Isda Create and Margin Xchange are lining up in a bid to become the ultimate tech platform for the uncleared margin rules. Here bankers and consultants weigh up their price, efficiency and ease of use
Buyside sources are concerned about the application of the simple, transparent and standardised criteria to the private ABS market, arguing that it has over-complicated matters
ABS structurers are turning to alternative deals that fall outside the Securitisation Regulation’s scope. However, optimistic bankers believe that the regulation will achieve its aims within the second half of 2019
Counterparties are quarrelling over trade sensitivities inputted via Isda’s calculation method, despite the industry group’s efforts to ease the process
Investors are withdrawing from securitisation deals due to the delay to Esma’s new templates. Here, heads of sellside structuring teams and buyside portfolio managers discuss their fears of sanctions if an STS deal is later found noncompliant
The market is slowly recovering from Brexit fatigue with securitisation, private equity and DCM activity on the rise. But some think the change in sentiment will be short-lived due to regulatory and political uncertainty
