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Issue 518 - 9th December

  • News Analysis

    • NPLs

      • Improved flexibility?

        Legal changes driving Greek NPL expansion

        KKR Credit's Pillarstone unit recently bolstered its senior team in Greece. The move reflects rising interest in the Greek NPL market, following the second appraisal of the country's economic adjustment programme. The Pillarstone hires follow a May...

    • Marketplace Lending

      • Pairing up

        ABS, bank partnerships to lift marketplace lending

        Marketplace lending and fintech will play an increasing role in the future of the securities market, according to US SEC chair Mary Jo White. Speaking at a recent SEC fintech seminar, White praised the benefits of innovative financial technologies, b...

      • Reputation management

        MPL ABS growth likely, subject to strong macroeconomics

        Marketplace loan ABS performance will generally remain stable into 2017, with loan originations and issuance growing, according to Moody's. The agency adds that the marketplace lending sector will use 2017 as a year to rebuild its tarnished reputatio...

  • SCIWire

    • Secondary markets

      • Euro secondary quiet

        The European securitisation secondary market has had another quiet start to the week. Italy was un...

      • US CLOs robust

        The US CLO secondary market remains robust. "Everyone is now back from the conference in Californi...

  • News

    • Structured Finance

      • SCI Start the Week - 5 December

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

        SCI content this week is sponsored by BNY Mellon. All content this week is being made available free of charge, with no registration required. Pipeline There were a dozen deals added to the pipeline last week, including three Towd Point deals. In...

  • Provider Profile

      • Evolving analytics

        Valuation and risk landscape discussed

        FINCAD has recently incorporated MBS into its F3 pricing, valuation and risk analytics solution. SCI asked James Church, vp, product management and R&D at FINCAD, about the challenges of bringing MBS into a common valuation and risk solution,...

  • Job Swaps

    • Structured Finance

      • CLO vet recruited

        Fifth Street Finance Corp has appointed Patrick Dalton as ceo and a member of the board, effective o...

      • Arrow names new chief

        Securitisation veteran Lee Rochford will replace Tom Drury as group ceo and board director of Arrow...

    • CDO

      • CDO complaint settled

        Stifel Nicolaus and its former svp David Noack have admitted wrongdoing and paid over US$24.5m to re...

    • CMBS

      • CRE platform expands

        Silverpeak Real Estate Finance is expanding its product offering to include non-recourse floating-ra...

  • News Round-up

    • ABS

      • Brexit to affect auto ABS

        The UK's decision to leave the EU will impact UK auto ABS, although DBRS expects ratings to remain r...

    • Structured Finance

      • Vertical retention upped

        The European Parliament's Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee (ECON) yesterday adopted the Europ...

      • LatAm outlook 'stable'

        Latin American structured finance transactions should enjoy a stable credit environment next year, d...

      • Trump may shake up SF regs

        Donald Trump's election victory has the potential to dramatically alter the regulatory landscape for...

    • CDO

      • Zohar II policy bolstered

        MBIA Insurance Corp has accepted a binding commitment letter from certain holders of its 14% fixed-t...

    • CMBS

      • Call likelihood examined

        Fitch anticipates that an increasing number of US CMBS approaching the end of their expected life wi...

      • CMBS pay-offs dip

        Trepp reports that the percentage of US CMBS loans that paid off on their balloon date dipped in Nov...

      • RMBS proposals praised

        A new R&W form and a common communication platform between investors and issuers proposed by...

      • CAS listings heading east

        Fannie Mae has listed all of its previously-issued Connecticut Avenue Securities on the Singapore Ex...


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