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Last quarter’s 3.2% US GDP growth estimates point to growing confidence in the world’s largest economy and is a sign that the era of the low rates and low growth may be drawing to a close. -
Europe’s securitization bankers need to be more creative if they want the market to break out of its post financial crisis stupor.
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For anyone who has habitually watched the testimonies of Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen, last week’s session of the joint economic committee was notable for its political tone.
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Lending Club’s founder and former CEO Renaud Laplanche intends to stage a comeback with a new company, Credify Finance Corporation, but will the ghosts of his past come back to haunt his new venture?
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Zopa’s application for a banking licence is a clear vindication of a long-recognisable trend — as online lending platforms mature, they look to adopt the traditional models that they once appeared to shun.
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Last week marked what looks like the death of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a comprehensive trade agreement that would have heralded closer integration between the US and the high growth economies of the Asia-Pacific region.
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It has been a common argument in the post-crisis years that excessive regulation has hurt American consumers by blocking access to credit. Given President-elect Donald Trump’s repeated promises to repeal the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act — and the likelihood of a better business climate for banks — do consumers stand to benefit at all?
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Central bank stimulus will weigh on UK RMBS issuance in the short term, but that could drag the market into becoming a more significant tool for bank treasurers.
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Presidential candidate, and favourite to win today’s election, Hillary Clinton wants to let most US college students attend state colleges tuition-free. But the federal aid boost could see more colleges upping tuition costs, and this could eventually come back to haunt the ABS market.
