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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]

Isolux Corsán, the Spanish energy and construction firm, last night pulled its €600m initial public offering, in the first blow to what has been Europe's strongest ECM region so far this year [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Adveo, the Spanish stationery supplier, has secured a €115m five year loan. The deal went ahead smoothly despite any concerns over eurozone politics, a spokesperson for the company said [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The revived attempt to pass a financial transaction tax in Europe could end up caught between a rock and a hard place -- a relief for market participants which have seen the tax as yet another potential restriction on trading businesses grappling with a raft of other regulatory burdens [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.