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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  News    12 July 2019

• Pros and cons

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  News Analysis    12 July 2019

• Mixed bag

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  News Analysis    11 July 2019

• Risk transfer round-up - 11 July

  CRT sector developments and deal news

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  News    11 July 2019

• Novel approach

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  News Analysis    11 July 2019

• Investment chief appointed

  Sector developments and company hires

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  Market moves    10 July 2019

• Renewable debut

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  News    10 July 2019

• New deals surge

  Quarterly SCI data update

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  News Analysis    10 July 2019

• Spanish exposure

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  News    10 July 2019

• SRT trio

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  News    9 July 2019

• Senior CLO trader poached

  Sector developments and company hires

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  Market moves    8 July 2019

• Greencoat Investments notice received

  Sector developments and company hires

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  Market moves    5 July 2019

• Auto SRT completed

  Innovative direct CLN structure debuts

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  News Analysis    5 July 2019

• EBRD appoints Greece, Cyprus lead

  Company hires and sector developments

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  Market moves    4 July 2019

• Helping hand

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  News Analysis    4 July 2019

• Increasing capacity

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  News Analysis    3 July 2019

• Pre-summer rush

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  Market Reports    3 July 2019

• Rarely-seen synthetic securitisation revealed

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  News    2 July 2019

• CLO firm boosts research team

  Company hires and sector developments

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  Market moves    2 July 2019

• Latest podcast now live!

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  News    1 July 2019

• Wholesale switch

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  News    28 June 2019