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Large financial institutions may be unwilling to continue to make markets in securitizations if punitive liquidity regulation in the ABS space continues, according to panellists at ABS Vegas.
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Representatives from Women in Securitization, a Structured Finance Industry Group initiative, said that a lack of transparency and employer accountability in the reporting of employee diversity is one of the main hurdles to changing the landscape of a traditionally male-dominated industry.
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European investors are likely to be big contributors to the US CLO market as the country finalises its risk retention requirements, according to panellists at ABS Vegas.
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A UK vote to leave the European Union could result in serious long term regulatory and technical disincentives to invest in UK transactions, warn analysts and lawyers.
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A switch in regulator from the Bank of Spain to Europe’s Single Supervisory Mechanism and more regulatory certainty has reopened a route to capital raising for Spain’s banks — synthetic securitization.
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Working capital solutions provider Demica has announced new hires that will add expertise in the securitization and fintech sectors.
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At least two European banks are pitching bespoke structures to insurers that allow them to invest in securitizations without incurring the punishing capital charges laid out by Solvency II, but other market participants warned against the instruments, and argued that banks should fulfil the spirit, not just the letter, of regulation.
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Vanishing liquidity in the ABS market is pushing spreads on many asset classes to their widest levels in a year. But worse could follow. Market insiders fear regulators stand not only to destroy the very arena they hope can drive growth, and subsequently financial strength, back into the economy, but they could be ushering in the next crisis. Sam Kerr reports.
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Peter Cui has joined Natixis in London for ABS and CLO trading.