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Exploring CRT Opportunities in Europe

05/07/2018 at 10:45 am

Capital Relief Trades or Credit Risk Transfer or Complex Regulatory Transactions even – An Executive Summary 5 July 2018 Exploring CRT Opportunities (PDF version) The market for credit risk transfer / capital relief trades (CRT) in Europe can trace its origins back some twenty years, coinciding with the fusion of CDS and securitisation technology to adapt to bank loan portfolio risks.  But that same synthetic securitisation format used at the outset for hedging/ capital management p...

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Investing in P2P/ Marketplace Opportunities – Dissecting a Novel Capital Market

22/05/2018 at 2:03 pm

Note: This publication is not intended or suitable for retail investors, please see Disclaimer below 22 May 2018    P2P Marketplace opportunities (PDF version) In this commentary we highlight the growing footprint of marketplace loans in the capital markets in Europe, and discuss the key considerations in investing in these instruments. Our discussion of such opportunities precedes a review of growth trends and business fundamentals of this contemporary industry.  We begin with a syn...

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