Securitisation
Model ban adds A$375m to Australian securitisation capital
One bank - Westpac - sees 40% jump in size of charge
Dodge & Cox turns to MBS as Treasury yields rise
Income Fund grows securitised allocations from 36.1% to 39.7%
Westpac's capital charge rises as securitisation rule bites
Securitisation RWAs jump from A$1.4 billion under new standard
BBVA gets capital relief through synthetic securitisation
Second deal with European Investment Bank frees up balance sheet for lending
One road: China’s new regulatory body begins to unify rulemaking
Micro-issues like netting and securitisation may also be in sights of powerful new committee
Banking union: big bang or damp squib?
Eurozone needs package of interrelated measures to prevent project going backwards
Tranche warfare: uphill struggle for euro safe bonds
Junior tranche and regulatory impasse are key challenges for pan-eurozone sovereign bond-backed securities
EU sparks hopes of securitisation margin reprieve
Optimism over EU Council amendment, but Parliament will still have to approve
Banks eye synthetic securitisation to cut IFRS 9 loan-loss spikes
New structures would help mitigate estimated 44% increase in loan-loss provisions from revised accounting framework
ABS set for revival under US Treasury’s liquidity buffer plans
Allowing securitisations to count towards LCR and NSFR buffers could boost ABS market
FRTB to create winners and losers on the buy side
Wider spreads could hit returns, but some funds eye opening in exotic and securitised markets
Addressing the eurozone’s ‘lemons’ problem for NPLs
State-aided securitisation of riskiest tranches could prompt purchases of loans, write ECB staffers
Council of EU holds firm to salvage STS securitisations
Market participants welcome reversion to 5% retention rate and lower penalties for breaches
Emir review could push securitisations into the dark
Subjecting deals to margin requirements would be a further blow to STS securitisation concept
China TLAC uncertainty frustrates capital planning
Banks face $1 trillion issuance crunch if regulators take too long to define bail-in debt
SSA deal of the year: Fannie Mae
Risk Awards 2017: Mortgage giant refines risk-sharing deals as political landscape shifts
Risk retention ‘substantially diluted’ for STS proposal
Parliament compromises to pass STS securitisation proposal, but industry is still pessimistic
Bank merger ban key to stability, conference hears
"Hypercompetition" fatal to UK and US banks
MEPs seek solution to STS securitisation stalemate
Rapporteur circulates compromise plan after three large parties reject 20% risk-retention rate
Credit veteran tackles opacity in peer-to-peer lending
PeerIQ CEO Ram Ahluwalia shines a light on the world of peer-to-peer securitisation
Banks seek clarity on risk retention capital charges
CMBS issuers in dark about how much capital to hold against risk retention exposures
Negative Euribor erodes securitisation profits
Implicit floors in notes leave originators facing cost of negative rates on hundreds of tranches
Risk managers wary of op risk securitisation
Sfr270 million transaction by Credit Suisse and Zurich thought unlikely to be copied due to SMA
Doomed loop: Europe gets creative on sovereign bond risks
Political and prudential risks in huge bond-holdings force experts to consider new ideas