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Hire follows launch of new asset backed finance fund
Karen Anzalone joins law firm's structured finance and securitization practice
Bank continues to build in priority area
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With Joe Biden as president, and a split Congress, the prospect of sweeping progressive change and a comprehensive stimulus package has been dampened. However, the market expects to see substantial progress on the environmental, social and governance (ESG) front and Libor transition, despite the deep divide in government. -
Law firm Alston & Bird has hired a three person CLO team from Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft.
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Green bond specialists have criticised the buildings section of the European Union’s proposed sustainable finance Taxonomy as impractical, creating unhelpful incentives and excluding most bank financing, including green senior unsecured, RMBS and covered bonds.
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Felix Fletcher has joined Investec’s power and infrastructure finance team as a senior coverage banker, originating for lending and advisory business across the group.
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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.
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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.
