Sector developments and company hires

EMEA Nick Holman has joined Kartesia to lead investments in the UK from the Kartesia Senior Oppor...

Eurobank applies for HAPS guarantee

Eurobank has applied to the Greek government for a senior tranche guarantee under the Hercules Asset...

Sector developments and company hires

CMBS analytics platform Thetica Systems has launched a web platform for CMBS pricing and analytic...

Opel prepping full-stack auto ABS

BNP Paribas is marketing Opel’s second full-stack auto ABS from the E-CARAT programme. Dub...

Positive ESG scores for post-crisis vintages

ESG relevance scores (ESG.RS) are more likely to be negative for seasoned securitisations, according...

Sector developments and company hires

SRT departures Last week saw a couple of high-profile exits from SRT banking teams in London. Struc...

BofA brings 'one-off' Dutch transaction

BofA is in the market with a Dutch CMBS, dubbed Taurus 2020-1 NL. The €620.6m deal is the f...

A review of securitisation activity over the past seven days

REMINDER: SCI NPL Securitisation Awards 2020 Nominations are now open for the inaugural SCI N...

Insurers target first-loss CRTs

Insurers are now targeting the first-loss tranches of capital relief trades, having eyed the senior...

AXA engineers return

AXA Investment Managers has completed its eighth partner capital solutions fund. With the move, the...

European ABS market update

The European ABS market remains characterised by a lack of free flow. Against this backdrop, the sen...

Sector developments and company hires

Equity interest acquired Affiliated Managers Group has acquired a minority equity interest in Com...

CRT sector developments and deal news

Further details have been revealed of CRT transactions that were completed in 4Q19. One is another B...

Standalone platform leads origination

Samas Asset Management (SAM) has launched its debut fund, a closed-end vehicle dubbed SAMAS FUNDING...

EIF closes pair of EFSI guarantees

The EIF has closed two new guarantee agreements supporting European SMEs, both of which are supporte...

Direct lending securitisations on the rise

A growing number of direct lending funds are raising debt via securitisation of their shares. A care...