Investors
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Blockchain mortgage 'ecosystem' prepped
Sector developments and company hires
Blockchain mortgage ‘ecosystem’ prepped
Market Moves 20 April 2021
Liquid Mortgage has raised capital from and entered into a strategic partnership with Redwood Trust, marking the culmination of a months-long engagement, in which Redwood Trust tested Liquid Mortgage's technology and developed an actionable strategy to build a future-ready mortgage ecosystem. The partners share a common mission of utilising blockchain technology within the current market infrastructure, .......
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Regional resilience
Structural enhancements for debut aircraft ABS
Falko Regional Aircraft has priced its debut aircraft ABS, marking the first post-pandemic securitisation to be exclusively backed by regional aircraft assets. Dubbed Regional 2021-1, the deal includes new structural features designed to address market concerns resulting from the adverse impact of Covid-19 on the aviation sector.
“The regional aircraft segment has demonstrated resilience in the last year, .......
News 19 April 2021
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Shifting trends
Differing ESG impacts on credit quality considered
ESG considerations pose higher credit risk to certain securitisation asset classes and certain global regions, with evolving regulations and shifting consumer demand exposing transactions to potential declines in asset values or cashflow. Nevertheless, structural features, short loan tenors and asset diversification can help minimise such credit negative effects.
ESG credit considerations include a broad range of qualitative and .......
News 15 April 2021
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Income opportunities
Clayton Triick, CFA, senior portfolio manager at Angel Oak Capital Advisors, answers SCI's questions
Q: How and when did you become involved in the securitisation market?
A: Angel Oak Capital Advisors has a long history within the US securitised markets. Originally as a distressed credit investor during the global financial crisis, Angel Oak was able to invest capital targeting deeply discounted private-label RMBS.As markets continued to improve over the subsequent decade, we .......
The Structured Credit Interview 14 April 2021
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Robust sentiment
Positive outlook for Dutch RMBS market
Sentiment in the Dutch RMBS market remains robust, according to panelists in a recent DBRS Morningstar webinar. While government support has been helpful in shoring up the sector during the Covid crisis, inflation is a growing concern among market participants.
“House prices didn’t fall as widely as expected during the pandemic,” said Ketan Thaker, svp and head of .......
News Analysis 13 April 2021
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Green auto feasibility assessments underway
Sector developments and company hires
Green auto feasibility assessments underway
Market Moves 13 April 2021
CO2 emissions data reporting by auto loan lenders is likely to be crucial to classifying auto loan securitisations as ‘sustainable’ or ‘green’, in order to tap demand from ESG-oriented investors, Fitch says. However, the rating agency notes that discussions with lenders imply that creating the basis for detailed CO2 emissions reporting is challenging, as the .......
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Servicing hitch
Italian NPL ABS collections drop
Median gross collections for Italian non-performing loan securitisations in 2020 were 21% lower, compared to 2019, according to the latest estimates. The situation is further complicated due to a ban on evictions that will slow cashflows for some months. However, note sales could partially compensate for delays in judicial recoveries (SCI passim).
Starting over a year ago, European .......
News 12 April 2021
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Inclusive approach
ABCP to facilitate sustainable asset transition
An inclusive approach to transitioning assets is considered crucial to developing a functioning ESG securitisation market. In this context, ABCP is expected to play an active role in financing the move towards a low-carbon economy.
A recent AFME discussion paper - entitled ‘ESG Disclosure and Diligence Practices for the European Securitisation Market’ – notes that two elements are important for .......
News Analysis 9 April 2021
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Non-resident Aussie RMBS debuts
Sector developments and company hires
Non-resident Aussie RMBS debuts
Market Moves 8 April 2021
Brighten Home Loan is readying its inaugural RMBS - the A$250m Solaris Trust 2021-1 – which is backed by loans predominantly to non-Australian resident borrowers. S&P notes that the portfolio is not only exposed to macroeconomic events and policies that affect Australia, but also to events and policies that affect the borrowers’ countries of residence. Consequently, .......
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Collection boost?
NPL sales increase pending amid uncertain timing
European non-performing loan sales are expected to receive a boost this year, due to higher unemployment and the impact of reduced government support measures on corporates. However, the timing remains uncertain and large-scale sales could be delayed to 2022 in a downside scenario.
According to Fitch, following the initial impact of the pandemic in 2Q20 and to some .......
News 8 April 2021
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GACS NPL ABS performance eyed
Sector developments and company hires
GACS NPL ABS performance eyed
Market Moves 7 April 2021
A sum of eight new GACS non-performing loan securitisations priced in late 2020, with a cumulative balance of €3.4bn (securitising a cumulative original GBV of €13.4bn of NPLs), according to JPMorgan’s latest Italian NPL Performance Tracker report. Including these transactions, Italian NPL ABS issuance has risen to €22.1bn across 38 deals (including three non-GACS transactions), .......
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ESG endeavours
Social bonds gaining traction
Yorkshire Building Society’s recent Brass 10 RMBS marked the second social bond to hit the UK securitisation market, following Kensington’s social RMBS from February (SCI 3 February). While a ‘greenium’ has emerged for deals categorised as green, the trajectory for social bonds appears to be more nuanced, however.
“The mortgages backing the YBS deal will form part .......
News Analysis 1 April 2021
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Follow-up funding for Raiffeisen-Leasing
Sector developments and company hires
Follow-up funding for Raiffeisen-Leasing
The EIB Group has provided €200m funding to Raiffeisen-Leasing Austria via a true sale securitisation dubbed ROOF AT. The transaction’s €462.8m triple-A rated class A notes were preplaced with EIB (which subscribed to €150m) and EIF (€50m), as well as other market funding partners. Raiffeisen-Leasing Group subscribed to the €75m class B notes.The €538m .......
Market Moves 31 March 2021
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A turning point for investors
KopenTech looks at US CLO trading trends in 2020 and their likely future impact
In a period defined by a pandemic, social turmoil and an election, CLO investors increased their use of electronic trading to engage in a more efficient exchange of securities.
With this increase in volume came an increase in data. We highlight some of the US CLO market trends, including how increases in trading volumes have been handled by investors, and expectations for .......
Talking Point 31 March 2021
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Structural protections
Buyer's market limiting Euro CMBS 2.0 defaults?
Lessons learned from the European CMBS 1.0 market are arguably helping in the post-pandemic environment, with far fewer defaults seen during the current crisis than occurred in the wake of the financial crisis. A buyer’s market has also meant that investors have a greater ability to dictate structural protections.
“Pre-credit crunch, banks were big CMBS investors, particularly in .......
News Analysis 30 March 2021
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Mission possible
Securitisation critical to UKAR success
UK Asset Resolution (UKAR) last month completed its final asset sale (SCI 26 February), marking the end of over a decade of state ownership of Bradford & Bingley (B&B) and Northern Rock Asset Management (NRAM) that saw the vast majority of the two lenders’ legacy mortgage loans securitised across 13 transactions. Indeed, without a functioning securitisation market, these assets .......
News Analysis 30 March 2021
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Show me the money
Debut US regional bank CRT yields too thin for traditional buyers
Traditional capital relief trade buyers would not have been attracted to the recent Texas Capital Bank deal, as the yield was insufficiently alluring, say investors.
“Libor plus 400bp is too low; we’re looking at an absolute return of 8%-12%. We’d have to use leverage to get it up to those levels and we don’t do that. This .......
News Analysis 29 March 2021
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Equity return boost touted
Sector developments and company hires
Equity return boost touted
US CLO equity is poised to deliver double-digit returns to investors this year, paring back the underperformance seen over the past four years, according to new research from Bank of America.Analysts at the bank base their expectations on the fact that CLO equity market prices continue to lag, despite CLO NAV and interest distributions .......
Market Moves 29 March 2021
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CLO pricing service selected
Sector developments and company hires
CLO pricing service selected
SCI Valuations has been selected by Bloomberg’s Enterprise Data business to provide daily CLO debt pricing to integrate with Bloomberg’s Liquidity Assessment (LQA) tool. The integration of this data with LQA will enable Bloomberg customers to more effectively and easily view and manage their portfolios, the companies say.SCI Valuations provides automated valuations for US .......
Market Moves 25 March 2021