7/4/2024 3:24:54 PM ESG Ratings – the challenges of comparison and reliability By Claude Brown Olivia Grant Read time: 3 minutes Over the last few years, the consideration of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors have grown in...
5/3/2024 2:51:59 PM Aviation ABS Market Ready to Take Flight? By Simon Hugo Trish O'Donnell Gerard Martin Simon Spells Manoj Purush Richard Hakes Han Deng +4 more... Show less The Reed Smith Aviation asset backed securitization team recently authored its first in a new series of articles highlighting the current...
3/27/2024 4:31:15 PM India’s bad bank, two years on… By Nathan Menon Uden de Silva The Stressed Asset Resolution announced in India’s 2021-22 Union Budget proposed the establishment of a novel twin structure to clean up...
11/30/2023 2:38:56 PM Combined stakeholder effort is needed to mobilise available resources to tackle Africa’s multi-billion-dollar energy deficit By Claude Brown Andrzej Janiszewski Nathan Menon Adijatu Kamara +1 more... Show less Current need and opportunities The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund recently...
11/7/2023 6:36:32 PM Ten things you need to know about Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial By Mehrnaz Afshar Oliver Hogg Few trials pick up as much interest as that of FTX’s founder and ex-CEO, Sam Bankman-Fried (“Bankman-Fried”). Once the leader of a...
8/8/2023 5:29:51 PM Utkarsh Small Finance Bank’s IPO: what it means and why it matters By Nathan Menon Priyanka Rajaram The Bank – who they are Initially operating from the small town of Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, India, Utkarsh was established in 2009...
5/19/2023 1:41:28 PM European CRE CLO & CMBS – the spotlight for CRE By Iain Balkwill One unassailable fact is that securitisation has a hugely important role to play when it comes to financing commercial real estate (CRE)....
4/26/2023 5:19:34 PM Tranching of debt is critical for the breaking wave of CRE refinancings By Iain Balkwill The tranching and splicing of debt secured by commercial real estate (CRE) is likely to become an increasingly important part of the CRE...
4/18/2023 5:59:32 PM The financial industry’s pivotal role in achieving sustainable change through industry-wide standards By Claude Brown Adijatu Kamara Firms regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) are expected to take on a stewardship role in delivering sustainable economic...
2/27/2023 10:04:04 PM India raises $2bn in first Sovereign Green Bond issuances By Nathan Menon Farkhanda Ali On January 25, 2023, the Government of India launched and sold its first-ever Sovereign Green Bond issuance for Rs80 billion ($1...
12/20/2022 3:16:53 PM European CRE CLO – time for the market to brace for lift-off By Iain Balkwill Wow, what a year 2022 has been! Typically when I reflect on all things structured CRE related, I have more often than not found myself...
12/5/2022 12:03:38 PM Slicing and dicing CRE Debt for the greater good of all By Iain Balkwill In the wake of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC), highly structured CRE debt transactions featuring multiple lenders and including a...
11/17/2022 2:18:09 PM Bridge loans set to fuel the development of the European CRE CLO By Iain Balkwill Read time: 3 mins 40 seconds One of the desirable features of a CRE CLO is the ability of the collateral manager to buy and sell loans at...
10/5/2022 1:39:30 PM Securitisation – time to put on its hero cape! By Iain Balkwill The last few weeks have proven to be a tumultuous period for the capital markets, and with it a stark (and painful) reminder has been...
8/16/2022 12:57:49 PM Securitisation type technology showing a glimpse of its mettle By Iain Balkwill Estimated read time: 2 minutes 45 seconds It would be fair to say that when it comes to securitisation, I have always been very upbeat...
8/9/2022 9:54:47 AM CMBS & CRE CLO – Heroes of the Future By Iain Balkwill Estimated reading time: 5 minutes If the latest forecasts are true, then we will imminently be subjected to a long and deep recession and...