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Issue 896 - 5th April

  • SRT Market Update

    • Capital Relief Trades

      • Sustainability-linked SRT inked

        SRT Market Update

        BRD Groupe Societe Generale and IFC have closed a landmark synthetic securitisation that will free up capital for BRD to boost the financing of impactful sustainability-related projects in Romania. The deal represents the first SRT transaction in the...

      • SRT Monthly - March 2024

        First significant wave of transactions of the year

        Issuance overviewDuring March, the SRT market experienced its first significant wave of transactions of the year (see SCI’s Capital Relief Trades Database). The sector saw longstanding programmes issue - such as CRAFT (Deutsche Ban...

  • News

    • Capital Relief Trades

      • Directional correlations

        SRTx mirroring SRT market developments

        SCI launched the SRTx (Significant Risk Transfer Index) 12 months ago with the aim of providing market participants more insight into the arcane world of SRT. The SRTx is a suite of indexes covering the EU and US regions, comprising a spread index th...

  • Talking Point

    • Structured Finance

      • Serious business

        ESG's evolving role in structured finance unpacked

        ESG is still a top priority within structured finance, despite competing concerns stemming from rising interest rates. Panellists at SCI’s ‘Unpacking ESG’ webinar last week affirmed the enduring importance of sustainabil...

  • Market Moves

    • Structured Finance

      • EARN unveils 'strategic transformation'

        Market updates and sector developments

        The board of trustees of Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT (EARN) has unanimously approved a strategic transformation of its investment strategy to focus on corporate CLOs. The company intends to build upon its current US$44m CLO portfolio, with an...

      • Blue Owl to form insurance solutions unit

        Market updates and sector developments

        Blue Owl Capital has entered into a definitive purchase agreement to acquire Kuvare Insurance Services (doing business as Kuvare Asset Management) (KAM) for US$750m. Separately, Blue Owl has made a long-term investment in Kuvare, purchasing...

      • Job swaps weekly: Mount Street hires two amid international expansion

        People moves and key promotions in securitisation

        This week’s round-up of securitisation job swaps sees Mount Street Group fill two newly created senior roles, as it seeks to strengthen and expand its international offering. Elsewhere, GCM Grosvenor has added a pair of CLO market veterans...

    • CLOs

      • AGL, Barclays ink cooperation agreement

        Market updates and sector developments

        AGL Credit Management and Barclays have launched a new private credit investment platform called AGL Private Credit (AGL PC). AGL PC combines AGL’s established credit competency with proprietary access to Barclays’ leading leverag...


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