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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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Barclays’ head of corporate broking leaves — ESG finance academic joins Barings — Morgan Stanley ratings banker heads for exit -
The eurozone authorities should introduce a financial instrument that bundles together bonds from its member countries to provide a safe asset for investors at times of crisis, according to Ignazio Visco, governor of the Bank of Italy.
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A decade after self-certified mortgages drove heavy losses in RMBS, a fintech start-up is using automated data-gathering to vet borrower affordability in real-time, speeding up mortgage securitization in the process.
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A third instalment of the UK Department for Education’s current programme of student loan securitizations has stalled, a casualty of a tight general election and volatile politics. Concerns about whether securitization gives government good value for money are a potential obstacle, while investors will have to weigh up an instrument highly geared to the fate of the UK economy. Owen Sanderson and Tom Brown report.
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The European Banking Federation has proposed a raft of policies to promote sustainable finance, such as a public sector financing guarantee scheme, looser bank capital requirements, a tweaked securitization framework and different collateral rules. Perhaps not surprisingly, the measures would lighten the regulatory burden on Europe’s banks, and they were criticised by politicians.
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Matteo Ferrario is joining MUFG from Barclays, where he led the asset finance origination unit. He will be reunited with John Winter, who joined the Japanese bank earlier this year and will be his boss.
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Angelo Gordon announced on Monday that it has hired a managing director to its commercial real estate debt group, overseeing originations and management of the firm’s loan investments in the sector.
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First Eagle Investment Management will acquire THL Credit Advisors, a credit investment and CLO management firm headquartered in Boston which has approximately $17bn in assets.
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The UK's Financial Conduct Authority has published new requirements for marketplace lending platforms which Moody’s said will strengthen the peer-to-peer (P2P) lending environment.
