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Liquidity in securitizations is better than in almost all other credit assets classes in Europe, with auto ABS and UK prime RMBS trading on tighter spreads than even covered bonds, analysis from Bank of America’s research team shows. -
Each year brings another retreat for European investment banks, as their seemingly invincible US competitors edge further into the European market. While the Europeans are far from capitulating, the pressure is relentless. As Jasper Cox reports, they are trying to redefine success by concentrating on the markets and segments where they are strongest
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Meant to bring about a new era for European securitization a decade after the financial crisis, the ‘simple, transparent and standardised’ framework actually stifled issuance in the first quarter of 2019. But a year on, STS is on its way to delivering what it had promised. Tom Brown reports
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Members of the European Parliament have restarted work on a controversial file on the secondary market for non-performing loans. They failed to come to an agreement last spring, with MEPs disputing the level of protection that should be granted to retail consumers.
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Barclays’ head of corporate broking leaves — ESG finance academic joins Barings — Morgan Stanley ratings banker heads for exit
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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.
