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Issue 601 - 27th July

  • News Analysis

    • Structured Finance
      • Testing time

        European ABS succumbs to widening pressures

        Poor new issue execution has seen the European securitisation market finally succumb to widening pressure, in line with other credit markets. A number of short-term and long-term factors are at play, but the true test of the sector will be when parti...


  • News

    • Structured Finance
      • SCI Start the Week - 23 July

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

        Pipeline The pipeline returned to full flow last week. Unusually, CMBS accounted for the majority of newly-announced deals, with a pair of esoteric CDOs also in the mix. The CMBS were: US$944.19m BANK 2018-BNK13, US$400m BBCMS 2018-CHRS, US$310m G...

    • Capital Relief Trades
      • Risk transfer round-up - 27 July

        CRT sector developments and deal news.

        Mitsubishi UFJ is rumoured to be prepping its first transaction referencing European loans. The bilateral deal is expected to close in 4Q18. The Japanese issuer’s last and inaugural capital relief trade, dubbed Battersea and placed in Jan...

    • CLOs
      • Ireland still 'favoured' securitisation destination

        Irish CLOs may see post-Brexit boost

        The Central Bank of Ireland recently published figures stating that the total value of assets in Irish special purpose entities (SPEs) has fallen €58.9bn this year. While a striking number, this has little relation to the use of SPEs for sec...

    • NPLs
      • Cypriot NPL portfolio markets

        Bank of Cyprus transaction attracts global investor interest

        Bank of Cyprus is currently marketing a €5bn, by gross-book value (GBV), mixed NPL portfolio of secured and unsecured loans, dubbed Project Helix. Apollo Global Management, PIMCO, and Lone Star are looking to invest, while B2Holding is looki...


  • Market Moves

    • Structured Finance
      • Market moves - 27 July

        Company developments and new hires in the structured finance sector.

        Acquisitions American Mortgage Consultants (AMC), has announced the acquisition of certain personnel and the operations center of Des Moines, Iowa-based The Barrent Group. This transaction will establish a market presence for AMC in the Midwest and...



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