Weekly Issue Archive
News Analysis
ABS
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SCI In Conversation Podcast: Darrell Purcell, S&P Global Ratings
We discuss the hottest topics in securitisation today...
In this episode of the SCI In Conversation podcast, we explore how securitisation is emerging as a key funding tool for digital infrastructure assets, including data centres and fibre networks. SCI ABS Markets editor Selvaggia Cataldi speaks with Dar...
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CLO equity market reawakens as post-tariff bids strengthen
Poh-Heng Tan from CLO Research provides BWIC highlights on quality US BSL CLO equity tranches traded
Typically, over US$1 billion of US CLO equity notional is put on BWIC following payment dates each quarter. However, equity BWIC activity has been very limited since mid-April 2025. With loan prices recovering to levels close to those seen before L...
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MSP rides back-leverage wave in £350m funding line from JP Morgan and Pollen Street
Deal comprises £200m securitisation facility and £150m provided by private debt manager
JP Morgan and private capital manager Pollen Street provided a combined £350m funding line for UK property development and bridging finance business MSP Capital in early May. The transaction is the latest example of private debt’s...
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Pemberton pushes into NAV and GP lending amid PE gridlock
Firm leverages liquidity solutions to bridge gaps in frozen exit environment
Private equity’s long-awaited rebound has yet to materialise in 2025. In the face of this stagnation, Pemberton Asset Management is leaning into a fund finance strategy based on fund-level financing and GP-level financing, offering innovati...
SRT Market Update
Capital Relief Trades
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New jurisdiction
South African SRT imminent
Landmark deal A large South African bank is closing in on its inaugural SRT transaction. The bank can’t yet be named because the deal is currently in front of the local regulator, with the Bank hoping to distribute the junior notes as ear...
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Inaugural trade
PKO Bank Polski and CRC complete SRT deal
PKO Bank Polski has completed its first synthetic securitisation with Christofferson, Robb & Company (CRC). The deal references a portfolio of corporate loans valued at PLN 1,892.3m. Further breakdown of the agreement includes the transfer...
News
ABS
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Moody's flags risks to stable SME ABS outlook amid trade and climate pressures
German and French SME ABS collateral outlook turns negative, but sector seen as resilient for now
Moody’s has reaffirmed its broadly stable credit outlook for European SME ABS, although persistent trade frictions, shrinking agricultural subsidies and climate-related risks could challenge the sector’s performance in the lon...
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2025 shaping up as big year in storm recovery ABS
Numerous deals and utilities line up
In excess of US$4bn of storm recovery ABS bonds will be sold in the second half of 2025 from five or more different utilities, say well-placed market sources. The ravages of 2024’s Hurricane Helene has sent utilities in both North Carolin...
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Growing opportunities
New SRT markets demand early regulatory dialogue Cadwalader states
Scandinavia, Greece and Eastern Europe are among the growing and emerging jurisdictions set to take the spotlight this year, with multiple new deals expected to come to market. Issuing an SRT, however, doesn't go without challenges as banks must br...
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SRT allocation
US pension backs Arrowmark with $225m as SRT strategies gain traction with LPs
The $42bn Iowa Public Employees’ Retirement System (IPERS) has backed the synthetic securitisation market at scale, with a $225m allocation to Arrowmark Partners' (Arrowmark) SRT strategy. The risk-sharing mandate, which begun with a $100...
Talking Point
Capital Relief Trades
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New academic paper supports unfunded SRT
Call to remove collateralisation obligation in synthetic STS for insurance protections
A new academic paper shows how highly regulated, well-capitalised and well-diversified (re)insurers increase the stability of the financial system through the mechanism of insurance-based credit risk transfer. Entitled 'Strengthening Financial Stabil...
Market Moves
Structured Finance
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Job swaps weekly: SAF Group hires md for new ABF strategy
People moves and key promotions in securitisation
This week’s roundup of securitisation job swaps sees SAF Group naming the md who will lead its new ABF strategy. Elsewhere, BCLP has appointed a London-based partner in its corporate and finance transactions department, while SMBC has hired...