Tag Archives: Securitisation

Structuring securitisations in a post-Brexit world

Read time: 3 minutes 3o seconds Background 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) … Continue Reading

EBA publishes additional supervisory measures on legislative and non-legislative moratoria on loan repayments in light of COVID-19

Read time: 5 minutes 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 … Continue Reading

Fairhold Securitisation – can noteholders claim advisers’ fees through the trustee?

Read time: less than 1 minute This week saw the High Court clash between the swap provider, UBS, and the recently appointed replacement note trustee (Glas Trust Corporation) on the embattled Fairhold Securitisation.  The dispute at hand centres on whether or not the ad hoc noteholders group’s fees and expenses (comprising the fees of its … Continue Reading

With-Hold on a second?! New ISE rule leads to automatic de-listing of debt securities at scheduled maturity

Picture this: it’s 1793. In England, George III is on the throne and the Bank of England issues the first ever ‘fiver’.  In the U.S.A, George Washington hosts the first US cabinet meeting as President and the capital moves from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C.  In France, the French Revolution is in full swing with King … Continue Reading

Moving out of the dog house? The case for easing punitive capital requirements on securitisations

Eight years on from the credit crisis, the drive to rehabilitate securitisation continues. The most recent body to speak up for the increasingly regulated structures is the European Banking Authority, which last month published an Opinion and an accompanying Report on the establishment of a European framework for qualifying securitisations for the purposes of determining favorable regulatory … Continue Reading

The issue of sanctions

Much has been written regarding the recent EU and US sanctions targeting the Russian capital markets, military and oil sectors (our own commentary can be found here) and the broad nature of the sanctions has, it would seem, produced some (probably) unintended consequences when applied to the mechanics of day to day capital markets operations.  … Continue Reading

Clash of the Titan 2007-1 (Part III): Controversy Thunders On

Previously in Clash of the Titan 2007-1: Zeus has spoken, we took a brief look at the judgment delivered by Richard Snowden QC.  Another interesting aspect of the case which is beginning to generate commentary is that one of the other pre-conditions to the replacement of the Special Servicer is that the successor Special Servicer … Continue Reading

Clash of the Titan 2007-1 (Part II): Zeus has spoken

Well, maybe not Zeus but Richard Snowden QC no less.  On Valentine’s Day this year, we published our blog entitled “Clash of the Titan 2007-1”. Now that the red roses have wilted, the champagne drunk and the chocolates eaten, let us take a look at what the first instance decision in Titan Europe 2007-1 (NHP) … Continue Reading

Sunshine backed bonds – time to look on the sunny side?

So called ‘sunshine backed bonds’ are one of the newest and most exciting asset classes to enter the asset-backed securities market since the financial crisis. The resurgence of the market has led to a number of esoteric ABS issuances in recent months but it was solar energy that seemed most ripe for applying securitisation techniques … Continue Reading

Victoria Funding (EMC-III) PLC: (I can’t get no) Satisfaction

Another day, another CMBS transaction declares an insolvency related event of default (after the REC6 default), this time based on the ‘balance sheet’ event of default. The notice posted by the issuer clearly states that after the sale of property securing the Brisk loan, the issuer will not have sufficient assets to repay the Class D Notes … Continue Reading

Regulation of Money Market Funds and Securitisation

On 4 September 2013, the European Commission published a draft regulation on the regulation of European money market funds.  Money market funds are important investors in certain types of securitisation, particularly asset backed commercial paper, and the draft Regulation includes some detailed provisions dealing with this relationship.  This is explained in the recitals: “Due the fact … Continue Reading

FABULOUS MUMBO JUMBO

For some time now I have struggled to give an abbreviated version of what I do.  When “I’m a lawyer” elicits the question, “What sort of law do you practice?” I find that there is no short, layman’s-terms explanation of structured finance that doesn’t put people to sleep.  Recently I have resorted to saying, “I … Continue Reading

Playing with New Toys: How investor guidelines are shaping new CMBS transactions

Last week’s new Debussy DTC/Toys’R’Us CMBS transaction , which we were happily involved in, has sparked media attention as a sign of recovery of investors’ faith in the European securitisation markets. It also demonstrated investor demands to address some of the structural issues that had arisen in the original Vanwall securitisation as well as other … Continue Reading

‘Point of no return’ is not the point says Supreme Court

So Eurosail-UK 2007-3BL plc (Eurosail) is not ‘balance sheet’ insolvent, no event of default has occurred under the RMBS notes it has issued and a post-enforcement call option (PECO) does not make limited recourse any of the notes it relates to. Those are the conclusions of the Supreme Court (see here) after it substantially re-affirmed … Continue Reading

Irish Stock Exchange announcements – Its all change at the Exchange!

Those issuers, corporate services providers, collateral managers, servicers and special servicers that regularly submit debt announcements on the Irish Stock Exchange will know how straightforward and quick it is to submit.  For those that don’t, at present this process involves simply sending a copy of the notice or announcement to the email address announcements@ise.ie and the … Continue Reading

CFTC Rules – When is a European SPV a commodity pool?

As part of the Dodd-Frank financial reforms, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) increased its oversight of “swaps”.  One change stemming from Dodd-Frank is that a “swap”, as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act and CFTC regulations, is now a “commodity interest”.  The CFTC regulates collective investment vehicles that invest in commodity interests, which … Continue Reading

What the Fitch??!

As some of you may have seen, Fitch helpfully issued a press release last week clarifying its position on providing rating agency confirmations (RACs) during the replacement of special servicers on EMEA CMBS transactions. Rather unhelpfully, however, the release stated they would not be providing any such RACs in the future. This policy, of course, … Continue Reading

Basel Committee proposes changes to the Basel II securitisation framework – what does this mean for new issuance?

A new consultation paper  published earlier this week by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision will inevitably cause uncertainty and is likely to affect investment decisions long before the new rules take effect. The paper sets out the Committee’s proposal to revise the treatment of securitisation exposures and is largely inspired by the belief that … Continue Reading
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