19 draws attention to securitization as a funding source for a critical part of the economy, writes Jennifer Kang. -
Some non-bank lenders are unlikely to survive the pandemic crisis, sources say, after the Bank of England told the industry it is not willing to provide emergency liquidity support in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak. Non-bank institutions are having to grant the same payment relief to customers as high street banks but still have outgoing warehousing costs.
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Online lender SoFi this month filed for a bank charter with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) for the second time — with sources saying a more supportive OCC may increase the lender’s chances of being approved, after beginning the process three years ago.
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Momentum is growing for the economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic to have a strong green thrust, as the UK’s mini-Budget and comments by European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde made clear this week. Capital market participants are enthusiastic about the prospect and expect it to further green the markets — but how far the drive goes will ultimately depend on politics, write Mike Turner, Jon Hay and Jasper Cox.
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New sustainable DCM team at Citi — Deutsche picks Stergiou for new position — SMBC Nikko makes ABS trading hire
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Private subprime auto issuer First Help Financial (FHF) is preparing a $143m securitization backed by retail automobile contracts with subprime borrowers.
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Affirm became the first fintech point of sale lender to tap the ABS market on Wednesday, in what sources said was a crucial first step towards defining an optimal, scaleable funding structure for the emergent sector.
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CDP, the leading platform through which companies report their carbon emissions, has become the latest organisation to launch a potentially influential system of temperature ratings, so investors can work out how much global warming each company’s plans will theoretically lead to — and hence the overall temperature of a portfolio.
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Zam Khan is a managing director in Houlihan Lokey’s Financial Institutions Group, where he leads the portfolio and capital advisory practice. He told GlobalCapital how banks should use financial data to deal with new NPL formations, or risk being engulfed by losses over the next few months.
