Issue 322 - 6th February
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News Analysis
- Structured Finance
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Waiting for a spark
Structured finance recruitment prospects limited without macro change
The new year has dawned with the structured finance recruitment outlook as uncertain as it was for much of 2012. The environment could begin to change now that January is almost over, but one headhunter warns that it may take a long time for hiring l...
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- CMBS
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GRAND template
Fourth outcome to CMBS loan resolutions emerging
The restructuring of the €4.33bn German Residential Asset Note Distributor (GRAND) transaction, the largest CMBS ever issued in Europe, is noteworthy for being implemented via a solvent scheme of arrangement (SCI 24 December 2012). But it i...
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- Structured Finance
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Market Reports
- Structured Finance
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Euro price gains slowing
European BWIC volumes for the first month of 2013 stand at €2.4bn, according to Deutsche B...
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- CMBS
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Real money waits as Euro CMBS weakens
The European CMBS secondary market has weakened slightly over the last week or so. There is still selling from hedge funds and a good deal of BWIC activity, but real money remains on the sidelines. "The hedge funds started selling quite early in th...
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- RMBS
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RMBS supply up strongly, levels steady
Activity in the US RMBS market picked up yesterday after a slow start to the week. Non-agency BWIC volume jumped from less than US$600m on Monday to more than US$1.4bn on Tuesday, with a good mix of vintages and strong supply seen across all sub-sect...
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- Structured Finance
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News
- Structured Finance
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SCI Start the Week - 4 February
A look at the major activity in structured finance over the past seven days
Pipeline A relatively quiet week for the pipeline was dominated by CMBS, with three new deals marketing. A floorplan auto ABS was also announced. The CMBS comprise C$250.4m Institutional Mortgage Capital series 2013-3, US$295m RBSCF 2013-SMV and U...
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- CMBS
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Bruntwood offer welcomed
The Bruntwood Group is proposing to restructure its UK CMBS, Bruntwood Alpha. The pro-activity of the sponsor has been welcomed and - if implemented - the plan is expected to boost BRUNT 2007-1 bond prices in the secondary market,...
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- RMBS
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SNS call 'interruptions' predicted
Embedded call features in SNS Bank RMBS are ultimately expected to be honoured, following the nationalisation of SNS Reaal last week. However, two transactions face elevated risks of at least initial redemption interruption. Nationalisation of the...
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- Structured Finance
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Job Swaps
- Structured Finance
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DOJ preps CRA civil lawsuit
The civil division of the US Department of Justice is set to file a civil lawsuit against S&...
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DOJ seeks US$5bn in penalties
The US Department of Justice has filed its civil lawsuit against S&P in the District Court f...
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- CDO
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Paulson added to ACA complaint
The Supreme Court of the State of New York has allowed ACA Financial Guaranty Corp to add Paulson &a...
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CRE CDO transfer mooted
The subordinated noteholders of Sorin Real Estate CDO III are proposing to appoint Collateral Manage...
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- CLOs
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Investment manager adds two
Highland Capital Management has boosted its structured credit capabilities by hiring Andrea Lloyd as...
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- CMBS
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CMBS link-up to tackle maturity wave
A global built asset consultancy and a receivership specialist have formed a strategic alliance to h...
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REIT acquisition agreed
Annaly Capital Management has reached a definitive agreement with CreXus Investment Corp to acquire...
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- Insurance-linked securities
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Firm loses ceo, retains focus
Phil Lotz, executive chairman at Pillar Capital Holdings, will assume operational management respons...
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- RMBS
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Capital markets sales team boosted
Sylvia Holt Williams and Grady Mosay have joined FTN Financial's sales team. They each join from Sti...
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- Structured Finance
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News Round-up
- ABS
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Mixed outlook for global ABCP
The credit quality of US and Canadian ABCP will respectively be stable and strong in 2013, according...
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Stable performance predicted for utility ABS
Fitch expects the stable performance of Fitch-rated US utility tariff ABS to continue, despite secto...
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- Structured Finance
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Links downgraded
Moody's has downgraded from Aa2 to Aa3 the Euro and US MTN programmes of Links Finance. The ratings...
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- CDO
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Coordinated response urged in Federation case
Investors who held Federation CDO notes and used ANZ as custodian were last month informed that Lehm...
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- CDS
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Mediannuaire results in
The final price for Mediannuaire LCDS was determined to be 40. During yesterday's auction for the na...
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- CLOs
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Bond-for-loan takeouts scrutinised
Bond-for-loan takeout transactions are accelerating prepayments of better credit quality loans in Eu...
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- CMBS
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Approach to non-traditional CMBS clarified
Appetite for non-traditional US CMBS deals is increasing. At the same time, questions as to how Fitc...
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CMBS loss severity ticks up
Overall US CMBS resolution volume dropped slightly in January, according to Trepp. In addition, loan...
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Servicers urged to report financial statements
Given the rising volume of CMBS loan modifications over the past two years, investors have become in...
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Sharp drop for CMBS delinquencies
The Trepp CMBS delinquency rate dropped by 14bp to 9.57% in January, reaching its lowest level in 11...
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Cautious outlook for CMBS credit
Measures of credit quality of loans backing new CMBS transactions in 4Q12 were comparable to levels...
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Latest Tesco CMBS marketing
Tesco's latest credit-tenant-linked CMBS, Tesco Property Finance 6, has hit the market via Goldman S...
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- Risk Management
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Credit derivatives service strengthened
ICAP has launched hazard rates and survival probabilities as part of an expanded end-of-day credit d...
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Counterparty risk study released
Quantifi has published a joint whitepaper with Risk Dynamics, entitled 'Managing Counterparty Credit...
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SEF connectivity 'critical'
A recent survey, conducted by IPC Systems, has found that financial institutions are underprepared t...
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Counterparty credit service debuts
TriOptima has launched triQuantify, a counterparty credit risk analytics service for OTC derivatives...
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- RMBS
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Optimism emerges on UK arrears
Moody's expects mortgage arrears across UK RMBS to marginally reduce in 2013 from their current leve...
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Subprime focus for RMBS bid-lists
Overall US non-agency RMBS BWIC volume picked up to a moderate level yesterday, as market participan...
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LMI review completed
Moody's has concluded its review of the Australian lenders' mortgage insurance (LMI) sector, resulti...
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Delinquencies higher for Aussie investment mortgages
Fitch reports that severe delinquencies are higher for investment mortgages than owner-occupier mort...
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RBA cuts supporting Aussie mortgages
In its latest update of Australian mortgage performance, Fitch notes that the Reserve Bank of Austra...
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LMI-linked tranches hit
Moody's has downgraded 85 tranches from 76 Australian RMBS and confirmed 10 tranches from 10 other t...
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- ABS
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