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• Taking no prisoners? Citi starts sale of Tesco mortgages

  

  Tesco Bank is said to have mandated Citi to run a sale process for its £3.7bn book of UK mortgages, after it decided to pull out of the market, blaming cut-throat competition. But the move has drawn attention to a proposed UK law to help ‘mortgage prisoners’, which could stop UK mortgages trading at all, writes Owen Sanderson.

  • 23 May 2019

• Securitization market fully switches to Sonia standard

  

  The trickle of Sonia issuance in securitization markets has become a full stream less than two months after Nationwide Building Society's debut in the format, with the benchmark now the new standard for sterling markets. The development comes not a moment too soon, as UK banks try to structure their funding around repayment of central bank schemes.

  • 23 May 2019

• Debt purchaser B2 extends maturities

  

  B2Holding, the Oslo-based debt purchasing and servicing firm, has printed a new €200m senior unsecured 2024 at 635bp over three month Euribor, using the cash to buy back older issues. It plans a new secured bond later this year to fund rapid expansion plans.

  • 20 May 2019

• BAML makes switch to Sonia with new RMBS mandate

  

  Bank of America Merrill Lynch has been mandated for a new UK RMBS transaction for specialist lender Precise Mortgages, with all tranches on offer referencing the sterling overnight index average (Sonia).

  • 17 May 2019

• Specialist lender mandates Citi, Macquarie for debut RMBS

  

  Specialist lender Domivest is bringing a Dutch RMBS via Citibank and Macquarie Bank backed by performing buy-to-let (BTL) mortgages.

  • 14 May 2019

• Shawbrook brings debut UK RMBS as Sonia issuance grows

  

  UK challenger bank Shawbrook is issuing a prime UK buy-to-let RMBS comprised of first-lien mortgages via sole arranger Lloyds. The deal is the first securitization to come from Shawbrook and will be the second non-retained deal linked to the sterling overnight index average benchmark (Sonia).

  • 13 May 2019

• Freddie Mac opens UMBS exchange

  

  Freddie Mac on Tuesday opened an exchange that will allow investors to trade eligible Freddie Mac securities for TBA-eligible Uniform Mortgage Backed Securities Mirror Certificates, which will be fungible with the new GSE security that will see Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s markets merge into one.

  • 07 May 2019

• Montepio Geral prepping new NPL securitization

  

  Caixa Económica Montepio Geral is to bring Ares Lusitani, the second issuance of Portuguese non-performing loans (NPLs), with JP Morgan arranging the €70m deal backed by residential and commercial properties located in Portugal.

  • 07 May 2019

• Ginnie Mae seeks industry guidance on aggressive loan churning

  

  Ginnie Mae announced on Friday that it was considering making changes to its loan eligibility rulebook, as the government agency looks for new solutions to crack down on a continued pattern of aggressive refinancing in certain corners of the US mortgage market.

  • 03 May 2019

• Greek borrower protection framework to help NPL securitization

  

  Greek authorities have begun to implement an enhanced framework to allow mortgage borrowers to keep their homes in a regulatory move that bodes well for future NPL securitization in Greece.

  • 02 May 2019

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