Issue 261 - 23rd November
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News Analysis
- RMBS
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Rock solid
Benchmark performing well as end approaches
Northern Rock's Granite master trust has endured a difficult few years, but its performance has improved recently. While the programme's popularity with investors is well established, amortisation means that its benchmark status is finite. The leve...
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- RMBS
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Market Reports
- CLOs
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Still slow for Euro CLOs
The European secondary CLO market has been quiet, with a modest pick-up in BWICs not yet enough to generate much excitement. CLOs appear to have been over-sold and prices are expected to rise over time. "We saw a small number of BWICs this week, in...
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- CLOs
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News
- ABS
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SCI Start the Week - 21 November
A look at the major activity in structured finance over the past seven days
PipelineThe pipeline comprised CLO and auto ABS transactions at the end of last week. The CLOs are: US$290m AMMC CLO IX; US$271.8m Dryden XXII Senior Loan Fund; and US$419m Liberty Island Funding 2011-1. The auto ABS deals are €995.3m Cars...
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- CMBS
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CMBS conduit issuance estimated
A new report from Deutsche Bank CRE debt analysts examines the CMBS loans that are maturing next year and uses them to project what the conduit issuance market should look like in 2012. The analysts estimate that conduit production will be approximat...
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- ABS
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Provider Profile
- ABS
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Consumer focus
CastleOak Securities head of fixed income sales & trading Patrick de Catalogne and head of inves...
Q: How, why and when did CastleOak Securities become involved in the structured credit and securitisation market? PdC: CastleOak Securities has been in existence for six years now and the founding partners all came from another investment bank. Cast...
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- ABS
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Job Swaps
- CLOs
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CLO management team acquired
The Carlyle Group has purchased Churchill Financial from Olympus Partners. A team of 13 investment p...
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New asset management business formed
Aladdin Capital Holdings is selling part of its asset management business to Mitsubishi Corporation...
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- RMBS
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REO business acquired
Clayton Holdings has agreed to purchase Green River Capital. Green River, which provides REO, short...
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- CLOs
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News Round-up
- ABS
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ED share placement underway
European DataWarehouse (Management) Limited has appointed Perella Weinberg Partners to arrange a pla...
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Malaysian securitisation inked
The Malaysia Building Society (MBSB) has signed an RM1bn agreement with Cagamas to proceed with a re...
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Italian ratings ceiling confirmed
Fitch reports that if the Italian government was downgraded below single-A minus, Italian structured...
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New SF recovery metric in use
Fitch has begun using a recovery estimate (RE) metric for distressed structured finance securities....
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Charge-offs hit post-crisis low
US credit card charge-offs fell by 6bp in October to 5.21%, which is the lowest level for charge-off...
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Derivative obligations criteria revisited
S&P is requesting comments on its proposed expansion to its methodology and assumptions for...
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Lower growth projections weigh on WBS
S&P reports that the UK corporate securitisations it rates have generally performed in line...
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SIV ratings downgraded
Moody's has downgraded the ratings of the US CP, Euro CP and MTNs issued by the Carrera Capital and...
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Unique strategy mooted
In an investor call yesterday, Enterprise discussed the methods it is considering to mitigate a fina...
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Private SLABS defaults to remain elevated
According to Moody's Private Student Loan Indices, 4.8% of securitised private student loans default...
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IO RFC issued
Moody's is seeking comment on its proposed global rating framework for interest-only securities (IOs...
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Auto ABS RFC released
Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) is seeking public comment on its US auto loan ABS rating methodology...
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- CDO
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ABS CDO liquidation scheduled
Cowen has been retained to act as liquidation agent for Diogenes CDO II. The collateral will be sold...
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- CDS
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Panrico auction results in
The final price for the Panrico LCDS auction was determined to be 8.125. Five dealers submitted insi...
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Panrico auction scheduled
The auction to settle the credit derivative trades for Panrico S.L. Unipersonal LCDS is to be held o...
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- CLOs
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Euro CLO review completed
Moody's has completed its review of all European CLOs, which the rating agency initiated on 22 June...
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- CMBS
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EMEA special servicing to remain elevated
As the wave of October loan maturities passed, the number of European CMBS loans in special servicin...
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Rare tender offer announced
In a move rarely seen in the CMBS market, HSBC has commenced a tender offer for all outstanding NEMU...
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R2 partners with Trepp
R2 Financial Technologies has announced a new partnership agreement with Trepp that enables users of...
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Opco-propco conundrum considered
The majority of legacy opco-propco real estate structures are unlikely to secure refinancing in thei...
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DQT down 7bp
The delinquency rate for loans in US CMBS declined 7bp in October, to 9.29%, according to Moody's la...
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- Risk Management
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CCP access implications weighed
The Committee on the Global Financial System (CGFS) has released a report on the macro-financial imp...
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- RMBS
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Aussie RMBS resilience highlighted
Triple-A rated classes of prime Australian RMBS are mostly resilient to moderate hypothetical downgr...
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Freddie targets reinstated loans
Freddie Mac is to begin securitising certain mortgage loans that were previously delinquent and that...
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MBS funds merged
The Helios Strategic Mortgage Income Fund (HSM) has been merged into the Helios Total Return Fund (H...
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Aussie covered bond, RMBS issuers to diverge
Moody's says that higher-rated (Aa range) banks in Australia will likely prefer issuing covered bond...
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Ambac extends reorg voting deadline
Ambac Financial has extended the voting deadline for its Second Amended Plan of Reorganisation until...
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BOI tender offers announced
The Bank of Ireland has announced tender offers for up to €1bn-equivalent, or 30% of the t...
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UK borrower scenario analysis completed
The credit performance of UK mortgage borrowers could deteriorate in a wide range of economic scenar...
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Servicer consent order compliance reviewed
The OCC has published a report on the actions by 12 US bank and federal savings association mortgage...
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Shadow inventory liquidation timeline declining
Regional default and liquidation rates varied widely in 3Q11, prompting a marginal improvement in th...
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Euro RMBS default rates to remain suppressed
While downgraded European countries have seen unemployment rates jump sharply over the last three ye...
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- ABS
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