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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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A group of nine NGOs, trade unions and other civil society groups have got together to produce an independent white paper setting out in detail how they believe the European Union’s Sustainable Finance Action Plan should progress. It calls on the EU to push ahead with the Plan, only some of whose targets have been acted on so far, and to take it further and deeper. -
The market for whole business securitizations has been a star among other esoteric ABS assets in the past year, according to panelists speaking on Sunday, and a shifting investor base, heavy trading volume in secondary and stable issuance should keep the engine running for the remainder of 2019.
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Regulators on Capitol Hill are often keen to demonstrate their willingness to embrace innovations in financial services, but fewer words and more action are needed from politicians to protect both lenders and consumers if fintech’s potential is to be realised, panellists at the Structured Finance Industry Group (SFIG) conference said on Monday morning.
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Dan Berce, president and CEO of GM Financial, was optimistic about the state of the US consumer during a CEO roundtable discussion on day two of SFIG Vegas, while also sharing some views on how the market should be thinking about a recession in the near term.
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The EU’s first piece of sustainable finance legislation sets rules for green investment indices. That is all well and good, but more promising is a hint that all the ordinary indices may have to admit how un-green they are.
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Pool Re, a government-backed reinsurer, has priced the first ever catastrophe bond to cover terrorist attacks specifically, allowing investors to receive a return from providing insurance cover. Those on the deal claim it shows the depth of the UK’s financial expertise in the insurance linked securities (ILS) market.
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A Sunday panel on the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) market agreed that 2018 was an “eventful year” for both residential and commercial PACE, and though speakers said they had observed an increased appetite for private placements as well as larger deals across the sector, some policy headwinds persist.
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The number of registered attendees for this year’s SFIG Vegas conference has jumped 10% compared to last year, as the organization looks guide US securitization participants through a rapidly shifting, late cycle market landscape.
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Of all the parts of the EU Sustainable Finance Action Plan, the Taxonomy is closest to the heart of the green bond market.
