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.

• Risk transfer round-up - 8 December

  Nord LB has this week closed a shipping significant risk transfer transaction dubbed Northvest 2. Th...

  News    8 December 2017

• Confidence boost for synthetic NPL deals

  A recent Ashurst survey notes that securitisation may prove to be the most prevalent method of non-p...

  News Analysis    8 December 2017

• Auto ABS spread distortion eyed

  European auto ABS bonds are trading at similar spreads to unsecured corporate debt issued by the sam...

  News Analysis    5 December 2017

• Innovative financial guarantee printed

  Raiffeisen's €1.2bn ROOF Slovakia 2017, which is believed to be the first synthetic securi...

  News    5 December 2017

• SCI Start the Week - 4 December

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

  Pipeline The pipeline burst back into life last week as 10 ABS deals were added. There were also th...

  News    4 December 2017

• Job swaps round-up - 1 December

  EMEA CBRE has hired Paul Coates as executive director and head of debt and structured finance EMEA...

  Job Swaps    1 December 2017

• Risk transfer round-up - 1 December

  Raiffeisen has completed ROOF Slovakia 2017, a €1.2bn financial guarantee from its Slovak...

  News    1 December 2017

• Fino phase two initiated

  UniCredit has closed Fino 1 Securitisation, marking the beginning of phase two of Project FINO, its...

  News Analysis    30 November 2017

• Euro ABS/MBS stable

  The European ABS/MBS secondary market continues to remain stable. "It's been a sporadically active...

  SCIWire    30 November 2017

• Risk transfer come-back

  Bank of Ireland has returned to the risk transfer market with Mespil Securities 2017-1. The lender's...

  News    29 November 2017

• Supply/demand imbalance to support spreads

  JPMorgan's latest international ABS investor survey suggests that the current supply/demand imbalanc...

  News    29 November 2017

• Hurdles remain for Chinese ABS

  Chinese securitisation issuance reached RMB808bn in aggregate from 425 transactions last quarter, up...

  News Analysis    28 November 2017

• SCI Start the Week - 27 November

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

  PipelineAs might have been expected, there were very few additions to the pipeline last week. In fac...

  News    27 November 2017

• Provisioning differences highlighted

  UniCredit and Intesa Sanpaolo recently revealed differences over the ECB's provisioning guidelines,...

  Talking Point    27 November 2017

• Inaugural island auto ABS markets

  My Money Bank (MMB) is marketing an inaugural €527m static cash auto ABS. The transaction,...

  News    24 November 2017

• SRT concerns acknowledged

  Attendees of a public hearing on the EBA's SRT discussion paper have raised concerns in relation to...

  News Analysis    24 November 2017

• Inaugural inventories ABS is sector 'holy grail'

  Trafigura has launched a 'pioneering' debut commodities securitisation marking a milestone for the s...

  News    22 November 2017

• Mixed portfolio SRT printed

  NatWest has originated a capital relief trade dubbed Nightingale Securities 2017-1. Unusually, the &...

  News Analysis    21 November 2017

• NPL secondary 'needs AMC blueprint'

  The European Commission has confirmed progress on NPL secondary markets. It has highlighted the crea...

  News Analysis    21 November 2017

• SCI Start the Week - 20 November

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

  Pipeline There were considerably fewer ABS added to the pipeline last week as additions became more...

  News    20 November 2017

• Job swaps round-up - 17 November

  EMEA CSC has hired Jonathan Hanly as md to its Ireland office, Hinnerk Koch as md to its Luxembour...

  Job Swaps    17 November 2017