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  • New CFPB leader may have 'deleterious' impact on ABS market

    New CFPB leader may have 'deleterious' impact on ABS market

    Rohit Chopra has been named the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, putting an end to three years of deregulation and kicking off an era of aggressive consumer protection. The ABS market is keeping a close eye on Chopra’s key plans, which include restoring the bureau’s ability to start its own investigations and establishing a new credit reporting agency.

    06.00 PM
  • Energy firms facing insolvency bank on ABS

    Energy firms facing insolvency bank on ABS

    Securitization is emerging as the last resort for some US oil and gas companies seeking funding. Banks are deserting the equity and reserve-based lending markets they rely upon. But investors have proved eager to deploy capital in well-structured shale deals that can yield as much as 6%, meaning the ABS market may provide a lifeline for the struggling energy firms, writes Jennifer Kang.

    21 Jan 2021
  • Moody’s rates first aircraft ABS in 10 years

    Moody’s rates first aircraft ABS in 10 years

    Castlelake priced the first aircraft securitization since the pandemic on Wednesday, kindling hopes of revival in a battered sector most severely hit by Covid-19. The deal is also the first aircraft transaction that Moody’s has rated in more than 10 years, following a change in rating methodology by the company.

    20 Jan 2021
  • LendingClub becomes first fintech-turned-bank

    LendingClub becomes first fintech-turned-bank

    Online lender LendingClub successfully passed all the regulatory hoops required to acquire Radius Bank, the company said on Tuesday morning, making it the first public US neobank. The deal will officially close on February 1.

    19 Jan 2021
  • People news in brief

    People news in brief

    Natixis promotes DCM bankers — Powell quits IFAD job — NatWest Markets makes Peberdy, Donaldson and Manwaring's positions permanent

    14 Jan 2021
  • MEPs vote through harmonised NPL secondary market

    MEPs vote through harmonised NPL secondary market

    The European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) has voted through regulation to harmonise the secondary market for NPLs across Europe, pushing through a key stage of its Action Plan aimed at rebuilding the European economy post-pandemic.

    14 Jan 2021
  • Solar ABS outlook brightened by tax credit extension

    Solar ABS outlook brightened by tax credit extension

    The US solar energy market started off the New Year with a bang, fuelled by the news that solar investment tax credits will be extended for another five years. The extension will help growth in the industry and increase investor comfort in funding renewables.

    13 Jan 2021
  • Blue Senate committee raises risks for ABS lenders

    Blue Senate committee raises risks for ABS lenders

    A blue Senate is posing a new threat to the ABS market, as regulators and lawmakers are set to turn their focus to consumer protection. Sherrod Brown, a critic of big banks and a loud consumer rights advocate, is now favourite to chair the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, which could lead to a stream of headline risks for lenders.

    11 Jan 2021
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