Reinsurer opportunities eyed

The mortgage risk transfer (MRT) programme in the US has the potential to rival natural catastrophe...

Libor transition still 'choice rather than necessity' for some firms

There are still a “number” of firms in the UK that view the transition from Libo...

Sector developments and company hires

ABS facility expands Amigo Holdings has increased its securitisation facility to £300m....

Conditions ripe for UK RMBS calls

Ten UK RMBS transactions have call dates during the remainder of the year and the refinancing of the...

European ABS market update

Activity levels have been high across European ABS/MBS and CLOs of late, but appear to be easing up...

Company hires and sector developments

Agri-linked note prepped The African Development Bank has approved a €100m partial credit...

Company hires and sector developments

Bank bulks out commodities unit Credit Agricole has hired Aude Sauty de Chalon as directo...

Ambiguity stifling STS label success

Uptake of the STS label has been tentative and cannot be credited with the current strong momentum i...

Public Greek NPL ABS debuts

DBRS has provided the first public rating for a non-performing loan securitisation in Greece as the...

Sector developments and company hires

Alt sales head hired Schroders has hired Peter Arnold to lead its alternative sales unit, which wa...

UK RMBS sector continues to thrive

The buy-to-let RMBS market continues to see heavy issuance in Europe with two new transactions marke...

Company hires and sector developments

Credit expert poached Crestline Investors has appointed Michael Aingorn as an md, based in New Yor...

Sector developments and company hires

Director hired to rebranded CLO platform DFG Investment Advisers has hired John Hwang as a directo...

Company hires and sector developments

Euro CMBS 2.0 default Elizabeth Finance 2018 has become the second European CMBS 2.0 deal to suffe...

Company hires and sector developments

Auction platform Mortgage Capital Trading has launched Trade Auction Manager (TAM) to enable more...

Two BTL RMBS debut deals prepped

Two European buy-to-let (BTL) RMBS transactions from non-bank issuers are marketing. One comes from...