ABS

ABS or asset-backed securities are bonds or notes created via securitisation that are backed by a range of assets or receivables. Generically, all securitisations can be labelled ABS and it is often used as a coverall term; in some cases in SCI, ABS will be used in this manner. However, in many cases, ABS are taken to exclude mortgage-backed securities (MBS) and structured credit instruments, such as CDOs. If so, then asset-backed securities or ABS are taken to include consumer ABS, such as credit card securitisations, auto loan or dealer floorplan ABS, student loan securitisations, project finance/infrastructure securitisations and equipment leasing-based transactions. ABS originators are typically loan issuers, such as banks, credit card companies, auto finance and consumer finance firms, but can be any institution that generates regular, quantifiable future income flows (or cashflows), which includes governments. To create asset-backed securities, institutions sell pools of their loans to a special-purpose vehicle, or SPV, which then sells the loans to a trust. The trust then repackages the loans as interest-bearing securities and issues them. This true sale of the loans to the SPV ensures that the ABS is treated as being bankruptcy-remote from the originator.

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  Market moves    16 January 2019

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  News Analysis    16 January 2019

• Agency launches new Euro office

  Company hires and sector developments

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  Market moves    14 January 2019

• SCI Start the Week - 14 January

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  News    14 January 2019

• Risk transfer round-up - 11 January

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  News    11 January 2019

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  News Analysis    11 January 2019

• US firms see flurry of hires

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  Market moves    10 January 2019

• Mezz opportunity

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  News Analysis    10 January 2019

• Risk-sharing boost

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  News Analysis    9 January 2019

• UK tax partner pinched

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  Market moves    8 January 2019

• Freddie Mac launches debut reinsurance deal

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  Market moves    7 January 2019

• SCI Start the Week - 7 January

  A review of securitisation activity over the past seven days

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  News    7 January 2019

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  News Analysis    4 January 2019

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  Market moves    4 January 2019

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  Sector developments and company hires

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  Market moves    2 January 2019

• Landmark consumer SRT launched

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  News Analysis    2 January 2019

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  News    21 December 2018

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  Market moves    21 December 2018

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  News    20 December 2018

• Consumer SRT completed

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  News Analysis    19 December 2018