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Annaly closes its year with triple-As at 125bp
The conditions are set so that 2026 promises to be even better than the already impressive 2025. A deepening of esoteric asset classes, combined with entirely new deal types, as well as more debut issuers are set to be the key themes, writes Tom Hall
US RMBS issuance barrels on deep into December
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Tough legacy mortgage securitizations are resisting the switch away from Libor, as the Financial Conduct Authority calls on issuers to contact investors before the six month deadline hits. A group of mortgage securitizations issued by defaulted Lehman Brothers pre-2008 are seen as particularly high risk. -
The Federal Housing Finance Agency is set to take a different direction under the the presidency of Joe Biden from the one it took under Donald Trump, with a laser-like focus on affordable housing. To further the affordable housing agenda, the US's government-sponsored enterprises are expected to ramp up their volumes of RMBS issuance to boost the availability of mortgages.
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Pepper Money has mandated Citi, National Australia Bank and NatWest Markets for a £425m non-conforming UK RMBS. The issuer pre-placed its 2020 transaction but is fully syndicating its latest offering.
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The UK government is launching a complete review of its securitization regulations in parallel with the European Union’s ambitions to reform the market. Sustainability, the 'simple, transparent and standardised' label, SME funding and risk retention are all under the microscope.
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The Federal Housing Finance Agency announced new leadership appointments under the new acting director Sandra Thompson on Tuesday, kicking off a wave of people and policy changes to come in at the agency.
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After one of the busiest quarters for ABS since the financial crisis, many market participants are eyeing a short break in August in anticipation of a slower market. The combination of working-from-home culture, lack of travel opportunities and physical meetings has prevented many in the market from taking a break.
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Following release after his imprisonment for contempt of court, Rizwan Hussain has launched a new attack on legacy RMBS transactions managed by Bluestone Mortgages, purporting to have taken over as a director of the SPV and attempting to replace crucial transaction parties with his own entities. Whether he has authority to do so is not yet clear.
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Belmont Green has mandated Santander and NatWest for its second UK RMBS of the year, Tower Bridge Funding 2021-2, bringing a predominantly buy-to-let transaction with four offered tranches.
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ABS lawyers are asking issuers to resist taking advantage of a legal loophole left via a regulatory quirk, where a number of CLO and CMBS deals are technically exempt from switching data over to the securitization repositories approved by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) on Friday.
