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Issue 515 - 18th November

  • News Analysis

    • RMBS

      • Fresh faces

        New breed of RMBS issuer steps up

        A slew of issuance from private equity companies and other non-traditional issuers is changing the face of the European RMBS market. The trend can be seen in multiple jurisdictions, with deal structures evolving as a result. In the UK, investor rea...

    • CLOs

      • Fine tailoring

        CLOs to remain buoyant into 2017, despite loan fund competition

        Open-ended loan funds in Europe have grown in volume, attracting institutional investors hungry for yield, while fears over a Fed rate rise has reversed outflows from loan funds in the US. Although loan funds globally could pose a threat to CLOs in t...

  • SCIWire

    • Secondary markets

      • Euro secondary softens

        Declines in the bond market have begun to feed into the European securitisation secondary market. ...

      • US CLOs slow

        Activity in the US CLO secondary market continues to be very light post-election and last Friday's h...

      • Euro ABS/MBS unchanged

        There's been little movement in the European ABS/MBS secondary market this week, so far. While sen...

      • US CLOs trundle on

        The US CLO secondary market continues to trundle on in a positive manner albeit without a resurgence...

  • News

    • ABS

      • Container ABS decline persists

        Container ABS volumes have continued to fall in Q3. This follows sluggish demand for containers, which has provided headwinds for the sector through 2016. Container ABS outstandings have fallen to around US$4.8bn, down by nearly US$2.5bn since the...

    • Structured Finance

      • SCI Start the Week - 14 November

        A look at the major activity in structured finance over the past seven days.

        Upcoming SCI event Panellists are being finalised for SCI's latest Capital Relief Trades Seminar, 'Navigating the Cash vs Synthetic Debate, Weighing the Cost of Capital', which is being held on 22 November in London. Please email for a conference re...

      • 'Transformational' capital offered

        TCA Fund Management Group has closed the first investment made by its new fund. Touted as a hybrid opportunity fund, it features an innovative combination of private equity and credit characteristics. The idea behind the new fund is to take a big c...

  • Talking Point

    • Structured Finance

      • Disruptive opportunities

        Bijesh Amin, co-founder of Indus Valley Partners, discusses the emerging high-frequency lending mode...

        Alternative asset managers see scope for investment opportunities in structured credit resulting from post-crisis regulatory changes, combined with the emergence of disruptive technologies, such as big data, P2P and AI. However, caveat emptor remains...

  • Job Swaps

    • Structured Finance

      • REIT engagement requested

        RAIT Financial Trust has responded to an amended Schedule 13D filed last week by Highland Capital Ma...

      • CLO duo promoted

        Oaktree Capital has promoted James Turner and Madeleine Jones to jointly lead the European credit te...

      • Accounting method queried

        Fifth Street Asset Management (FSAM) has postponed the filing of its Form 10Q and related earnings c...

    • CLOs

      • CLO vet poached

        Nassau Re has hired Alex Jackson as md for bank loan portfolio management. In his new role, he will...

    • Insurance-linked securities

      • Reinsurance pro brought in

        TigerRisk Partners has appointed reinsurance industry veteran Patrick Denzer as partner, with a part...

      • APAC head appointed

        ICAP has named Guy Rowcliffe, ceo of RESET, as head of Asia Pacific for its Post Trade Risk and Info...

  • News Round-up

      • Euro tranche debuts

        FirstRand Bank is in the market with its latest UK auto ABS, Turbo Finance 7. The deal, which is pro...

      • Auto ABS restructured

        Italian auto loan ABS A-Best 14 - which closed on 11 May (see SCI's new issuance database)...

      • Navient bonds extended

        Navient has amended the transaction agreements for Navient Trust 2014-8, totalling US$469m of FFELP...

    • Structured Finance

      • Mutual fund launched

        Palmer Square Capital Management has rolled out its ultra-short duration investment grade strategy i...

      • Green bond tool readied

        S&P has published an updated outline of its green bond evaluation framework, following the c...

      • CRT line-up finalised

        Panellists are being finalised for SCI's latest Capital Relief Trades Seminar, which is being held o...

      • CRA guidelines finalised

        ESMA has published its final report on guidelines on credit rating agencies' methodologies. The guid...

      • CMBS tools developed

        DBRS has introduced commercial real estate Market Index and Market Rank tools for the US and Canada....

    • Risk Management

      • Call for clearing delay

        ESMA has published a report on OTC derivatives central clearing, calling for a delay to the implemen...

      • CIRT programme diversifies

        Fannie Mae has completed its tenth Credit Insurance Risk Transfer (CIRT) transaction of 2016. For th...


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