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  • Book building

    Peter Polanskyj, senior md and head of structured credit at Obra Capital, answers SCI's questions

    Q: Vida Capital recently rebranded to Obra Capital (SCI 16 December 2022). Could you explain why this signifies an important milestone for the firm?
    A: Rebranding was a natural step for the firm. Vida – which means ‘life’ in Spanish - was historically a life settlements investment firm. However, the firm is now focusing on diversifying its investment mandate, .......

    The Structured Credit Interview 30 January 2023

  • Diversification possibilities

    Pawel Turek, counsel at DLA Piper, outlines how trade receiv...

    In most cases when economic entities need financing, they use traditional methods of obtaining funds. They take out loans, borrowings or issue bonds. But companies that issue invoices and have a very large number of contractors can also consider factoring.

    Factoring allows for the sale of receivables before the maturity date and in exchange for an agreed discount .......

    Talking Point 26 January 2023

  • Panagram CLO ETF debuts

    Sector developments and company hires

    Panagram CLO ETF debuts
    Panagram Structured Asset Management has launched its first ETF - the Panagram BBB-B CLO ETF (CLOZ). The portfolio will primarily comprise triple-B and double-B rated CLO bonds and is expected to pay a monthly dividend.

    The firm says its goal is to provide investors with a liquid alternative to traditional fixed income, with attractive structural .......

    Market Moves 25 January 2023

  • ECON votes on output floor

    Sector developments and company hires

    ECON votes on output floor
    The European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) has voted to apply the capital requirements output floor at the consolidated EU level under CRR3, in order to engender comparable risk weights and avoid variations in capital levels. Additionally, the Committee has agreed transitional adjustments for low-risk exposures secured by residential mortgages to mitigate .......

    Market Moves 24 January 2023

  • Alternative credit acquisitions hit record AUM

    Sector developments and company hires

    Alternative credit acquisitions hit record AUM
    The AUM of acquired alternative credit managers hit a record US$326bn across 37 transactions in 2022, according to Gapstow Capital Partners figures, with acquisitions of private lending firms accounting for nearly half of this activity (15 acquisitions at US$161bn in target AUM). In comparison, the tally for the prior two years was US$140bn in .......

    Market Moves 23 January 2023

  • Different speeds

    Legislative advances driving C-PACE momentum

    Momentum across the US property assessed clean energy securitisation market is set to diverge this year, as additional states enact or expand C-PACE-enabling legislation to address climate and resiliency initiatives, while R-PACE origination volume remains constrained by onerous consumer protection measures. Nevertheless, the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 could boost the sector, as property owners explore .......

    News Analysis 20 January 2023

  • Seeking stability

    Philip Pirecki, head of business development at Jersey Finan...

    There are few things more disruptive to the investment management industry than instability. Financial institutions are experts in managing risk in their investments. One of the reasons they can achieve this is due to developed processes for anticipating and predicting events – they can rely on their models. Managers expect the same for their operations.  

    Structured finance .......

    Talking Point 19 January 2023

  • Chenavari bolsters continental footprint

    Sector developments and company hires

    Chenavari bolsters continental footprint

    The Chenavari Group has established a French subsidiary – Chenavari Asset Management .......

    Market Moves 17 January 2023

  • Call for additional index granularity

    Sector developments and company hires

    Call for additional index granularity
    SFA has submitted a letter to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in response to their Social Index (SCI 19 October 2022) that strongly advocates for additional transparency and granularity in how existing social metrics are reported to investors beyond the index. While the association commends the GSEs for their efforts to improve ESG data .......

    Market Moves 13 January 2023

  • Balancing the equation

    Positive start for CLO assets and liabilities

    The first two weeks of 2023 have seen both a tightening in CLO liabilities and a rise in asset prices. At the same time, the triple-A bid appears to be reemerging.

    “The end of 2022 left a question mark for the CLO market, but 2023 has started to answer that question to some degree,” observes Erik Miller, partner and .......

    News Analysis 13 January 2023

  • Cyber cat bond debuts

    Sector developments and company hires

    Cyber cat bond debuts

    Specialist insurer Beazley has launched what is believed to be the first cyber catastrophe bond. The US$45m private Section 4(2) bond is tradeable under Rule 144A resale and .......

    Market Moves 11 January 2023

  • CAS trade launched

    Sector developments and company hires

    Fannie Mae is in the market with its first CAS trade of 2023, designated CAS 2023-R01, consisting of M-1, M-2 and B-1 notes. The A minus-rated $429.9m M1 has a tranche thickness of 2% and .......

    Market Moves 10 January 2023

  • CMBS ARAs at 'inflection point'

    Sector developments and company hires

    CMBS ARAs at ‘inflection point’
    US conduit CMBS appraisal reduction amounts (ARAs) have reached an inflection point, according to KBRA. A recent analysis undertaken by the rating agency shows that ARAs outstanding totalled US$3.6bn across 322 loans, as of November 2022, .......

    Market Moves 6 January 2023

  • Looking east

    CEE SRT issuance prospects gauged

    Polish SRT issuance boosted synthetic securitisation volumes last year. This Premium Content article assesses the prospects for increased activity across the CEE region.

    Significant risk transfer issuance in Central and Eastern Europe received a boost in 2022, with the opening up of the Polish market. However, activity across the rest of the region will likely continue to ......

    News Analysis 6 January 2023

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  • Raiffeisen inks Romanian trade

    Sector developments and company hires

    Raiffeisen inks Romanian trade
    Raiffeisen Bank has partnered with the EIB Group to strengthen its financing capacity in Romania through a synthetic securitisation. The transaction enables Raiffeisen to provide up to RON523m of new financing to eligible SMEs and MidCaps over the next two years, with a reduced interest rate compared to other similar financing.

    The securitisation references a .......

    Market Moves 3 January 2023

  • NPL forward flow sale agreed

    Sector developments and company hires

    NPL forward flow sale agreed
    NPL Markets has acted as advisor to UniCredit on the sale of a portfolio of Italian non-performing unsecured loans with a claim value of approximately €90m to a vehicle managed by Kruk and to Credit Factor. Concurrently, the forward flows of Italian consumer loans that will be classified as bad loans in 2023 and 2024, .......

    Market Moves 23 December 2022

  • Optimal efficiency

    CRE back leverage gaining traction

    Private debt funds are gaining CRE market share via back leverage structures. This Premium Content article explores how these facilities can optimise risk, tax and regulatory treatment.

    Private debt funds are gaining market share in the commercial real estate sector by originating loans that are financed by banks via bespoke back leverage structures, including private securitisations. These facilities .......

    News Analysis 22 December 2022

  • Capital ideas

    Taxonomy-aligned RWAs, sustainability-linked pricing touted

    SMARTER Finance for Families has submitted a number of policy recommendations to the Climate Bonds Initiative, as part of the organisation’s recent public consultation entitled ‘101 Sustainable Finance Policies for 1.5°C’. The SMARTER recommendations include top-down and bottom-up policy frameworks that harness the securitisation market.

    “Engaging the capital markets is crucial in order to achieve net-zero – an .......

    News 21 December 2022

  • Italian mid-cap deal debuts

    Sector developments and company hires

    Italian mid-cap deal debuts
    illimity Bank has closed what is believed to be the first securitisation backed by a portfolio of 82 unsecured loans granted to Italian mid-caps and corporates that are predominantly guaranteed by the country’s export credit agency SACE. Dubbed Colt SPV, the €570.11m transaction was originated based on the ‘Liquidity decree’, enacted in June 2020 to help .......

    Market Moves 21 December 2022

  • NPL data templates introduced

    Sector developments and company hires

    NPL data templates introduced
    The EBA has launched NPL transaction data templates, aimed at introducing information standardisation to increase the efficiency of secondary markets for non-performing loans and to reduce entry barriers for smaller banks and investors. The proposed NPL transaction data templates are built on previous voluntary loan-by-loan templates and consider the experience of market participants from the sell- .......

    Market Moves 19 December 2022

  • Regulatory storm?

    CRT market split over new rules

    Concern over the future viability of synthetic securitisation is rising, in light of the impending Basel output floor and the EBA’s synthetic excess spread proposals. This Premium Content article investigates whether such regulatory change is likely to be as severe as it seems.

    The coming implementation of the Basel output floor and the EBA’s proposal for a ......

    News Analysis 15 December 2022

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