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Regulatory bodies responsible for drawing up the technical standards for the 'simple, transparent, standardised' (STS) framework for European securitization have published five draft consultation papers, seeking industry comment through March. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Analysts warned this week of securitization's drift into a private, bilateral and less visible type of market at the expense of the public market, despite last year's primary pipeline churning out the highest volume of publicly syndicated bonds since 2011. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A joint paper from eight European trade associations has outlined the importance of rehabilitating Europe's securitization market, ahead of crucial discussions on the industry's regulatory future in the European Parliament on Tuesday. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The European Banking Authority's plans to level the playing field for synthetic securitization could raise the cost of such deals for banks supervised by the European Central Bank's Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM), slowing down a market which has boomed in the last two years, and forcing banks to look elsewhere for capital relief. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article presents information on the increase in the number of issuers in the asset-backed securities (ABS) market in Europe in 2016. It discusses the ABS deal launched by BMW Bank, the pricing to be made by Opel Bank on its German auto paper above par, and the high demand for European ABS securities.

Capital Markets Union could look at removing some post-crisis regulation, according to Jeroen Dijsselbloem, the head of the Eurogroup of Financial Ministers, speaking on the sidelines of ICMA's annual general meeting in Amsterdam. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

European ABS spreads have plunged to new tights, but for many investors, effective negative yields are still a better alternative to holding cash. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Securitization received a timely boost at the International Capital Market Association's annual general meeting in Amsterdam on Thursday. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Carlyle has won the race to print the first European collateralised loan obligation (CLO) transaction of the year, pricing its latest deal on Tuesday. Both primary and secondary CLO markets in Europe are busy, according to bankers, who are seeing investor resources being redirected to the higher yielding asset class. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the highlights of the 2016 City & Financial's conference on the European securitization market which was held in London, England. Topics discussed include the regulatory proposals in the European securitization market to promote the asset-backed securities (ABS) product and panellists' concern over the declining participation of investors in the market.

The article discusses the collateralized loan obligations (CLO) as a way to help channel credit to small and medium enterprises (SME) in Europe. Topics discussed include the author's argument that CLOs are not important part of corporate financing and policymakers and regulators' goal to move Europe away from its reliance on bank financing and towards a capital markets model.

Eight years after the financial crisis, disclosure remains a contentious issue for the ABS community, with new transparency rules in the US and Europe raising costs for issuers even as they improve information for investors. But with the advent of new technology, issuers are running out of excuses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The auto ABS market has further cemented its status as one of the shining lights of European ABS, with a new Fitch report suggesting 2014 was a landmark year for the asset class in terms of both volume and performance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The auto ABS market has further cemented its status as one of the shining lights of European ABS, with a new Fitch report suggesting 2014 was a landmark year for the asset class in terms of both volume and performance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports on the lack of activity at the primary market for asset-backed securities (ASB) in Europe at the start of 2015. Topics discussed include the speculation that bankers are waiting for the European Central Bank's (ECB) quantitative easing program before making any deal, the effects of the news that the Italian government is planning to guarantee mezzanine ABS on the primary market and the performance of the secondary ABS market over the same period.