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.

• Rights firm hits play on ABS debut

  Unusual securitisation backed by music rights collateral

  SESAC, a music rights firm acquired by Blackstone in 2017, is marketing an inaugural whole-business...

  News    23 July 2019

• ABS head named

  Company hires and sector developments

  Euro ABS head appointed Santander has hired Francesco Dissera as head of continential Europe, secu...

  Market moves    22 July 2019

• Revving up

  Italian auto SRT completed

  BNP Paribas has completed a €950m significant risk transfer transaction of Italian auto loa...

  News    22 July 2019

• Offshore investment in Chinese ABS soars

  Investors find relative value in second largest ABS market

  Foreign investment in the Chinese ABS market is increasing exponentially, as routes to entr...

  News Analysis    22 July 2019

• Co-ceo named

  Sector developments and company hires

  Co-ceo named Värde Partners has named Ilfryn Carstairs as co-ceo, alongside co-founder Ge...

  Market moves    19 July 2019

• Squaring the circle

  CRT issuers struggling with borrower anonymity

  Capital relief trade issuers are attempting to anonymise loan-by-loan data in transactions, while si...

  News Analysis    19 July 2019

• Secondary pick-up?

  Aircraft ABS E-notes proliferate, despite residual value risks

  Equity participation in aircraft ABS is picking up, following the execution of transactions with bro...

  News Analysis    19 July 2019

• Risk transfer round-up - 19 July

  CRT sector developments and deal news

  Monte dei Paschi di Siena is rumoured to be prepping an Italian SME significant risk transfer transa...

  News    19 July 2019

• Operational issues

  CRT key steps outlined

  The operational issues involved in prepping a risk transfer transaction are often overlooked. Indeed...

  News Analysis    19 July 2019

• Czech mate

  SME CRT inked

  The EIB, the EIF and Česká spořitelna (ČS) have inked a capita...

  News    18 July 2019

• Additional resources for disclosure published

  Sector developments and company hires

  Agri-investing appointment Arable Capital Partners has appointed Matt Reus a vp in the Bellevue, W...

  Market moves    18 July 2019

• Bank fined over MBS trading failures

  Company hires and sector developments

  Agency heads announced Morningstar Credit Ratings (MCR) has named Erin Stafford as head of the com...

  Market moves    17 July 2019

• Growth phase

  Debut trade receivables deal launched, expansion eyed

  Stenn International has launched a debut US$200m securitisation with Natixis, backed by internationa...

  News Analysis    17 July 2019

• Fund founder guilty of fraud

  Company hires and sector developments

  African solar plan approved The African Development Bank Group has approved an innovative multinat...

  Market moves    15 July 2019

• Green investment partnership launched

  Company hires and sector developments

  Green investment Amundi and the EIB have signed a partnership to launch the Green Credit Continuum...

  News    12 July 2019

• Pros and cons

  STS conversion benefits weighed

  The incentives for converting pre-2019 securitisations into STS-compliant deals differ across seller...

  News Analysis    12 July 2019

• Mixed bag

  Hybrid M&A, ABS transactions on the rise

  Following the financial crisis, a growing number of financial assets have fallen into the hands of n...

  News Analysis    11 July 2019

• Risk transfer round-up - 11 July

  CRT sector developments and deal news

  Standard Chartered is believed to be readying a corporate capital relief trade that is expected to c...

  News    11 July 2019

• Novel approach

  UTPs drive ReoCo rethink

  Investors and servicers in the Italian non-performing loan market are targeting a new approach to Re...

  News Analysis    11 July 2019

• Investment chief appointed

  Sector developments and company hires

  Business Mortgage Finance 6 update Business Mortgage Finance 6, the issuer, has informed noteholde...

  Market moves    10 July 2019

• Renewable debut

  Green ABS could be first of many

  Glennmont Partners has sponsored a debut securitisation backed by a portfolio of project finance loa...

  News    10 July 2019