The Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities published a report on the implementation and functioning of the EU Securitisation Regulation on 31 March 2025. The purpose of the report is to assess the extent to...more
On 30 April 2024, the Financial Conduct Authority (the “FCA”) published Policy Statement PS24/4 (“PS24/4”) setting out the final FCA Securitisation Sourcebook (“SECN”). Subject to the repeal of the Securitisation Regulation...more
Please join Mayer Brown partners Tameem Zainulbhai, Joanna Nicholas, Melissa Kilcoyne, Evan DeCresce and Jim Antonopoulos for a discussion on What to Expect in 2024 in the fields of structured finance and securitization. They...more
Loan Origination Funds Have a Lot of Wood to Chop Before Aifmd II Kicks In - Following a review of the AIFMD, the Commission, in a draft amending directive published in 2021, noted that common rules should be laid down to...more
A recent trend in the fintech space is what is being coined by market participants as a “co-sponsored” securitization. The transaction is usually structured such that the company will sell its assets in a whole loan sale...more
In December 2018, the Financial Services Agency of Japan (the “JFSA”) proposed amendments to its regulations under the Banking Act of Japan to introduce a new risk retention rule applicable to collateralized loan obligations...more
This briefing reviews developments in European CMBS since the financial crisis and focuses on (1) 2011-15 European CMBS transactions (“2011-15 European CMBS”); (2) 2017-18 European CMBS (“2017-18 European CMBS”)...more
For companies seeking to finance general equipment assets via asset backed securitization (ABS) instruments, risk retention has become an important consideration. In response to the latest financial crisis, both the U.S. and...more
In This Issue: - EU Risk Retention Undertakings in U.S. General Equipment ABS: Evolving Market Practice - PDP Financing: An Overview - Tax Reform’s Impact on Transportation Finance Transactions EU Risk Retention...more
With the long-awaited U.S. rules requiring a level of risk retention in securitizations recently going into effect, an added wrinkle has been created by a slight difference in how “U.S. person” is defined in different...more
On 19 May 2016, the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs of the European Parliament (“ECON”) published a working document on the European Commission’s proposal for a regulation (the “Proposed Regulation”) intended to...more
On October 22, 2014, the federal regulatory agencies responsible for implementing regulations under Dodd-Frank finalized the risk retention rule for asset-backed securities (the “Risk Retention Rule“). For the securitization...more
On 30 September 2015, the European Commission (the “Commission”) published a proposal for a regulation (the “Proposed Regulation”)1 intended to harmonise existing EU laws applying to securitisations (including proposed...more
The SEC granted Crescent Capital Group LP no-action relief if it does not retain an eligible risk retention interest under Section 15G of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 in connection with a refinancing of CLOs that...more