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  • Belgium-based Argenta Spaarbank is back in the Dutch RMBS market after a three year break, having last issued an RMBS transaction in 2019. The issuer is only selling the senior tranche, which has a minimum target pricing of €500m.
  • Greece has overtaken Italy as the biggest source of non-performing-loan ABS issuance in Europe, with banks stepping up issuance with a slew of transactions in 2021 as Italian institutions wind down their post-financial crisis backlog of bad debt.
  • As inflation indicators across the globe begin to point to a period of sustained growth, equity investors have fretted over where to put their money instead of tech stocks, whose valuations have reached gargantuan multiples. There is a compelling argument to be made for rotating into Greece, specifically its banks, which will have to finance a new wave of economic growth.
  • Venn has mandated BNP Paribas, Citi and SMBC Nikko for Cartesian 6, a Dutch prime RMBS deal which carries the STS label. Sources hope this will lead to tight pricing for the issuer.
  • Greece’s Alpha Bank has launched an €800m capital raise to prepare for growth as the country benefits from the clean-up of non-performing loans and EU Next Generation funds.
  • Arrangers BNP Paribas, Barclays and Macquarie Bank sold the joint-tightest European buy-to-let RMBS since 2008 on Thursday, with Domi 2021-1 tying first place for record senior note spreads with Dutch Property Finance 2018-1.
  • Angel Oak issued the first non-agency RMBS to qualify as a social bond in the US, which is backed by loans offered to underserved self-employed consumers. The transaction benefited from favorable market conditions, with investors eager to absorb social bonds specifically, and ESG bonds starting to trade at a premium.
  • The Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) has released its hotly anticipated report on European securitization. But market participants are calling it a missed opportunity, pointing out that it fails to address recommendations made by the High Level Forum on the Capital Markets Union to develop the market.
  • Angel Oak Capital Advisors issued the first non-agency mortgage-backed securitization to qualify as a social bond. The transaction is backed by loans that offer mortgage financing solutions for underserved consumers in the US, particularly those who are unable to borrow through traditional lending channels.