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European Central Bank Executive Board member Yves Mersch has advocated using central bank ABS eligibility criteria as a starting point for defining ‘high quality’ securitizations, and called on the ECB and Bank of England to issue a joint statement to address the “inappropriate” regulatory treatment of the asset class. -
Some of Europe's biggest banks are stepping up protests at the Basel securitization framework's treatment of the product, saying that even lowered risk-weightings endanger the asset class and do not reflect historical performance. Their comments echo those of top European policymakers throwing their weight behind ABS.
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Société Générale has hired Stewart Robinson from RBC Capital Markets to be European head of project bonds on its syndicate desk in London.
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Europe's biggest banks are stepping up their protests against how the Basel securitization framework treats the product, saying that even lowered risk-weightings endanger the asset class and do not reflect historical performance — a stark contrast to encouraging comments from top European policymakers.
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The eight largest US banks are about to face tough new restrictions that may affect their holdings of on and off-balance sheet securitizations, barely a day after regulators delivered other bad news regarding CLOs under the Volcker Rule.
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Lloyds has made three external hires for its expanding credit markets team in New York, as well as transferring one banker from its London headquarters, as it looks to win more business in the US in fixed income and securitization.
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European Central Bank Executive Board member Yves Mersch has advocated using central bank ABS eligibility criteria as a starting point for defining ‘high quality’ securitizations, and called on the ECB and Bank of England to issue a joint statement to address the “inappropriate” regulatory treatment of the asset class.
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European Union Commissioner Michel Barnier added his weight to the regulatory impetus behind securitization on Tuesday, saying the promotion of the asset class as a tool for boosting business lending would not endanger financial stability
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Blythe Masters, the JP Morgan banker widely credited for spearheading the invention of credit default swaps, is set to leave her post as head of global commodities and CIB regulatory affairs after 27 years at the firm.
