Issue 366 - 11th December
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News Analysis
- CMBS
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CMBS unresolved
Euro CMBS questions unanswered as maturities loom
S&P announced this week that over €10bn of loans backing European CMBS transactions that it rates could need refinancing next year (SCI 3 December). About €3bn of the €13bn of loans scheduled to mature in 2014 ha...
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Market Reports
- Structured Finance
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Euro ABS market still active
The European ABS and RMBS secondary markets continue to witness strong BWIC supply. SCI's PriceABS data shows a number of covers from yesterday's session, while one trader reports that next week is also expected to be busy. "There have been a lot o...
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- CLOs
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Euro bank boosts CLO supply
A plethora of 2005-, 2006- and 2007-vintage bonds circulated in the US CLO secondary market yesterday. Supply was boosted by a bid-list with over 80 cash CLO/CDO items totalling over US$800m in original face value, which is understood to have come fr...
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- CMBS
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US CMBS inches wider
US CMBS spreads inched wider yesterday as bid-list supply came in at around US$200m. SCI's PriceABS data recorded several covers from the session, with a range of vintages from 2004 to 2013 represented. Several odd-lots circulated during the sessio...
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- Structured Finance
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News
- ABS
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Even keel for ECP
The ABCP market has this year seen a rebalancing of issuance towards the ECP sector, which now accounts for roughly 50% of volume. With outstandings expected to increase slightly in 2014, the market appears to have successfully returned to its core f...
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- Structured Finance
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SCI Start the Week - 9 December
A look at the major activity in structured finance over the past seven days
PipelineOver twice as many deals joined the pipeline last week as had done in the week before, although the pace remains slower than it was pre-Thanksgiving. In total, five new ABS, one ILS, two RMBS, five CMBS and two CLOs were announced. The ABS...
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Top trades touted
Morgan Stanley suggests in its global securitised products outlook for 2014 that the market is on the verge of a major transition from being liquidity-driven to being growth-dependent. While the returns are more modest in this scenario than they have...
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Volcker Rule concerns linger
The US Fed, the FDIC, the OCC, the CFTC and the SEC have issued final rules to implement section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Act, known as the Volcker Rule. While changes from the original proposal have broadly been welcomed by the securitisation industry,...
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- CMBS
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CMBS surprises in store?
Deutsche Bank CRE debt research analysts forecast that five scenarios could surprise the US CMBS market next year. These predictions are set against a backdrop of increased investor focus and improving performance across the sector, albeit with poten...
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- RMBS
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Further g-fee hike confirmed
The FHFA has directed Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae to raise guarantee fees as part of its ongoing drive to shrink the role of the GSEs in the market. The changes will move the effective annual g-fee for 30-year mortgages to around 62bp and decrease the...
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- ABS
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Job Swaps
- Structured Finance
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Credit fund tie-up announced
Franklin Square Capital Partners has partnered with GSO/Blackstone to launch the FS Global Credit Op...
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US origination chief makes Japan move
Citi has appointed Gerald Keefe as corporate bank head in Japan, effective from the start of 2014. H...
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- CLOs
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Pricing data access for CLO platform
Vichara Technologies has integrated its V* CLO solution with Markit's pricing services. Mutual clien...
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- CMBS
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CMBS servicer names new ceo
Hatfield Philips International has appointed Blair Lewis as ceo, effective from next month. He has 1...
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CMBS pro becomes real estate head
Christian Janssen has joined Henderson Global Investors in London as head of real estate debt. He wa...
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- RMBS
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Record RMBS settlement agreed
Countrywide Financial Corporation has agreed to pay US$500m to investors who allege that they were m...
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ResCap objections resolved
Residential Capital expects to exit bankruptcy by 24 December, having resolved bondholder objections...
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- Structured Finance
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News Round-up
- ABS
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Broadly stable outlook for US ABS
Moody's and Fitch have published their expectations for the US ABS market in 2014. While both rating...
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Credit cards outperform expectations
US credit card ABS collateral again outperformed market expectations during the October collection p...
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CFPB oversight to spur servicer consolidation?
The seven largest student loan servicers have the capacity to weather the increased operating costs...
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Negative outlook for WBS
Fitch says its outlook for UK pub and healthcare whole business securitisations is predominantly neg...
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- Structured Finance
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Call to limit RWEM disclosure
DBRS has issued a comment letter regarding the proposal to incorporate existing Rule 17g-7 under the...
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Strong results seen for MBS funds
Hedge fund returns rose by an average of 1.1% in November, boosting average year-to-date returns to...
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Bondholder communication tool launched
DealVector has launched InvestorLink, with the aim of streamlining communication in the structured c...
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Greek country ceiling lifted
Fitch and Moody's have implemented positive rating actions on a number of Greek securitisations. The...
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Minimal Euro default rate underlined
Only 1.5% by original issuance volume of European structured finance notes outstanding in mid-2007 h...
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Volcker Rule set to be finalised
The CFTC, FDIC and Federal Reserve Board are each set to discuss - and potentially approve...
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Euro credit quality to remain stable
The credit quality of European ABS and RMBS transactions will remain stable overall in 2014, says Mo...
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Divergent Euro rating outlook
Fitch's rating outlook for European structured finance (SF) transactions is geographically split. Al...
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- CDO
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Broadly stable outlook for CDOs
Moody's expects the credit quality of most existing US SF CDOs to be stable in 2014, but to improve...
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- CDS
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JCP CDS outperform retail index
Five-year J.C. Penney credit default swap spreads have tightened by 31% and are currently quoted at...
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Cross-border rule challenged in court
ISDA, SIFMA, the Financial Markets Association and the Institute of International Bankers are suing...
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OGX price settled
The final price of OGX PETROLEO E GAS PARTICIPACOES SA CDS was determined to be 9 at yesterday's auc...
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- CLOs
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Stable performance forecast for CLOs
US CLO issuance surpassed US$66bn through October 2013 and loan fund inflows were above US$56bn, inc...
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Mezz SME CLO credit risk highlighted
German mezzanine CLOs face greater credit risk than refinancing risk, Fitch suggests. Defaults durin...
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Strong credit quality forecast for global CLOs
Moody's expects the credit quality of new CLOs in the US, Europe and Asia-Pacific to be strong in 20...
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- CMBS
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Smaller balance loan transfers rise
Fitch reports that smaller balance US CMBS loans are increasingly transferring to special servicing....
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Defeasance activity accelerating
US CMBS defeasance activity accelerated to US$10.1bn by end-November - a 140% jump over th...
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CRE CDOs tipped for growth
US CMBS financing will expand on 2013 levels, according to Fitch's 2014 Outlook report for the secto...
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Multifamily CMBS origination trending up
Kroll Bond Rating Agency expects the US multifamily CMBS sector to continue benefitting from househo...
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Pay-off percentage hits highs
The percentage of US CMBS loans paying off on their balloon date hit 81.3% in November, the second h...
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CMBS loss severities dip
The weighted average loss severity for all loans backing US CMBS that liquidated at a loss was 41% i...
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Euro CMBS performance to stabilise
Weak European CMBS performance is set to stabilise in 2014 on improving market fundamentals, says Mo...
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Major market recovery boosts CRE prices
The recovery in major markets boosted the recovery in national commercial real estate prices to with...
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CMBS outlook 'moderately positive'
While the US CMBS market has benefited from low interest rates, better access to capital and the rec...
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- Insurance-linked securities
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ILS growth, diversification to continue
The aggregate amount of outstanding catastrophe bonds will be approximately US$19.8bn at year-end, w...
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Innovative longevity deal minted
SCOR Global Life has entered into an innovative longevity transaction with Aegon. The transaction co...
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- Risk Management
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SIMM proposed
ISDA has proposed a standard initial margin model (SIMM) to facilitate the introduction of final BCB...
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SEF connectivity offered
Calypso Technology has extended its OTC clearing solution to support swap execution facility (SEF) c...
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- RMBS
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Supply up ahead of IABF sale
Sales from the ING Illiquid Assets Back-up Facility are set to begin with a US$5.1bn list scheduled...
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Servicing deficiencies remain
The latest report from Joseph Smith, a court-appointed monitor of the US$25bn national mortgage sett...
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Forward-settling MBS supported
Northern Trust has enhanced its collateral management system to include forward-settling MBS in resp...
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Newark eyes eminent domain
Newark City Council has formally voted to start legal research towards using eminent domain to seize...
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RMBS call dates extended
The Langton Securities series 2010-1, 2010-2 and 2011-2 RMBS have been restructured. The restructuri...
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Tunisian RMBS downgraded
Moody's has downgraded the global scale ratings of the senior FCC BIAT-CREDIMMO 1 and FCC BIAT-CREDI...
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RMBS credit quality to vary
New issue private-label US RMBS credit quality implications will vary next year, according to Moody'...
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RFC issued on non-QM approach
Kroll Bond Rating Agency is proposing to extend its existing methodologies for rating RMBS to addres...
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Steady RMBS performance predicted
Fitch's 2014 outlook for US RMBS is stable, with home price growth and stable macro conditions expec...
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Higher loss severities for non-QM RMBS
US RMBS backed by non-qualified mortgages will incur higher loss severities on defaulted loans than...
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IABF unwind to begin
The Dutch government intends to start a competitive auction process to sell the non-agency RMBS unde...
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- ABS
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