Read 18/12/2013 European Parliament proposes positive amendments to the draft money market funds legislation
Read 18/12/2013 Two publications from the EBA on securitisation – one set of final draft technical rules and a consultation
Read 13/11/2013 In a draft report on long-term financing, the European Parliament recognises the importance of securitisation and calls for a definition of “high quality securitisation”
Read 06/11/2013 Another Financial Times article indicating the return of investor appetite for European securitisation
Read 28/10/2013 Timely Standard & Poor’s report entitled: “European Securitization Could Fund More Lending, If The Regulatory Stance Softens”
Read 18/10/2013 ECOFIN discusses proposals to use securitisation with some public money as a way to provide European SMEs with access to finance
Read 16/09/2013 ECB discusses the reactivation of the European ABS market in its most recent monthly report
Read 10/09/2013 ECB confirms that it will no longer accept as repo collateral RMBS and SME ABS that do not comply with the loan by loan disclosure requirements.
Read 17/07/2013 Another positive intervention on securitisation, coming this time from the Italian Finance Minister Fabrizio Saccomanni
Read 15/07/2013 Mario Draghi, in his presentation to the European Parliament, explicitly supports the return of the securitisation market through making a distinction between high quality securitisation and others