Securitisation
China’s macroeconomy in the ‘new era’ of politics and power
Lou Jiwei, president of the National Council for Social Security Fund and former minister of finance of China, explores the three key aspects of China’s macroeconomic situation in the ‘new era’ of Chinese politics and power
Video Q&A: Antonio Riccio, Landqart
Antonio Riccio, vice-president, sales and marketing at Landqart, discusses the future outlook and most recent changes in banknote production and how hybrid substrates and polymer have improved security, durability, cost efficiency and public recognition
Banks’ links to fintech echo run-up to financial crisis, EBA head says
EBA will work for consistent regulation of fintech by European countries, Enria says
RBA’s Kent warns mortgages are still risky, despite offsets
RBA assistant governor says use of offset accounts does not remove the need for tighter lending standards; new securitisation database sheds light on housing market
Addressing the eurozone’s ‘lemons’ problem for NPLs
State-supported securitisation of the riskiest tranches of eurozone bank NPLs could tackle information asymmetries between buyers and sellers, and restore market function
Mersch criticises Commission over securitisation regulation
Some ‘STS’ provisions reduce transparency and increase complexity, ECB board member says
BCBS and Iosco publish draft securitisation criteria
Document focuses on “simple, transparent and comparable” asset-backed commercial paper securitisations
Dombrovskis praises idea of bundling European sovereign bonds
European Commission is “closely following” work on designing new instruments
European institutions agree vote on securitisation programme
Council of ministers and lawmakers will vote in the coming weeks
Basel Committee scales back risk weights in revised securitisation standard
Tighter definition of what counts as a “simple, transparent and comparable” securitisation gives room to allow “modest” reduction in capital requirements, committee says
Securitisation can dampen business cycles, paper finds
When securities are bought by ‘non-financial agents’ instead of financial intermediaries, they can help dampen rather than amplify cycles, research says