Securitisation
Illiquid assets pricing still needs expert judgement, say banks
EU regulators want more transparency in valuations, but some asset prices remain elusive
Ellington spinout hopes to ease whole-loan investing
Data hurdles have frustrated insurers as they look to increase allocations
CLO market dismisses First Brands contagion worries
But investors say larger concerns remain for the product’s riskiest tranches
EU securitisation rethink to boost mortgage-bearing SRTs?
Insurer participation and a lower risk weight could help make capital savings attractive to banks
Lightening the RWA load in securitisations
Credit Agricole quants propose new method for achieving capital neutrality
Capital-neutral securitisation risk weights
A closed-form formula to allocate capital to the tranches of a securitisation is presented
Solvency II proposal may boost insurer CLO investments
But experts question whether European Commission proposal will draw insurers back to other securitised products
Rising systemic risk demands a new risk management paradigm
Reinsurers need insurance-linked securities to share burden of climate-related catastrophic risk
Synthetic deals drive securitisation RWA surge at EU banks
BNP Paribas and RBI lead Q4 rise
Santander’s operational, securitisation RWAs hit new highs
Record rise in op risk comes before Basel III implementation
Can Europe prepare ground for insurers in securitised products?
Convincing regulators to make investing more viable would be a first step to revitalising insurer interest
Credit portfolio manager of the year: UniCredit
Risk Awards 2025: A focus on economic value-added prompted a rapid expansion of the bank’s synthetic risk transfer activity
BofA sets its sights on US synthetic risk transfer market
New trading initiative has already notched at least three transactions
Pricing and valuation systems 2024: market and vendor landscape
The landscape of pricing and valuation systems, considering the unique demands of different financial assets, as well as their market dynamics and interdependencies
Scotiabank pivots to standardised approach for securitisation exposures
Risk-weighted assets under SEC-SA jump 450% in three months to end-July
Thames Water: a handy guide for worried counterparties
The UK’s largest water company – now junk-rated – has £1.3bn in swaps liabilities. Dealers ought to be safe, but face a host of headaches and questions
Sliced and sliced again: investors’ latest trick for risk transfer
‘Retranched’ synthetic securitisations offer higher yields, but questions remain over legality of structures
Nomura’s market risk jumps ¥800bn in Q2
Yen depreciation and rising default risk drive RWAs to record high
NatWest securitisation RWAs hit record high in Q2
Higher amounts of significant risk transfers originated by the bank behind latest increase
Shift to SEC-SA pushes Helaba’s charges for securitisation exposures to record high
Standardised RWAs account for 63% of the bank’s total following fivefold increase
Fed green lights more capital relief trades
Five US banks authorised to issue repeat credit-linked notes backed by financial guarantees