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It plans to include transactions backed by second lien fixed rate mortgages originated post-crisis
Public versus private distinction scrapped for disclosure plus new, simplified templates for mature asset classes
Meanwhile, ADMT has set guidance for its $602m non-prime deal
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US based private equity firms Blackstone and TPG Capital have acquired non-conforming and buy-to-let UK mortgage lender Kensington Mortgages from Investec, in a move that could see the lender issuing different forms of ABS.
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Freddie Mac is set to price its seventh risk-sharing RMBS deal this week, with strong demand expected despite choppy secondary trading in the asset class over recent months.
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A number of accounts participated in both the two and five year tranches offered by Virgin Money’s latest Gosforth RMBS, which one person close to the deal said was the first UK deal for some time to focus on mitigating pre-payment rather than extension risk.
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Virgin Money was set to place its first new RMBS since 2012 on Friday after opting for a two and five year structure more familiar to Dutch issuers. The bank’s return to the product is a further sign that a weakened Funding for Lending Scheme and a tightening of UK RMBS spreads is making the market tempting once more to a bigger pool of issuers.
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Issuance in the US market has picked up following the holiday weekend, with six ABS deals in the pipeline. Almost all asset classes are represented this week, with auto ABS, credit cards and RMBS leading the charge alongside some transactions with rarer collateral.
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Fitch sent a warning shot to the single family rental securitization market on Tuesday, as American Homes 4 Rent announced its second deal in the asset class. The new transaction has a preliminary rating of triple-A from Kroll and is slated to receive a rating from Moody’s. But Fitch said refinancing risk and leverage were reasons for not rating deals higher than single-A in the controversial new market. -
The high credit enhancement of UK RMBS transactions mean a yes vote for Scottish independence in this month’s referendum poses only a remote risk to them, according to Fitch Ratings. But there remain no mechanisms in transactions to address the risks of a currency redenomination.
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Virgin Money has mandated banks for its first new RMBS sale since 2012, in a further sign that a weakened Funding for Lending Scheme and a tightening of UK RMBS spreads is making the market tempting once more to a bigger pool of issuers.
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The Financial Conduct Authority fined Royal Bank of Scotland just under £15m this week for “serious failings” in its advised mortgage sales business, saying that only two of the 164 sales reviewed were considered to meet the regulator’s standard.
