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• Rating reverberations

  S&P's revised RMBS criteria and Fitch's growing influence in Australia spark key investor discus...

  Recent updates to S&P's rating criteria in Australia are reshaping the landscape for RMBS, sparking discussions among Aussie investors about the evolving standards for credit ratings. As S&P aligns its regional methodology with its gl...

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• Secondary innovation

  SRT market update

  In addition to its rumoured upcoming CRT transaction, Bank of America is reportedly looking into the secondary securitisation market. SCI understands this would involve taking down the mezzanine tranche, getting a portion of it rated which would su...

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• Different beats

  European ABS slows as Australian market surges, marking contrasting dynamics.

  ABS activity in Europe slowed during the final week of September, while Australia experienced a surge in issuance in the same period, according to figures issued by JP Morgan research strategists. While in Europe the slowdown offers a welcome breathe...

• Private securitisations grow

  Latest EBE report highlights market expansion

  Over 67% of European private cash securitisations fund sellers in the EU and over 74% directly fund the real economy, according to the latest European Benchmarking Exercise (EBE) report. The latest report provides aggregated transaction-level data on...

• CNI boost

  European data centre ABS poised for growth

  The UK's data centre sector recently received a major boost, with the government last month officially designating it as critical national infrastructure (CNI). The move has sparked anticipation of further data centre securitisation issuance, followi...

• Winds of change

  Key talking points from SCI's inaugural regional banks conference in Chicago.

  SCI’s maiden regional bank CRT seminar took place in the Windy City last week. Top of mind was market potential, Basel Endgame, and how to convince hesitant regulators. Great potential It’s no secret that, since US banks h...

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• Job swaps weekly: Blackstone lures two new partners

  People moves and key promotions in securitisation

  This week’s roundup of securitisation job swaps sees Blackstone adding two new partners to its infrastructure and asset-based credit platforms. Elsewhere, ING has hired an industry veteran as head of asset securitisation for wholesale banki...