Issue 356 - 2nd October
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News Analysis
- CMBS
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Resolutions required
CMBS debt forgiveness set to increase ahead of maturity wall
As US commercial real estate liquidity has improved and prices have increased over the past year, CMBS special servicers have availed of a greater number of resolution options, with loan modifications playing a less significant role. However, there i...
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- Structured Finance
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Master stroke?
Aussie regulator considers master trust merits
Speculation is growing that the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) might allow securitisation through master trusts. Such a move could transform the Australian RMBS market and open up new asset classes. While common in other markets,...
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- CMBS
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Market Reports
- Structured Finance
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Euro ABS, RMBS markets 'calm'
The European ABS and RMBS markets continue to exhibit healthy if unspectacular levels of activity. Primary issuance continues, while secondary market supply has picked up since the summer slow-down. One trader reports that this past week has been "...
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- CLOs
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Vintage variety for CLO session
Paper from 2006 and 2007 dominated US CLO secondary trading yesterday. Bonds from deals issued as recently as this year and as long ago as 2003 were also captured by SCI's PriceABS data, however. Price talk for the 2013 tranches was concentrated fr...
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- CMBS
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CMBS starts week with steady session
US CMBS BWIC volumes remained steady yesterday as spreads generally widened. Over US$200m was out for the bid, with SCI's PriceABS data showing a mix of names from the session and a number of covers. One of the trades from the session was the BACM...
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- Structured Finance
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News
- Structured Finance
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SCI Start the Week - 30 September
A look at the major activity in structured finance over the past seven days
PipelineThe number of deals joining the pipeline slowed a little last week, although there was still a good variety. Three new ABS were announced along with an ILS, two RMBS and two CMBS. The ABS were C$704m Ford Auto Securitization Trust series 20...
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- CMBS
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Costly losses for German retail loans
Performance has been weak for European CMBS loans secured by German retail properties. A Barclays Capital analysis of 69 securitised loans predicts total principal losses of €1.4bn for the affected deals, with an average loss severity of 26...
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- Structured Finance
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Job Swaps
- ABS
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Modelling pro joins portfolio management team
Deer Park Road Corp has appointed Rick Fontana as associate portfolio manager. He will focus on help...
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- Structured Finance
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SFIG continues to build
SFIG has hired Sonny Abbasi as director for RMBS policy issues and Sairah Burki as director for ABS...
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SF lawyer moves to London
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy has boosted its leveraged finance practice with the addition...
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Capital markets origination addition made
Michael Tamburrino has joined Citi in New York as an associate. He will work on capital markets orig...
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Asian SF pro appointed
VTB Capital has appointed Jason Fung as head of Asia financing structuring. He will be responsible f...
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- CDO
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ABS CDO transfer due
Declaration Management & Research is set to transfer the asset management responsibilities f...
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- CMBS
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CMBS delinquencies dip further
The Trepp US CMBS delinquency rate fell for the fourth consecutive month in September. The rate drop...
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- Insurance-linked securities
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Capital markets group strengthens in ILS
Willis Capital Markets & Advisory has appointed Brad Livingston as ILS vp. He will be based...
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Arrival to boost ILS expansion
Neil Strong has joined Securis Investment Partners in London as head of business development. He wil...
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ILS trader follows former boss
Justin Hull has joined Aspen Capital Markets as a portfolio manager in New York. He was previously a...
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- Risk Management
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Leadership change for OTC platform
Markit has named Jeff Gooch as cfo. He was previously head of processing, ceo and chairman of Markit...
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- RMBS
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Cantor enlists agency specialist
Christopher Obara has joined Cantor Fitzgerald in New York as a director. He was previously at Pierp...
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Structured pro takes Freddie role
James Mackey is joining Freddie Mac as evp and cfo, replacing the retiring Ross Kari. He joins next...
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Court allows RMBS claims to proceed
A Federal Court in New York has ruled that the FDIC can proceed with its claims against several majo...
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Fraud suit to proceed
The US District Court for the Southern District of New York has allowed the US Department of Justice...
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- ABS
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News Round-up
- ABS
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Risk retention to impact SLABS advance rates
Proposed changes to retention rules could reduce issuers' advance rates in securitisation and limit...
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Green bank to boost renewables ABS
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) is seeking to establish a gre...
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Regional banks step up ABS issuance
Securitisation activity among large US regional banks has picked up significantly over the past few...
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Auto performance atypical for August
US auto prime annualised net losses (ANL) crept up by 3% in August over July's level, showing much l...
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Singapore card rules 'credit positive'
Changes to credit card and unsecured credit rules in Singapore finalised this month will improve the...
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Positive card performance continues
The US government shutdown is unlikely to impact US credit card ABS, according to Fitch. Ratings are...
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- Structured Finance
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ESMA clarifies AIFM requirements
ESMA has published final guidelines on reporting obligations for alternative investment fund manager...
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Group expounds AFA proposal's merits
The working group led by Georges Duponcheele has published two research papers dealing with key aspe...
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- CDO
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Pair of CDOs on the block
An auction has been slated for Longport Funding II on 21 October. The trustee shall sell the collate...
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CDO pricing service launched
Thomson Reuters has launched a new evaluated CDO pricing service, covering ABS CDOs, CRE CDOs and Tr...
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- CDS
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Spreads tighten as purchase looms
The credit default swaps (CDS) market appears to have reacted favourably to plans by Lixil and the D...
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- CLOs
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CLO equity economics concern investors
Market participants do not believe risk retention rules should apply to CLOs and responses to JPMorg...
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- CMBS
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Multifamily origination expands
Greystone has closed a CMBS transaction for US$38.75m on behalf of a suburban Cleveland-based multif...
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Servicers switching strategies?
With improving US commercial real estate fundamentals, commercial mortgage loan servicers have begun...
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Servicer replacement approach outlined
Fitch says it is increasingly being asked by new controlling class holders (CCH) to provide 'no down...
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- NPLs
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Spanish NPL warning issued
The rise in Spanish non-performing loans (NPLs) recently announced by the Bank of Spain is likely to...
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- Risk Management
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SEFs set to improve pricing transparency
Fitch says that swap execution facilities (SEFs) are likely to improve pricing transparency for trad...
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Credit-checked index trade completed
MarketAxess SEF Corp has completed the first live credit default swap (CDS) index trade using Traian...
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Basel 3 incorporation rules issued
The US Fed has issued two interim final rules that clarify how companies should incorporate the Base...
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- RMBS
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Further delay for Countrywide pay-out
The September session of the US$8.5bn Countrywide settlement hearing has ended, without a conclusion...
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Used condos not negative for Japan RMBS
The rise in the number of used condominiums for Japanese investment-purpose condo loan RMBS is credi...
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MILAN introduced in Russia
As a result of legislative amendments which came into effect this year, Moody's has updated its appr...
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- ABS
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