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The European Parliament and Council have agreed rules that will set the stage for securitization to play a role in helping European banks dig their way out of an impending surge in defaulted loans. The Parliament has added sustainability criteria to the final amendments. -
European banks are looking to reduce their cost of funding by fitting their asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) transactions with the ‘simple, transparent and standardised’ (STS) regulatory stamp. Fresh regulations are causing headaches for the issuers, however, prompting increased concerns about the effectiveness of the label.
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NPL specialist Balbec Capital, which purchases defaulted portfolios at risk of foreclosure using securitization structures, is expecting an increase in opportunities to buy in 2021. Current NPL stock levels could double once government stimulus runs out, said the firm.
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Issuers are looking to tweak securitizations with UK entities in order to avoid them falling outside the EU’s ‘simple, transparent and standardised’ (STS) criteria once the Brexit transition period ends on December 31.
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Raiffeisen Bank International AG (RBI) has securitized a loan portfolio of €3.3bn, retaining the senior and junior tranches in a synthetic securitization but selling the mezz to boost its common equity tier one ratio by about 10bp.
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The Dutch buy-to-let market is booming ahead of an increased transfer tax on buy-to-let property, softening concerns that the pandemic would lead to a prolonged origination slump in the asset class.
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The incoming Biden administration is likely to be more conducive to the development of the credit risk transfer market for the government-sponsored enterprises, according to panelists speaking at ABS East Virtual 2020.
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Green bond specialists have criticised the buildings section of the European Union’s proposed sustainable finance Taxonomy as impractical, creating unhelpful incentives and excluding most bank financing, including green senior unsecured, RMBS and covered bonds.
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AXA Bank Belgium has become the first issuer to place a euro-denominated synthetic RMBS deal into the market, obtaining extra capital ahead of its sale to Crelan Bank.
