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Feb 02, 2012 - Hugh Leask

Storm Tightening Reflects Growing Dutch RMBS Demand

The tightening spreads seen in Dutch lender Obvion’s recent Storm 2012-I residential mortgage-backed trade is a reflection of growing investor confidence in Dutch RMBS, according to Max Bronzwaer, head of treasury at Obvion.

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Feb 01, 2012 - Marissa Capodanno

Strong Demand Seen For Discover ABS

Discover Financial Services priced its Discover Card Execution Note Trust Series Class A 2012-1 this afternoon, tight of initial guidance.

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Feb 02, 2012 - Hugh Leask

BoS Launches Tender Offer On Candide Bonds

The Bank of Scotland has launched a tender offer to buy back three classes of notes from its Candide Financing 2005 and 2006 Dutch residential mortgage securitizations at par.

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Feb 01, 2012 - Hugh Leask

Lloyds Lines Up Yen Offering In Arkle Return

Lloyds Banking Group today issued guidance on its Arkle 2012-1 U.K. prime residential mortgage-backed issue, which includes the Arkle program’s first yen-denominated tranche since October 2010.

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Jan 31, 2012 - Graham Bippart

CMBS Loan Prices At Two-Year High

The prices of commercial real estate loans collateralizing commercial mortgage-backed securities rose in December to their highest levels in two years, according to DebtX ceo Kingsley Greenland

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  • One Year Ago

    One Year Ago

    Friday, February 03, 2012 3:51 PM
    Barclays Capital rolled out the first post-crisis whole business securitization in the U.S., securitizing cash flows from the Atlanta-based operating company of fast-food chains Church’s Chicken and Texas Chicken. Read More
  • One Year Ago

    One Year Ago In Total Securitization

    Friday, January 27, 2012 2:37 PM
    Analysts from Citigroup reported that equity slices in collateralized loan obligations were performing well, with almost 85% of equity portions kicking off full payments to investors. Read More
  • Features

    Assessing Mortgage Servicers’ Foreclosure Speeds And The Success Of Loan Modifications

    Monday, January 23, 2012 7:00 PM
    The continuing slump in the U.S. housing market has highlighted the crucial role of mortgage servicers, which administer all aspects of these loans—from collecting payments, to modifying troubled loans, to proceeding with foreclosures and property liquidations when borrowers default. Read More
  • Features

    CMBS Special Servicer Behavior Regarding Subordinate Bond Positions

    Monday, January 23, 2012 7:00 PM
    In the past year, ownership of several commercial mortgage-backed securities special servicers has changed hands to opportunistic investors or funds. Read More
  • Features

    Why Solar Securitization Makes Sense

    Monday, January 23, 2012 7:00 PM
    Solar structured transactions within a capital markets securitization approach can help increase the penetration of solar. In this article we will explore ideas for solar securitization in more detail. Read More
  • Features

    Performance To Slowly Improve Under ‘Hazy’ Skies For U.S. Structured Finance In 2012

    Sunday, January 22, 2012 7:00 PM
    U.S. structured finance faces a somewhat hazy outlook next year with improving performance metrics clouded by numerous macro-level economic, political and regulatory uncertainties. Read More
  • Features

    Q&A With The ASF

    Sunday, January 22, 2012 7:00 PM
    The securitization industry has its work cut out for it in 2012, with major Dodd-Frank rules set for implementation during the year and ongoing economic turbulence showing little signs of subsiding. Read More
  • CLO Pipeline

    A database of collateralized loan issuance with information obtained from sources that are deemed reliable. Deals are entered when we hear about them and updated as more information becomes available. Search by Issuer, Arranger and Closing Date. To contribute, email Managing Editor Graham Bippart at gbippart@iiintelligence.com or call +1-212-224-3294.
  • Event of Default Scorecard

    A detailed listing of collateralized debt obligations that have reached an event of default. Search by Issuer, Manager, Underwriter, Collateral Type, Issue Date or EOD Date. To contribute, email Managing Editor Graham Bippart at gbippart@iiintelligence.com or call +1-212-224-3294.
  • Financing Record

    A database of new issuance in the ABS, MBS and CDO markets updated weekly with data supplied by Thomson Reuters. Includes deals issued from 2009 until present. Search by Market, Date, Issuer or Manager. To contribute, email Managing Editor Graham Bippart at gbippart@iiintelligence.com or call +1-212-224-3294.
  • League Tables

    Rankings of the top managers in the ABS, CDO, CMBS and RMBS markets provided by Dealogic. Select a quarter or year to view the top 10 managers for each market by value of deals issued. Email Managing Editor Graham Bippart at gbippart@iiintelligence.com or call +1-212-224-3294 with any questions or comments.
  • By The Numbers

    A monthly  review provided by Markit of the Europe and U.S. ABS markets including ABS pricing time series graphs, new issuance, economic data and deals affected by rating actions.

From around the web

  • Fitch

    Multifamily CMBS Performance Distorted By New York

    The performance of U.S. multifamily commercial mortgage-backed securities are distorted by loans on New York properties, according to Fitch Ratings.
  • Commercial Mortgage Alert

    S&P Removes CMBS Chief

    Standard & Poor’s shakeup of senior management has continued with the removal of managing Barbara Duka as head of commercial mortgage-backed securities.
  • Reuters

    Judge OKs RMBS Class Action Against GS

    U.S. District Judge Harold Baer of Manhattan has certified a class action against Goldman Sachs involving residential mortgage-backed securities it sold in 2006 and from which plaintiff investors claim they lost nearly $700 million.
  • Attorney General's Office of New York

    Banks Sued Over Mortgage Database Use

    Eric Schneiderman, the attorney general of New York state, has filed a lawsuit against Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo for allegedly engaging in “deceptive and fraudulent” foreclosure practices through MERS, the national mortgage electronic registry system.
  • Fitch

    Risk Appetite For Repo Returning

    A rise in riskier forms of repo collateral and a drop in haircuts suggest that risk appetite in the U.S. triparty repo market is beginning to return, according to Fitch Ratings.
  • Bloomberg

    MBS Suit Against Countrywide Dismissed

    U.S. District Judge Mariana Pfaelzer of Los Angeles has dismissed a lawsuit brought by Allstate against Countrywide Financial over $700 million in losses from mortgage-backed securities sold by the firm now owned by Bank of America.
  • Moody's

    EMEA RMBS Performance Worsened In H2

    The performance of residential mortgage-backed securities in Europe, the Middle East and Africa continued to deteriorate in the second half of 2011, according to Moody’s Investors Service.
  • The Financial Times

    Spanish Banks Ordered To Clean Up Or Merge

    Luis de Guindos, Spain’s economy minister, said domestic banks will need to come up with EUR50 billion ($65.5 billion) from profits and capital in 2012 to clear their balance sheets of bad real estate loans, or agree to merge with another bank by May and earn a one-year reprieve.
  • The Financial Times

    Public-Interest Group Calls For Tougher Bank Regs

    Public interest group Finance Watch has called on the European Parliament to adopt stricter regulations than those called for by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision.

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