The Reed Smith Aviation asset backed securitization team recently authored its first in a new series of articles highlighting the current state of the Aviation ABS market and provide a detailed analysis on trends, recent transactions, and other notable items companies should be on the lookout for.
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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 duly delivered on the impact that they have on all aspects of business and the wider economy. Securitisation has also shown that it is not immune to this turmoil demonstrated
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It would be fair to say that when it comes to securitisation, I have always been very upbeat about the huge potential of this technology and the integral role that it can play. This is not only in providing a cheaper form of credit for borrowers but also
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The term “NPL Securitisation” has been bandied around a lot recently, and for good reason given the hugely important role it can play in the non-performing loan (NPL) arena.
As banks begin to contemplate life after COVID, they will be acutely aware of the need to neutralise NPLs sooner rather than
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NPL Securitisation is a term that is very much en-vogue at the present time. Although its rise to prominence can be attributed to a number of factors, in recent weeks the chief contributor has been the European legislature steps towards amending the Securitisation Regulation and the Capital Requirements Regulation.
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Although the United Kingdom (UK) left the European Union (EU) at 11pm on 31 January 2020, the terms of the Withdrawal Agreement between the UK and the EU provide for a transition period until 31 December 2020 (Exit Day). During the transition period, the European Securitisation Regulation (ESR)
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On 2 April 2020, the European Banking Authority (EBA) published guidelines on legislative and non-legislative moratoria on loan repayments in light of COVID-19 (EBA/GL/2020/2) (the Guidelines). The Guidelines were updated by a supplementary supervisory statement addressing the treatment of securitised exposures subject to payment moratoria, issued on 22 April 2020.
The supplementary supervisory statement addressing securitised exposures establish where legislative and non-legislative moratoria should not trigger default or forbearance classifications for regulatory capital purposes and where actions taken under payment moratoria will not be considered a breach of the prohibition of ‘implicit support’.
Continue Reading EBA publishes additional supervisory measures on legislative and non-legislative moratoria on loan repayments in light of COVID-19
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A federal district court in New York is currently hearing a case to determine if syndicated term loans are securities under US federal and state Blue Sky securities laws. The case (Marc S. Kirschner v. J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.) came about when borrowers, Millennium Health, LLC and certain of its affiliates (“Millennium”), in a widely syndicated loan went into bankruptcy. The bankruptcy trustee (the “Trustee”) to certain trusts formed as part of the bankruptcy restructuring brought suit against the lending syndicate, including J.P. Morgan Chase Bank (“J.P Morgan”), as one of the lead arrangers alleging the lenders misrepresented the information provided to the trust’s beneficiaries (as represented by the Trustee) to determine if they wanted to participate in the Millennium syndicate. The Trustee asserts that J.P. Morgan sold its participation of a loan to Millennium which they were aware was having substantial economic and legal difficulty.
Continue Reading You Say Loan Participation, I Say Securities, Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off
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In a push to tackle Greek’s bad debt exposure, the Greek Parliament has approved a new asset purchase scheme nicknamed ‘Hercules’. The scheme aims to assist Greek banks deleverage their non-performing loans (NPLs) without the need for the government to step in with subsidies.
Under the scheme, banks will sell non-performing loans to a special purpose vehicle, which will use proceeds from the issuance of tranched notes to market investors to purchase the loans. The Greek government will provide a public guarantee for the senior notes in the securitisation vehicle at a market rate.
Continue Reading Greek’s bad debt exposure – Hercules to the rescue!
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As industry participants head off on their festive breaks, there will be a level of euphoria that despite unfavourable regulation, political uncertainty as well as a very cautious macro-economic outlook, the European CMBS industry has successfully not only avoided succumbing to many potential market pitfalls but when you take into account the volume of issuance as well as the heterogeneity of the deals that have graced the market, then 2019 can be said to be a positively booming year for the product.
Continue Reading BOOM, BOOM, BOOM – CMBS IS SHAKING THE ROOM