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Euro CMBS NPL warning

27 January 2012   Category link: CMBS
Tiering within European CMBS is gradually forcing the best and the worst loans to leave the universe. Absent new primary issuance, this trend could result in European CMBS morphing into a non-performing loan asset class in which the securitised colla...

Slow start

26 January 2012   Category link: Structured Finance
Traditional recruitment cycle yet to begin
Structured finance recruitment tailed off towards the end of last year and the early signs are that it will take a while to restart this year. Despite the generally muted outlook, pockets of hiring activity remain. After the groundwork has been don...

Euro RMBS on the up

26 January 2012   Category link: RMBS
RMBS continues to lead the way for the European securitisation markets. Secondary trading in the sector is active, with the benchmark Granite programme in particular attracting interest. "The market has exhibited a pretty positive tone over the las...

CDS saviour?

26 January 2012   Category link: CDS
CAC proposal could eliminate need to sidestep CDS trigger
Serious questions are being raised about the future of CDS, following a recent credit event (see box) and the ongoing euro area sovereign crisis. However, a recent proposal by the Greek finance ministry could satisfy all parties concerned -...

Low expectations for refi initiative

25 January 2012   Category link: RMBS
President Obama's State of the Union address yesterday included a section on mortgage refinancing initiatives. However, while MBS valuations could see a knee-jerk reaction as a result, ultimately the chances of this programme winning Congressional pa...

Continued Euro ABS market contraction expected

24 January 2012   Category link: Structured Finance
The European securitisation market has begun 2012 on a positive footing: buoyed by a rally in European risk assets that was prompted by the ECB's LTRO programme, both ABS and RMBS have been better bid on the secondary market since the start of the ye...

Fair value in the balance?

24 January 2012   Category link: CMBS
The wrangling over the JW Marriott Las Vegas Resort & Spa loan, securitised in CSMC 2007-TFLA, continues. CMBS investors are concerned that the case could set a negative precedent that may result in further artificially low valuations benefit...

You say voluntary, I say mandatory...

24 January 2012   Category link: CDS
Anu Munshi, partner at B&B Structured Finance, explores the impact of debt restructuring on CDS ...
An old school friend with a great business idea comes to you and three other similarly well-off school friends and asks if you'd lend him money for his business. He needs US$40,000 and expects he can pay it back in one year with 10% interest. The fou...

Loan extensions on the cards

23 January 2012   Category link: CMBS
Thirty European CMBS loans, accounting for €1.8bn, are due to mature this month. Issuer notifications regarding these loans have not been positive to date and this trend is expected to continue for the most part. Of the loans maturing thi...

Structural tweaks strengthen APAC CLOs

23 January 2012   Category link: CLOs
Synthetic balance sheet CLOs are one of the few asset classes within the Asia (ex-Japan) structured credit market tipped for growth in 2012 as banks look to employ the structure for regulatory capital relief trades (SCI 23 December 2011). Investor in...

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