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The UK government’s decision to sell off part of its student loan portfolio is unlikely to deliver value for taxpayers. If it’s short of cash, it has a highly functional capital market ready to provide it — at better rates than the student loan deal could ever match. -
Monday’s executive order from President Donald Trump pledging to cut regulation for US businesses by forcing agencies to get rid of two regulations for every one they introduce was derided by his opponents, but it isn't ridiculous. It just lacks the specifics to be taken seriously.
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US Treasury secretary nominee Steve Mnuchin’s statement during his confirmation hearing that he did not support the recapitalisation and release of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should confirm observers’ suspicions that the new administration is not going to prioritise the reform of the government sponsored enterprises (GSEs).
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A letter published by The Conference of State Banking Supervisors (CSBS) on Friday is the latest in a round of opposition to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s (OCC) fintech charter proposal. But the charter could help to streamline regulation of the fragmented industry.
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The latest round of Republican calls in the US for president-elect Donald Trump to fire the Consumer Protection Financial Bureau (CFPB) head Richard Cordray and roll back the agency’s influence is a real threat to American consumers.
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The move by the US Housing and Urban Development (HUD) secretary Julian Castro to reduce mortgage insurance premiums is a politically motivated one designed to pressure the incoming Trump administration. As such it brings the agency into the political arena at a time when non-partisanship should be the goal of one of the foremost housing authorities in the US.
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With pressure on banks to tighten their belts and deleverage balance sheets, in 2017 synthetic securitization could become a much bigger part of the bank treasurer’s toolkit.
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Reviewing some of the year’s biggest securitization stories, it looks like we started and ended the year worried about Italian NPLs.
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Move over Hillary — the president-elect is now every American banker’s favourite politician, with bank executives citing confidence in the new administration and forecasts predicting a rip-roaring 2017.
