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Tiering forecast for water WBS

10 March 2014

Fast-tracking of business plans among certain UK water companies is expected to drive tightening across their securitised bonds. The move follows the release of Ofwat's guidance on allowed weighted-average cost of capital (WACC) for the 2015-2020 regulatory period (PR14) (SCI 10 February). Allowed returns are likely to fall to 3.85% for PR14, ver...

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SCI Start the Week - 10 March

10 March 2014

A look at the major activity in structured finance over the past seven days
Pipeline After a busy couple of weeks, the pace of deals joining the pipeline increased even further last week. Eight new ABS, one ILS, five RMBS, one CMBS and three new CLOs were announced. The ABS were: US$731.4m AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2014-1; US$774.18m Chrysler Capital Auto Receivables Trust 2014-A; US$180m CPS Auto Receiva...

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CMBS investors play waiting game

7 March 2014

It has been a quiet week for the European CMBS market as investors on either side of the Atlantic remain in 'wait and see' mode. One trader reports that clients appear to be waiting for spreads to widen, although US accounts could spark some activity. "There is a lot of interest in European CMBS from investors in the US. They are generally happie...

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From strength-to-strength

7 March 2014

Peer-to-peer securitisation has room to grow
The peer-to-peer securitisation market may be in its infancy, but a handful of deals have already been completed. While the deals so far have been small by securitisation standards, the sector could become a "multi-billion" dollar market. "We have only recently started to see deals coming to market, but there is a lot of optimism that there is ro...

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