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Issue 557 - 15th September

  • News Analysis

    • CDS
      • CDS developments gather momentum

        Two developments - one under ISDA's control and the other seemingly out of it - are dominating the CDS market. The first is a new type of CDS due to be included in credit derivatives indices next year, while the other is the ongoi...

    • CLOs
      • Direct lending securitisation faces barriers

        Lines of credit to European direct lending firms, which borrow from banks and typically lend to middle-market firms, could be ripe for securitisation. However, the securitisation of these funding lines would bring added regulatory scrutiny and rating...


  • News

    • Structured Finance
      • SCI Start the Week - 11 September

        A look at the major activity in structured finance over the past seven days.

        Pipeline There were several additions to the pipeline last week, with ABS accounting for most of the activity. There were a dozen ABS added, along with four RMBS, a CMBS and a CLO. The ABS were: CNY3.5bn Autopia China 2017-2; US$1.45bn DB Master F...

    • RMBS
      • UK lender markets debut public RMBS

        Together Financial Services is marketing its first public securitisation. Dubbed Together Asset Backed Securitisation 1 (see SCI's deal pipeline), it has a current mortgage portfolio balance of £301m and comprises 4,535 first- and second-lie...


  • Talking Point

    • CDO
      • What rhymes with synthetic CDO?

        DealVector coo and co-founder Dave Jefferds suggests that synthetic CDOs may fulfil their potential ...

        Now that synthetic CDOs are back in vogue (SCI 15 August), will history repeat itself, or only rhyme? Over the last two years, volumes have grown from US$10bn to US$30bn for the instrument widely blamed for causing the 2008 global financial crisis. W...


  • Job Swaps

    • Structured Finance
      • Job swaps round-up - 15 September

        EMEA Golden Tree Asset Management has opened an office in Sydney, hiring Russell Taylor as md to lead the office. Taylor was most recently md at JPMorgan where he was head of institutional sales for Australia and New Zealand. He worked at the bank...



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