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European and high yield chiefs to take the reins
Kevin Duignan to retire after 33 years, mainly in structured finance
First European buy now, pay later securitization expected next year
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Instead of acting as the saviour of noteholders, Clifden was simply to trying to profit from the hurriedly arranged pre-pack administration of Fairhold, a pre-crisis CMBS now in distress, according to a judge in the UK High Court on Friday. It was an ‘unprincipled asset grab’, the judge told the court on the concluding day of the hearing. -
London's finance sector and new technology could expand insurance-linked securities (ILS) outside their traditional domain and package up different risks into tradeable products, according to a Deloitte consultant.
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Doug Munro, formerly head of UK and Ireland financial institutions debt capital markets at Royal Bank of Scotland and NatWest Markets, has joined Legal & General Capital, the principal investing arm of the UK insurance investor.
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A report out of the Department of the Treasury on Tuesday notes that the growth of marketplace lending has fueled ABS deals in the sector.
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The European Parliament has proposed an amendment to the new Capital Requirements Regulation protecting banks from the consequences of “massive disposals” of non-performing loans.
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Conference organizer IMN has launched a group dedicated to representing the interests of securitization buysiders that will be led by investors from some of the most active ABS shops in the market.
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Brexit has been a slow-burning problem for the City of London, but burning it is. Financial markets are regulated. With worse access to Europe, the UK must make itself attractive to financial firms in other ways.
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European Commission amendments to the regulation governing eligibility towards the liquidity coverage ratio (LCR) has left the ABS industry disappointed, with the treatment for ‘simple, transparent and standardised’ (STS) instruments no better off and existing investments losing beneficial treatment. The move could have a chilling effect on banks’ willingness to increase participation in European securitization.
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BNP Paribas is combining its primary and secondary activities in US credit markets under a new Global Credit Markets Americas division, with a new head of leveraged finance joining from Deutsche Bank to bolster the firm’s offering.
