ABS News

EU Expected to Agree to Securitization Plan by Year End, to Boost ABS Market

European Union finance ministers should reach a deal by the end of the year on a plan to revamp the securitization market in Europe, the European commissioner for financial services said on Tuesday. The European market for asset-backed securities (ABS) …

EU Supervisors Face ‘Binding Mediation’ on Simple ABS Disagreements

National authorities in the European Union will have to submit to binding arbitration if they can’t decide whether to apply the bloc’s new rules on simple securitizations to a transaction, a European Commission document shows. In the undated draft regulation …

Europe’s ABS Market Promotion Hinges on Easing Insurers’ Capital Requirements

Europe’s push to promote asset-backed securities (ABS) hinges on persuading insurers to buy the debt by easing capital requirements, investors and analysts said. European Union and global regulators recently proposed criteria for identifying simple and transparent securitizations that could qualify …