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'Basel 4' meeting postponed
A meeting of the Basel Committee group of central bank governors and heads of supervision (GHOS), or...
News Round-up 4 January 2017 -
Cash versus synthetic weighed
Balance sheet securitisations - whereby balance sheet relief is achieved via true sale &am...
News 4 January 2017 -
CLO solution dismissed
The District Court for the District of Columbia last month ruled against a risk retention solution f...
News Round-up 3 January 2017 -
'Transparency over risk retention' advised
Securitisation of European SME loans would not necessarily lead to lower credit standards, according...
News Round-up 3 January 2017 -
Non-conforming comfort
Aussie non-conforming RMBS thrives as wider sector stalls
Until this year, the Australian securitisation market had been recovering gradually from the depths...
News Analysis 23 December 2016 -
Capital framework 'should be retained'
The EBA has recommended that that the EU retains its current risk-sensitive framework for bank regul...
News Round-up 23 December 2016 -
Pension extension for OTC clearing
The European Commission is extending transitional relief for pension scheme arrangements (PSAs) from...
News Round-up 22 December 2016 -
Capturing the liquidity premium
Interest rate rises could increase volatility in the structured credit market, creating opportunitie...
News 20 December 2016 -
Mixed blessing
Retention rules not so onerous for CRE CLOs
Risk retention requirements raise interesting issues for the CRE CLO sector. The typical CRE CLO mod...
News Analysis 20 December 2016 -
CCP equivalence determined
The European Commission has determined that India, Brazil, New Zealand, Japan Commodities, United Ar...
News Round-up 19 December 2016 -
SCI Start the Week - 19 December
A look at the major activity in structured finance over the past seven days.
Pipeline While the pace of pipeline additions has slowed over the last couple of weeks, new deals d...
News 19 December 2016 -
Proving compliance
Demonstrating significant risk transfer discussed
How to demonstrate significant risk transfer (SRT) was a hot topic at SCI's Capital Relief Trades Se...
Talking Point 19 December 2016 -
ABCP performance to remain strong
European ABCP conduit performance is expected to remain strong next year, reflecting the sound credi...
News Round-up 16 December 2016 -
FHFA scorecard goals published
The FHFA has released its 2017 scorecard for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Common Securitization Solut...
News Round-up 16 December 2016 -
Coupon clippers
Euro CLO refi activity to accelerate
Refinancing activity is expected to accelerate in Europe in the coming year as the cost of funding e...
News Analysis 16 December 2016 -
Learning by doing
Issuers weigh capital relief opportunities and challenges
Capital relief trades, also called risk sharing trades, can provide issuing banks with several advan...
News Analysis 16 December 2016