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New York banker to lead BBVA's ABS push in US
Hoehl worked on Santander's desk for 15 years
ABS structurer joins from Cantor Fitzgerald
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The Basel Committee has backed down from tough new changes which could have raised the costs of financing non-performing loan portfolios, allowing banks to use external ratings to assess the risk of NPL securitizations. -
Fitch Ratings appointed Michael Paladino as the new head of structured finance for North America, its latest update from a global reshuffle.
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The European Banking Authority has lifted the spirits of those working in the significant risk transfer (SRT) market by suggesting that call options and early termination rights should not disqualify a transaction from achieving SRT recognition, pushing back on proposals made by European Parliament members.
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Student loan forgiveness has been one of the main pillars of US president-elect Joe Biden’s election campaign, worrying student loan securitization specialists in the sector since early this year. With Democrat Biden’s inauguration around the corner, market participants are scrambling to prepare for new regulations that could impact their student loan ABS investments.
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An ESG framework for the European securitization market is a noble aim but the middle of this pandemic is not the time to implement it. The European Parliament needs to take its time and make sure such a regime is built to last, and not throw it in alongside emergency legislation.
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The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority has launched a new platform dedicated to listing all securitizations which qualify as ‘simple, transparent and standardised’, preparing the UK securitization market for the end of the Brexit transition period.
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Schroders has closed a new private credit fund, which will use a mix of securitized bonds, warehouse lines, direct loans and other instruments to target dislocated opportunities as the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic plays out in credit markets.
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Goldman Sachs has appointed new heads of its UK investment banking and EMEA equity capital markets businesses.
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The securitization market is pushing back against proposals in the European Parliament to tack a green framework for ABS deals onto existing discussions about NPL and synthetic securitizations that were supposed to be rapid-fire amendments to help the market fight off Covid-induced economic woes. Tom Brown reports.
