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Third deconsolidation RMBS from a UK challenger bank since November
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
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Debtors are paying off their mortgages in Italy at the same rate as they were before the pandemic, according to Banca IFIS, after the country suffered one of the worst declines in collections following the coronavirus lockdowns. -
Pimco has done another private pre-placed RMBS under the Avon Finance brand, with Citi acting as risk retainer and sponsor. The deal refinances Warwick Finance One, one of the largest UK non-conforming deals ever done and whose senior notes formed a de-facto market benchmark for the asset class.
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Non-banks lenders may seek corporate ratings in order to receive support from the UK government after finding it difficult to access financial aid during the Covid crisis, said RMBS players speaking during Global ABS 2020.
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The European Commission’s proposed new approach to non-performing loan securitization may encourage more deals to come out in fully placed format, accelerating development of the market. But the revised rules still hurt banks which hold part of the structures, and which form the vast majority of the market today, as the Commission took its lead from the Basel Committee rather than its own regulators.
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Optimum Credit, a subsidiary of Pepper Money mandated Citi and NatWest Markets for Castell 2020-1, a UK second lien RMBS placing a full capital structure. It joins deals from Finance Ireland and RNHB in a growing pipeline of European securitization, with bankers hoping to make up for a disappointing second quarter.
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Cartesian 5, the Dutch prime RMBS from Venn Partners, saw its senior tranche five times covered on Tuesday, driving a print through secondary levels and a possible move tighter across secondary markets for prime assets.
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Data from the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (Afme) shows placed securitization volumes in Europe at the lowest level since 2011, when the market was still recovering from the global financial crisis.
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Securitization data repositories proposed by Dutch MEP Paul Tang back in 2016 will begin their application process on September 23 this year, requiring both EU and UK ABS issuers to report data to the new entities.
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The governments of the UK and the Netherlands are considering tax changes that will impact buy-to-let (BTL) mortgage origination in each country, hitting the two largest markets for BTL RMBS.
