After an extraordinary 2024, a buoyant UK securitization market is ready to expand on all fronts. For securitization’s potential to be truly unleashed in the UK, however, further development of the investor base is urgently required — and optimism over regulatory changes makes this a realistic possibility. Can the UK market live up to its new promise? Who are the potential new entrants to the issuer and investor bases?

Join GlobalCapital in London on March 12 to find out more. Free places available for issuers and investors.

On February 26, GlobalCapital gathered a high-level group of issuers and investors in London, for a briefing about the challenges market participants are dealing with in the hybrid capital market, where the product is heading, the opportunities for issuers and investor opinions.

On February 6, we welcomed a high-level group of SSA issuers and investors in London to discuss the latest innovations in capital markets and explore the issue of capital optimisation more broadly across capital markets, including securitization and portfolio insurance.

The Special Report, which will contain a transcript of discussion I and II, will be available to view shortly.

Make sure to register your interest in our upcoming events for the SSA market.

On December 11, 2024 we held our second annual breakfast briefing for UK bank issuers and investors in London.

The UK bank capital market has seen significant developments, shaped by ongoing regulatory changes and evolving market dynamics. Participants discussed how banks are adapting their capital strategies to meet stricter Basel 3.1 requirements, how issuance plans have been affected by high demand in the AT1 market, and much more.

Join our mailing list to ensure you are included in future briefings on this topic, including our upcoming GC Live briefing on European Bank Capital in late March.

The UK securitization market sits on the precipice of radical change. Brexit has put the UK government in charge of its regulatory destiny, while the 20+ years of blissfully low interest rates is well and truly over. After years of struggling, some would say to exist, market participants in UK securitization finally feel like they have a chance to compete. Old faces are beginning to return to the market while new ones are dipping their toes in the water.

On March 13, 2024 we welcomed a group of issuers and investors for a briefing on UK securitization. Make sure to register your interest for our next upcoming events!

The idea of multilateral and national development banks issuing hybrid capital has rocketed to the top of the agenda in the public sector bond market. A few had done so in the past, but none of the high-profile triple-A rated institutions. Now MDBs’ shareholders, national governments, have grasped the idea and are pushing the institutions to explore it. All of them are examining the possibility and many are likely to go forward with transactions.

The big unknown is how they will be priced – more like corporate hybrid debt or bank paper? MDBs could be at the birth of a new asset class.

On February 27, 2024 we welcomed a group of SSA issuers and investors for a breakfast briefing on SSA Hybrids. Make sure to register your interest for our next upcoming events!

The need for debate and discussion in the FIG market has never been greater, following the collapse of SVB and Credit Suisse. Assumptions around the very structure of banks and their funding are being questioned and confidence in regulations has been hit — all this at a time when capital markets are making the tricky adjustment to central banks withdrawing monetary support and ramping up interest rates.

On December 13, 2023 we welcomed a group of financial and treasury officials at financial institutions, and investors in FIG securities for a breakfast briefing on UK Bank Capital. Make sure to register your interest for our next upcoming events!