Asset-backed securities (ABSs)
KeyCorp refreshes AFS portfolio with $7bn CMBS sale
Strategic shift taps peak valuations and Scotiabank investment to reduce AOCI pressure
Risk transfer and the shift from camaraderie to competition
The risk transfer market could be moving into a more competitive, more transactional and, some fear, riskier cycle
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
NAIC softens its rating overhaul. Insurers still don’t like it
Insurers worry that the regulatory body could override credit ratings without sufficient explanation
SEC expected to protect CRT in conflicts of interest rule
Decision could come as early as today; high hopes for credit risk transfer exemption
At US banks, paper losses on HTM securities hit new high
Bank of America leads way as mortgage-backed securities drive aggregate rise in Q3
Equitable lobbies for concentration charge on riskier ABS
“Ultra-high correlation of losses” between lower-rated tranches requires new regulation, insurer says
Some US banks defy yield uncertainty to grow AFS securities
Treasuries remain preferred buy, but regionals also pile into munis, MBS in Q2
SEC securitisation rule could hamper interest rate hedging
ABS participants say breadth of resurrected 2011 proposal creates compliance minefield
ARRC’s trivial fight over term SOFR use
Toyota’s ABS deal should not derail effort to expand use of term rate in derivatives
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
Spat over Toyota deal stalls vote on easing term SOFR curbs
ARRC concerned by use of forward rate in securitisations, stands firm on swaps restrictions
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
Credit portfolio manager of the year: BNP Paribas
Risk Awards 2021: lender crushes RWAs to keep taps flowing to corporate Europe during Covid crisis
Friary deal clears path for Sonia switch revival
Consent solicitation for Libor-linked pass-through notes is first transition test for variable-duration instruments
Eurozone securitisation dealmaking bounced back in Q2
Special purpose vehicles bought €19.2 billion of securitised bank loans in Q2
Structured product losses weigh on Canadian G-Sibs
CDOs held by RBC lose C$369 million over three months
Top insurers mark down CLO holdings following Covid-19 tumult
MetLife discloses $773 million unrealised loss
New securitisation rules weigh on UK banks
HSBC sees capital charge increase 41% quarter-on-quarter
Banks reject SOFR in Fed’s Covid lending schemes
Emergency loans to businesses get caught up in Libor transition
Bank of America shifts mortgage bonds into holding pen
By cutting available-for-sale assets, bank should avoid equity volatility