Issue 341 - 19th June
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News Analysis
- Structured Finance
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Emerging market
Russian RMBS, ABS issuance gathering pace
Russian RMBS issuance volume is expected to reach RUB50bn-RUB60bn this year, versus a total of RUB37bn in 2012, boosted by government purchase programmes. Demand is also emerging for consumer ABS, facilitated by the introduction of a new securitisati...
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Moving on?
The re-emergence of the European CLO market has many positive aspects, but corporate trust service p...
The evolving European securitisation market has seen several changes since the crisis, with many positive developments, particularly recently. However, certain issues still need to be resolved and - with the market improving - con...
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- Structured Finance
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Market Reports
- Structured Finance
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'Something for everyone' in large liquidation list
The liquidation of almost €300m of bonds following an investor pulling out of a large ABS fund resulted in a 152 line BWIC being offered to the market earlier this week. The large, varied list traded well, although levels were a little weak...
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- RMBS
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Non-agency supply continues to rise
US RMBS non-agency secondary supply was up to US$909m yesterday, with prime and Alt-A fixed rate pap...
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- Structured Finance
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News
- Structured Finance
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SCI Start the Week - 17 June
A look at the major activity in structured finance over the past seven days
Pipeline Many of the deals which joined the pipeline last week priced soon afterwards but a handful still remained when the weekend rolled around. This included two ABS, one ILS, one RMBS and three CMBS. The ABS were US$304.72m Massachusetts Educa...
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- CDS
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Credit index futures debut
The first of ICE's planned credit index futures contracts - the Markit CDX Investment Grade When Issued Future - began trading on 17 June. The relative simplicity of the contract is expected to appeal to investors that are not set...
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- CMBS
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CMBS bonds lose repo-eligibility
Stricter loan-level requirements have come into force for European CMBS looking to retain ECB repo-eligibility. CMBS bonds are now mostly absent from the list of repo-eligible securities, with possible negative pricing implications. The ECB is curr...
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- Structured Finance
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Job Swaps
- ABS
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Funding, relations chief appointed
Sallie Mae has named Steven McGarry as corporate finance svp. He will assume responsibility for all...
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- Structured Finance
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Co-op recapitalisation plan unveiled
The Co-operative Bank has completed a review of its financial position and agreed capital and manage...
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Analytics provider adds ratings data
FactSet has integrated Fitch's credit ratings data across its suite of solutions. The move will give...
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- Insurance-linked securities
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ILS business assumed
Twelve Capital is set to assume the investment management function of Falcon Private Bank's ILS busi...
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ILS manager names new chief
Pillar Capital Holdings has named Stephen Velotti ceo, effective immediately. He brings nearly 25 ye...
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- Risk Management
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Corporate actions validation service acquired
Markit has acquired the assets of Global Corporate Actions Validation Service from the DTCC. The acq...
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- RMBS
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RMBS settlement for former board members
The US SEC has settled an enforcement proceeding against eight former directors of five Regions Morg...
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- ABS
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News Round-up
- ABS
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SLM exits Straight-A conduit
Sallie Mae has closed a US$6.8bn credit facility to facilitate term securitisation of its federally...
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Indian ABS must account for law change
A recent tax amendment relating to income distributed by securitisation trusts to Indian pass-throug...
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AA plans WBS
The UK Automobile Association (AA) is prepping a whole business securitisation dubbed AA Bond Co. Pr...
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Private student loan defaults decline
Moody's expects its private student loan default rate index to continue falling year-over-year in 20...
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Subprime auto credit quality set to weaken
Risk factors such as weakening loan credit, stiff competition among originators and readily availabl...
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- Structured Finance
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Spanish loan restructuring activity analysed
Moody's believes the proportion of restructured loans backing more recent Spanish SME securitisation...
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CRA rules set
New EU credit rating agency rules enter into force tomorrow (20 June). The aim is to increase rating...
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Call for covered bond scrutiny
S&P says that new issuances of covered bonds warrant just as much scrutiny as securitisation...
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German resi mandate awarded
CR Investment Management has been awarded a mandate to manage 125 residential properties by the Dutc...
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Deposit set-off risk analysed
Fitch says that strong political support for depositors makes the risk of losses to structured finan...
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Euro default rate remains low
Only 1.43% by original balance of European structured finance notes had defaulted by end-1Q13, accor...
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ESMA clarifies CRA regulation
ESMA has published guidelines and recommendations on the scope of credit rating agency regulation. T...
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- CDO
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CRE CDO late-pays fall
US CRE CDO delinquencies fell from 13.2% to 12.7% last month, according to the latest index results...
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Trups CDO defaults, deferrals stable
The number of combined defaults and deferrals for US bank Trups CDOs remained stable at 28.2% at end...
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- CLOs
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Euro CLO 2.0 protections highlighted
New European CLOs afford greater protection to senior noteholders than those issued prior to the fin...
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- CMBS
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Servicing acquisition agreed
KeyCorp Real Estate Capital Markets (KRECM) has entered into a series of agreements to purchase subs...
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Triple-As dominate CMBX trading
CMBX trading activity declined significantly last week, given the market's focus on the CRE Finance...
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CMBS loan re-enters special servicing
The Harbour Centre office building backing a US$51m loan securitised in MSC 2006-IQ12 has been trans...
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AJs hit in Tri-County liquidation
The liquidation of a loan in CSFB 2005-C2 has resulted in the first instance of principal losses bei...
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Shortfalls spreading to CMBS 2.0
Nearly 90% of Fitch-rated pre-2009 US CMBS by balance currently have outstanding interest shortfalls...
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CBD recoveries diverge
The recovery in midtown Manhattan office prices has been much stronger post-financial crisis than in...
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CMBS pay-offs drop
The percentage of US CMBS loans paying off on their balloon date registered 59.5% in May, according...
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- Risk Management
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Analytics platform enhanced
Quantifi has released version 11.0 of its pricing and risk analysis software, which includes over 10...
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Risk analytics tool launched
S&P Capital IQ has launched a portfolio risk solution to help traders, portfolio and risk ma...
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Collateral optimisation system strengthened
4sight Financial Software has added new features to its collateral optimisation system. The collater...
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- RMBS
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Industry preps for MBS Novation
Financial firms are increasingly sourcing externally for post-trade processing functions for MBS to...
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Russian RMBS ratings reviewed
Fitch has taken rating actions on three Russian RMBS deals: Red & Black Prime Russia MBS No....
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Spanish ruling may impact excess spread
A recent Spanish Supreme Court ruling could cause lenders to stop applying floor clauses that set mi...
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Non-conforming default drivers examined
High LTV ratios and County Court Judgments (CCJs) are the primary default drivers for UK non-conform...
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Agency updates Dutch assumptions
Fitch has updated its assumptions for analysing securities backed by Dutch residential mortgage loan...
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- ABS
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Research Notes
- Risk Management
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Counterparty credit risk uncovered - part four
Terri Duhon, managing partner at B&B Structured Finance and author of 'How the Trading Floor Rea...
Counterparty credit risk is a dynamic and complex risk that needs to be managed daily - not only because it changes as new trades are done with counterparties new and old every day, but also because it changes with market moves. In order to...
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- Risk Management
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