Securitisation
Legal & General to launch ABS funds amid rising pension demand
After 2022 gilt crisis, trustees and consultants turn to asset-backed securities to bolster portfolio liquidity and returns
ECB mulls intervention on uneven banking book reporting
Inconsistency among EU banks on whether deposits and loans are in scope for credit spread risk
UBS leapfrogs global peers following Credit Suisse takeover
Swiss lender reports big increases in RWAs, leverage exposures and other key metrics
Partial relief for synthetic securitisation in final EU rules
Internal model banks will see punitive multiplier reduced, but standardised banks miss out
SEC securitisation rule could hamper interest rate hedging
ABS participants say breadth of resurrected 2011 proposal creates compliance minefield
Clock ticking on UK plan for regulatory reforms
Changes to SMCR and short-selling rules least likely to be completed before next election
Savers and funds grabbed MBSs as banks and Fed retreated
Central banks and commercial lenders became net sellers of bundled mortgages as rates rose, says BIS
World Omni ditched term SOFR tranche in latest ABS
Toyota deal drew ARRC’s ire, but some bankers still see a case for using term SOFR in auto ABS
European banks set for 17.5% capital hike under Basel III
Output floor could account for almost half the increase in Tier 1 capital requirements by 2028
US Treasury urged to investigate private equity insurers
Senate banking committee chair says Athene and other PE-owned firms take more risk, may hold less capital
The evolution of Intesa Sanpaolo’s credit portfolio management practice
In this podcast, Zoi Fletcher speaks to Elisabetta Bernardini and Biagio Giacalone about the new approaches Intesa Sanpaolo has developed to credit portfolio management.
Credit portfolio manager of the year: Intesa Sanpaolo
Risk Awards 2022: Italy’s largest lender is one of the EU’s strongest thanks to smart securitisations
Insurers’ favourite credit rating becomes more expensive
US institutions face a dilemma: go up a rating and lose yield or go down a rating and increase risk
Federal bill unpicks some, not all, US Libor legacy knots
Legislative effort is progressing with bipartisan support, but non-US law contracts won’t benefit
Botched fallbacks leave CLOs facing early Libor switch
Nearly two-thirds of CRE securitisations issued since 2019 have already triggered fallback clauses
Securitisations lowered Intesa’s credit RWAs in Q4
Synthetic securitisation shaved €2.2 billion off of credit RWAs alone
SocGen’s STS securitisations hit €9 billion in 2020
‘Simple, transparent and standardised’ exposures had half the capital charges of the rest of the book
Risk density of Santander’s securitisation book hits five-year high
Synthetic securitisations helped cap credit RWAs last year
Riskiness of internationally-active UK banks edged up in 2020
Risk density across top five UK banks fell year on year
Synthetic risk transfer plumps SocGen’s capital buffer
Risk transfer and CET1 relief smooth out add-on for model risk at the French bank