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Bespoke boost opportunity
The search for yield is driving activity in bespoke CDS tranches, referred to as bespoke tranche opp...
News Analysis 15 August 2017 -
Hedging changes a boon for MBS
FASB recently announced plans to finalise new accounting rules for financial instruments used for he...
News Analysis 15 August 2017 -
SCI Start the Week - 14 August
A look at the major activity in structured finance over the past seven days.
Pipeline Additions to the pipeline last week were balanced between ABS and CMBS. There were five of...
News 14 August 2017 -
Job swaps round-up - 11 August
North America John DiRocco has joined CIFC as coo, overseeing non-investment functions, as well as...
Job Swaps 11 August 2017 -
Best execution requirements assessed
MiFID 2, due to be implemented across the EU by 3 January 2018, will have a far-reaching impact on t...
News Analysis 9 August 2017 -
Registered, Rule 144A issuance compared
The US SEC's division of economic and risk analysis (DERA) has published a report assessing how tren...
News 9 August 2017 -
SCI Start the Week - 7 August
A look at the major activity in structured finance over the past seven days.
Pipeline ABS deals accounted for more than half of last week's pipeline additions. There were seven...
News 7 August 2017 -
UK ILS hub to drive new issuance, innovation
The proposed ILS regulatory and tax regime due to come into effect on 1 January 2018 aims to put the...
News Analysis 3 August 2017 -
SCI Start the Week - 31 July
A look at the major activity in structured finance over the past seven days.
Pipeline The rate of pipeline additions stayed consistent last week. There were six new ABS, five R...
News 31 July 2017 -
Risk transfer round-up - 28 July
Delay has been the theme in the capital relief trades market this week. Nordea has begun marketing...
News 28 July 2017 -
Synthetic mortgage 'game changer' awaited
The inclusion of mortgages in leverage ratio calculations and lower risk weights for the asset are a...
News Analysis 28 July 2017 -
Self-cert 'drafting error' unlikely to stand
A recent amendment to Article 17 of the new European securitisation regulations would ban self-certi...
News Analysis 27 July 2017 -
Counterparty update reflects margin rules
Moody's has published its updated global cross-sector methodology for assessing counterparty risks i...
News 27 July 2017 -
Bond classification trends eyed
Banks have favoured adding hold to maturity (HTM) bonds to their portfolios in recent years. However...
News 24 July 2017 -
SCI Start the Week - 24 July
A look at the major activity in structured finance over the past seven days.
PipelineA mix of ABS, RMBS and CMBS hit the pipeline last week. There were US$1bn-plus deals announc...
News 24 July 2017 -
Job swaps round-up - 21 July
Acquisitions BGC Partners has acquired commercial real estate finance company Berkeley Point Financ...
Job Swaps 21 July 2017