Issue Archive

• Issue 1012 - 17th July

  • EU CLO secondary market resilient amid heavy supply

    Market participants say strong technical demand continues to support secondary spreads despite a crowded primary issuance calendar

    European securitisation markets continue to benefit from strong investor demand despite a heavy pipe...

    Full Contents

  ---

• Issue 1011 - 10th July

  • Resi eyes regular RMBS issuance following debut $A500m transaction

    CEO Campbell Smyth says the lender expects to access the public RMBS market at least twice a year following its inaugural A$500m transaction

    Resi plans to become a regular issuer in the Australian RMBS market after completing its inaugural p...

    Full Contents

  ---

• Issue 1010 - 3rd July

  • Italian lender completes SRT deal after delaying mezz sale for calmer markets

    SRT market update

    Last week, Mediobanca completed the placement of the mezzanine notes from its Quarzo 2026 SRT securi...

    Full Contents

  ---

• Issue 1009 - 26th June

  • Tight spreads push ABS investors up the capital stack

    European ABS markets remain well supported by investor demand, but diminishing relative value is pushing buyers into subordinated risk despite softening macroeconomic fundamentals

    European securitised credit markets last week remained broadly constructive, with stable primary mar...

    Full Contents

  ---

• Issue 1008 - 19th June

  • Global ABS update: Structured finance at a turning point

    Insights from Global ABS 2026 reveal growing convergence between private credit and securitisation, renewed optimism for Europe, and a market increasingly shaped by AI, tokenisation and regulatory change

    Last week's structured finance discussions at the annual Global ABS conference in Barcelona, attende...

    Full Contents

  ---

• Issue 1007 - 12th June

  • Latest SRTx fixings released

    SRT market settles as volatility eases, despite lingering caution

    The latest SRTx fixings for May 2026 suggest that markets remain stable, with volatility and credit...

    Full Contents

  ---

• Issue 1006 - 5th June

  • European securitisation benchmarks launched

    SCIx to provide sector and ratings reference points

    SCI has launched a family of indices covering the European ABS, CLO and RMBS markets – the...

    Full Contents

  ---

• Issue 1005 - 29th May

  • SCI In Focus: CLOs emerge as key funding tool for expanding private credit platforms

    Managers increasingly view CLOs as a scalable and resilient financing tool as retail-driven outflows pressure parts of the private credit market

    The rapid growth of the private credit market over the last decade has also seen increased issuance...

    Full Contents

  ---

• Issue 1004 - 22nd May

  • Secondary loan markets stabilise while primary issuance weakens

    BSL market recovery remains uneven as investors favour higher-quality loans

    The broadly syndicated loan (BSL) market showed signs of recovery last month, after a volatile start...

    Full Contents

  ---

• Issue 1003 - 15th May

  • SCI In Focus: Morocco quietly emerges as Africa's synthetic securitisation pioneer

    Morocco is gradually building one of Africa's most advanced synthetic securitisation markets through private funded transactions

    Morocco is emerging as one of the few jurisdictions in Africa actively developing a synthetic securi...

    Full Contents

  ---

• Issue 1002 - 8th May

  • Navigating MFS's downfall: a resiliency test for ABF

    Gabriel Yomi Dabiri, global head of private credit at Squire Patton Boggs, highlights regulatory gaps that should be addressed in a targeted way

    Private credit has seen incredible growth since the GFC, but now faces a new challenge: navigating i...

    Full Contents

  ---

• Issue 1001 - 1st May

  • Third issuance underscores cash SRT traction

    SRT market update

    Compass has completed a €950m consumer loan securitisation structur...

    Full Contents

  ---

• Issue 1000 - 24th April

  • Asian structured credit demand grows, but fragmentation caps market depth

    Investors highlight spread pick-up and rising allocations, but warn regulatory divergence and limited secondary liquidity continue to constrain scale

    Buy-side participants at the FT Live ABS Asia conference last month in Hong Kong highlighted strong...

    Full Contents

  ---

• Issue 999 - 17th April

  • Orrick continues Cadwalader hiring spree with two ABS partners

    Latest hires deepen Orrick's transatlantic debt finance and ABS capabilities

    Orrick continues to build out its structured finance team in London with the addition of two more pa...

    Full Contents

  ---

• Issue 998 - 10th April

  • Balancing SRT regulatory safeguards and market innovation - part two

    In the second instalment of a two-part primer on the SRT market, Squire Patton Boggs lawyers explore recent trends and activity

    SRT transactions are a key capital management tool for financial institutions worldwide and their ut...

    Full Contents

  ---

• Issue 997 - 3rd April

  • Greek bank tightens SRT pricing below mid-7%

    SRT market update

    Piraeus Bank has achieved its tightest pricing to date in the SRT market, with spreads compressing t...

    Full Contents

  ---

• Issue 996 - 27th March

  • Avenue eyes US$1bn for European asset-backed fund

    Firm has already raised US$250m and is targeting a first close in Q2

    Avenue Capital Group is targeting US$1bn for its latest European special situations fund, SCI has le...

    Full Contents

  ---

• Issue 995 - 20th March

  • Middle Eastern SWF backs new SRT push

    SRT market update

    Christofferson Robb & Company (CRC) has secured a strategic investment from a subsidiary of...

    Full Contents

  ---

• Issue 994 - 13th March

  • International Women's Day: Finding my voice, one deal at a time

    Jinisha Patel, partner at Cadwalader, argues that this year's IWD theme – 'give to gain' – is not a slogan, but a performance strategy for big law

    When I entered the legal industry and started working in the structured finance space, there were ve...

    Full Contents

  ---

• Issue 993 - 6th March

  • Data centres, energy security and the rise of hybrid finance

    ABF and project finance merging to fund next wave of infrastructure

    Project finance is at an inflexion point in 2026, according to the latest project finance report iss...

    Full Contents

  ---

• Issue 992 - 27th February

  • Aero doubles target for US$1bn leasing fund

    Aero Capital Solutions V to launch in H2 focusing on commercial aircraft

    Aero Capital Solutions has set a US$1bn target for its next aircraft leasing fund, doubling its pred...

    Full Contents

  ---

• Issue 991 - 20th February

  • UK insurers to drive next wave of triple-A CLO demand

    Solvency 2 tailwinds and ETF innovation expand investor access to senior CLO debt as Reckoner Capital expands ETF platform

    UK insurers could emerge as a major new source of demand for triple-A and double-A CLO bonds as Solv...

    Full Contents

  ---

• Issue 990 - 13th February

  • Infrastructure CLOs move to the fore

    Barings' debut points to repeat issuance as the infra CLO pipelines build this year

    Infrastructure CLOs are emerging as an area of growing interest within the structured credit market,...

    Full Contents

  ---

• Issue 989 - 6th February

  • EBRD closes in on inaugural SRT after record mobilisation year

    SRT market update

    The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is positioning itself to issue its first...

    Full Contents

  ---

• Issue 988 - 30th January

  • From core Europe to the fringes, SRT tests new ground

    SRT is spreading beyond Western Europe, with CEE and Nordic banks quietly preparing for adoption

    Significant risk transfer is no longer the exclusive domain of a handful of large Western European b...

    Full Contents

  ---

• Issue 987 - 23rd January

  • From capital to capacity

    Riz Sheikh, head of portfolio and risk transfer solutions at BPL, highlights the importance of connecting balance sheets through disciplined credit risk transfer

    Global trade and investment flows are being shaped by a combination of familiar pressures &ndash...

    Full Contents

  ---

• Issue 986 - 16th January

  • Steady performance and private market entrants fuel momentum for trade receivables securitisations

    Jair Martinez, chief commercial officer at Finacity, speaks to SCI about the future of trade receivables securitisation

    Q: Can you give us some background on Finacity and what the firms does? A: Finacity has been...

    Full Contents

  ---

• Issue 985 - 9th January

  • Muzinich expands European CLO Platform, eyes two deals in 2026

    JPMorgan warehouse, conservative portfolio construction and partnerships underpin European push

    Muzinich & Co is accelerating its European CLO expansion, in a bid to capitalise on an antic...

    Full Contents

  ---