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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is taking a second look into combination notes, a genre of resecuritized CLOs, nearly nine months after Moody’s was fined for allegedly misrepresenting risks contained in the blended debt products. Alex Saeedy reports. -
The European Central Bank will start calculating and publishing the new European benchmark rate Ester on October 2, while Euribor will be reformed to comply with the Benchmark Regulation (BMR). Eonia, meanwhile, is set to be phased out by 2022.
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SC Lowy, a boutique bank headquartered in Hong Kong, has hired Tristan Laurencin as head trader for EMEA loans.
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The Alternative Reference Rates Committee (ARRC) issued recommendations for Libor replacement at the end of April, indicating that it believes the market should effectively self-regulate when it comes to picking a new benchmark for floating rate debt contracts.
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A legal battle between US private equity firm Blackstone and Italian media group RCS over an Italian CMBS will be settled in Milan, the New York state Supreme Court decided on Wednesday.
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Spanish bad bank Sareb is reducing NPL portfolio sales in 2019 after increased competition made large sales unprofitable, and is instead focusing on converting NPLs into real estate assets via foreclosure. Tom Brown reports.
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A list of competent authorities under article 29 of the new Securitization Regulation published by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) showed that Spain is still without a securitization regulator, in an example of the teething difficulties of the new European securitization regime.
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ICAP Energy has appointed Nicholas Ernst and Eric Ernst to spearhead a drive into the weather derivatives market.
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There were widespread hopes earlier this year that not only would Italy’s Garanzia sulla Cartolarizzazione delle Sofferenze (GACS) scheme be extended, but it would also include a provision for loans classified as unlikely-to-pay (UTP).
