Issue 349 - 14th August
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News Analysis
- RMBS
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Rising opposition
Eminent domain success in doubt
Successful implementation of Richmond, California's eminent domain plan (SCI 31 July) and widespread adoption of similar exercises by other cities is said to be unlikely. Nevertheless, it has introduced more uncertainty to the non-agency RMBS market....
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- RMBS
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Market Reports
- ABS
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Diversity seen in secondary ABS
US ABS secondary trading remained active yesterday, with elevated supply observed in auto paper in particular. A rare bond from a tobacco-related litigation fee securitisation was also out for the bid. A list of short WAL senior 2011-2012 vintage b...
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- RMBS
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Large list leads RMBS surge
A CDO liquidation and large legacy bid-list helped boost US RMBS secondary supply yesterday, with around US$1.2bn of non-agency BWIC volume observed. Senior tranches dominated, while investors were mainly focused on subprime paper. The legacy list...
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Divergent price talk observed
US non-agency RMBS secondary supply was boosted by a large CDO liquidation yesterday. The bid-list w...
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- ABS
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News
- Structured Finance
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SCI Start the Week - 12 August
A look at the major activity in structured finance over the past seven days
PipelineIn a week in which many deals joined the pipeline and left soon after, CMBS accounted for the majority of those that remained. Three new ABS deals were also announced. Two of those ABS (US$779m Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust 2013-3 an...
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- CMBS
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Expected losses upped for FLTST 3
All loans securitised in the Fleet Street Finance 3 CMBS are now in default, following last week's transfer into special servicing of the €49.4m Saxony loan. Barclays Capital securitisation strategists expect the deal to suffer additional p...
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- Structured Finance
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Job Swaps
- Structured Finance
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Partner rejoins Aussie firm
Clayton Utz has appointed Sonia Goumenis as a partner in its Sydney securitisation practice. She has...
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Gleacher seeks advice on options
Gleacher & Company has retained Blackstone Advisory Partners to provide advisory services in...
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- CLOs
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Fixed income PM appointed
Jon Jonsson has joined Neuberger Berman as md. He is based in London and joins from JPMorgan, where...
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- CMBS
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CMBS ratings probe opened
The US SEC is believed to have opened an investigation into the consistency of S&P's CMBS ra...
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- Insurance-linked securities
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ILS fund manager adds analyst
Ben Adolph has joined Leadenhall Capital Partners' underwriting team in London as senior non-life an...
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- Risk Management
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Market data provider expands CDS coverage
SuperDerivatives has added Fitch Solutions' CDS pricing service to its market data platform, DGX. Fi...
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- RMBS
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SF vet joins REO-to-rental push
FeatherStone Investment Group has appointed Kevin Blaser as structuring and trading md. He will be i...
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Strategy director named
Clayton Euro Risk has appointed Konstantine 'Gus' Pastras to the newly-created position of client de...
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- Structured Finance
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News Round-up
- ABS
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Risks ahead for container ABS?
US shipping container ABS issuance continues to increase, against a backdrop of improving collateral...
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Retail card ABS sustainability discussed
Several news reports have speculated on the future financial stability of various US retailers over...
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Delamare drives card payment rate jump
The three-months rolling (3MA) charge-off and delinquency indices remained at the same level reached...
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New student loan law to have mixed impact
President Obama last Friday signed into law the Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act of 2013, which...
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- Structured Finance
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Special opportunities fund closed
Atalaya Capital Management has closed its fifth special opportunities fund to a new and existing pri...
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PPIP programme draws to an end
The current quarter marks the effective end of the PPIP programme, as all the funds have been wound...
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Securitised credit boosts hedge fund returns
Aggregate hedge fund returns rose by an average of 1.2% in July and have returned an average of 4.5%...
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- CDO
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RFC issued on PF CDOs
Moody's has published a request for comment (RFC) on its proposed approach to rating CDOs backed by...
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- CDS
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Index constituent changes predicted
Markit iTraxx Series 20 is set to begin trading on 20 September. Based on current data and Series 19...
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- CLOs
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Greater flexibility for new CLO managers
The CLO market has become more receptive to new managers, evident in the ability of some to issue mu...
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Vintage impacts CLO equity returns
Equity returns for US CLOs have been strong over the past year, but vintage significantly affects pe...
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- CMBS
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ORIX sales drive fall in CMBS late-pays
US CMBS late-pays fell by 40bp last month to 6.78% from 7.18% in June, the largest drop since the en...
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Hotel price appreciation analysed
US major market hotel prices have risen by 19.2% over the last two quarters, more than double the 7....
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US CRE 'performing strongly'
All commercial real estate sectors performed strongly in 2Q13 and are expected to continue doing so,...
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- Insurance-linked securities
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Private cat bond listed
Kane has launched an independent private catastrophe bond platform called Kane SAC Limited. The inau...
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Insurance-linked Sukuk debuts
ATLANTICLUX Lebensversicherung (ATL) has established a US$100m insurance-linked Sukuk programme dubb...
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- Risk Management
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APRA releases CLF guidance
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has provided further detail on its approach to the im...
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On-boarding underway for trueEX
Credit Suisse and UBS have completed full certification and testing on the trueEX exchange and are s...
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CCP loss allocation discussed
ISDA has released a new white paper entitled 'CCP Loss Allocation at the End of the Waterfall'. The...
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Final TR report issued
CPSS and IOSCO have published a report entitled 'Authorities' access to trade repository data'. The...
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Japanese clearing compliance polled
Calypso Technology has announced the results of a survey on OTC clearing conducted at a recent confe...
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- RMBS
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Chinese slow-down weighs on Aussie RMBS
S&P has released a number of reports detailing the potential effects of China's slow-down on...
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Ratings withdrawn on 'lack of interest'
S&P has withdrawn its ratings on 2,905 tranches from 193 US RMBS, citing "a lack of market i...
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Eminent domain challenges outlined
Further details have emerged about the legal challenges brought by investors against Richmond, Calif...
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Clarity emerging on BofA MSR transfer
Moody's has released a list of 26 non-agency RMBS trusts - backed by US$4.1bn of collatera...
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Down payment assistance to impact turnover?
SIFMA is considering whether to allow mortgage loans with a new subordinate financing product, First...
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RMBS loss criteria updated
Fitch has updated its criteria for estimating losses on US mortgage pools for RMBS, as part of its a...
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- ABS
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