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Nationwide Building Society this week priced the first securitization benchmarked over Sonia, the UK’s alternative rate for sterling Libor. The Silverstone RMBS deal, which is also eligible for ‘simple, transparent, standardised’ regulatory treatment, was heavily subscribed by investors. -
The UK government is consulting on legislation to abolish Section 21 evictions, dubbed ‘no-fault evictions’, in order to stop private landlords from removing tenants at short notice. The change in the law would effectively create open-ended tenancies in England and Wales.
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The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published draft regulation allowing banks to use internal credit risk models for the Securitisation Internal Ratings-Based Approach (SEC-IRBA) when investing in securitization positions, and have included a provision to help banks shift NPLs.
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The European Parliament decided this week to cancel a vote on the draft text for a directive that would boost the secondary market for non-performing loans. Final negotiations with member states are now unlikely to start before September.
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Nationwide announced the first distributed Sonia-linked RMBS on Monday, a milestone for the securitization market, which has lagged behind public sector and covered bond markets in switching to the post-Libor benchmark. The UK building society also switched the basis of its whole balance sheet to the new benchmark at the start of its new financial year on Friday.
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Crédit Immobilier de France Développement (CIFD) closed a private €1.1bn RMBS on March 21, its debut securitization of French home loans, and the first mortgage-backed deal to qualify for the ‘simple, transparent and standardised’ regulatory framework. It plans to follow the issue with the launch of a public RMBS shelf.
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Citigroup has won a prestigious mandate to help Pimco buy £4.8bn of mortgages from the British government’s bad bank, UK Asset Resolution. It was victorious partly because it was able to get comfortable with holding the ‘risk retention’ in the deal, something only Barclays and Goldman Sachs have done so far. With UKAR gearing up to sell its last £8bn of assets and shut up shop, other banks may need to follow suit. Owen Sanderson reports.
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House prices in some advanced and emerging countries are at risk of a crash that could trigger a new bout of financial volatility, the International Monetary Fund warned on Thursday. It said that governments should tighten financial rules rather than hike interest rates to take steam out of the market, in an analysis published ahead of the spring meeting of its 189 country members next week.
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SG hires UK global markets head — Former financials bankers look to create bond platform — Credit Suisse hires for securitization sales
