Asset-backed securities (ABSs)
M&G's fixed income head backs real estate for credit investors
In conversation with...Simon Pilcher
Fadel to lead structured DCM at Jefferies
Fadel to lead structured DCM at Jefferies
Why investors need to have a rethink on RMBS
Time for a rethink on RMBS?
Axa offers ABS repo facility to banks
You repo what you sow
Axa IM to lend funds secured by ABS
The essential ABS
Bank funding blow from ECB repo withdrawal
As the European Central Bank winds down its repo facility, there are fears that traditional avenues of securitisation issuance are still not viable.
ECB closes in on inferior collateral with new haircut scheme
European Central Bank’s new discount schedule increases haircuts levied on troublesome collateral, such as asset-backed securities; analysts expect move to discourage pledging of risky assets
The FDIC’s only safe harbour is from itself: Joseph Mason column
The US Court of Appeals has ruled against the FDIC in a case that gave rise to the regulator’s original safe harbour provisions for securitisation deals.
US regulatory changes weigh on consumer ABS
Analysts declare Talf a success but say consumer ABS growth could be hampered by regulatory and accounting uncertainty
Plane sailing for EADS
Jean-Baptiste Pons, head of corporate finance and treasury at EADS, talks to Alexander Campbell
CQS Asset Backed Securities Feeder Fund: CQS
Tenth European Performance Awards 2010
ABS retention tension
A report by the Committee of European Banking Supervisors last month criticised aspects of a proposal to require securitisation originators to retain 5% of exposures from 2011, while practitioners maintain the move will do little to align incentives…
Opening cards
Unprecedented losses on credit card loans are haunting banks and could cause pain for investors in credit card asset-backed securities (ABSs). But despite this, dealers say government support has rehabilitated the market for credit card ABSs. Mark…
Federal Reserve announces extension of Talf
The US Treasury and Federal Reserve confirmed on August 17 that the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (Talf) will be extended from its scheduled finish at the end of this year to June 2010. Some market participants have taken the news as a sign…