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Drop risk retention for most CLOs, says Treasury
6 years ago
Loan managers have spent millions of dollars ensuring they have the infrastructure in place to tackle risk retention rules. However, there is now a possibility that the concept of risk retention will not apply to CLOs -
Direct lenders eye opportunities in Germany’s lower mid market
6 years ago
Direct lending in Germany may be about to flourish, with regulatory changes encouraging fund managers to step into what had been considered an over-banked market -
Help us to re-write the Volcker rule, says US bank regulator
6 years ago
OCC gives first indication that regulators may be willing to exclude CLOs from the definition of “covered funds” -
Regulators delay implementation of STS rules
6 years ago
Regulators in Europe have opted to take a slow and steady approach to implementing new simple, transparent and standardised (STS) and revamped risk retention rules. -
US Treasury proposals could breathe new life into CLO market-making
6 years ago
The US Treasury Department yesterday proposed a dramatic paring back of the Dodd-Frank Act, but made no mention of changing the risk retention rules in relation to CLOs -
Market participants strike bullish tone on STS regulation
6 years ago
IMN’s Global ABS Conference in Barcelona came to a close yesterday and one of the main talking points for the ABS market was the successful resolution to disputes between the market and the European parliament over STS (simple, transparent and standardised) legislation -
Europe drops plans for tougher risk retention rules
6 years ago
The European Union has pulled back from plans that would have made it much harder to structure CLOs -
Euro loan managers breathe easy as ECB adopts US-style lending guidelines
6 years ago
The ECB has, to some extent, relented and provided loan market participants with a greater degree of flexibility after this morning posting the final guidance for leveraged lending in Europe -
ECB's crackdown on leveraged lending clears the way for direct lenders
6 years ago
Regulator's plans to limit debt to ebitda ratios in loan transactions could drive traffic out of the capital markets and towards lending funds -
Details emerge of Maples' role in shaping first US CLO of 2017
7 years ago
Law firm Maples played a key role in launching Venture XXVI CLO, it has emerged -
Insurer’s CLO discount carve-out should survive regs shake-up
7 years ago
Forthcoming changes to insurance regulations in the US may push insurance companies higher in the CLO capital structure but it should not lessen the appeal of CLOs to the industry -
Managers see ray of light in bid to force changes to CLO risk retention
7 years ago
LSTA sees rising chance of risk retention reform -
Basel committee eases capital charges on STC securitisations
7 years ago
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has announced changes to regulatory capital requirements for so-called "simple, transparent and comparable" (STC) asset-backed securities. -
European risk-retention proposal threatens CMVs and originators
7 years ago
A regulatory proposal would have consequences far beyond raising the risk retention threshold -
Regulators should "look at the assets, not the tool", conference hears
7 years ago
Regulatory proposals affecting the structured credit market dominated discussions as IMN's 20th Global ABS conference kicked off in Barcelona yesterday. -
Congressman proposes to set CLOs free with drastic Dodd-Frank revision
7 years ago
Texas congressman Jeb Hensarling has put forward the Financial Choice Act (Choice = creating hope and opportunity for investors, consumers and entrepreneurs). -
Academics challenge STS proposals with demand for 20% risk retention
7 years ago
A group of academics has written to the European Parliament to challenge the revival of Europe's securitisation market. The open letter demands that risk retention requirements should be increased to 20% - although the reason for arriving at this seemingly arbitrary figure is not explained -
Trade associations unite in support of STS securitisation in Europe
8 years ago
Four of the European credit market's leading trade bodies have joined forces in support of simple, transparent and standardised (STS) securitisation. -
US and EU agreement on clearing house rules pushes up margins
8 years ago
CFTC and European Union Commission agree on swaps clearing rules -
European Commision pushes Mifid II deadline back a year
8 years ago
The European Commission has announced a set-back to a regulatory deadline due to 'exceptional technical implementation challenges -
Fed has no plans to introduce "qualified CLO" provision, says Yellen
8 years ago
Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen has said that the board does not yet plan to introduce a “qualified CLO” provision into CLO market regulation, according to a document posted on the LSTA's website -
Milbank announces promotion of leading CLO lawyer in London
8 years ago
Milbank has announced that CLO specialist John Goldfinch has been promoted to partner -
Mutuals should not over-promise on loan liquidity
8 years ago
Investors should manage their liquidity goals just as they manage their risk-return targets -
Congressmen team up on plans for qualifying CLO rule
8 years ago
Congressmen Andy Barr and David Scott, a democrat from Georgia, last week introduced a bill to reduce the burden of risk retention on US CLOs provided they meet several measures of best practice -
Due diligence requirements could catch out CLO originators, says Milbank
8 years ago
The wording of an article in recently proposed European securitisation regulation could present problems for CLO originators in the future, according to a client alert published by Milbank
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