Another Fine Mezz

George Smith talks to Thomas Hopkins about what S&P’s France downgrade means for CLOs and sterling ABS issuers’ enthusiasm for prefunding

Waterfall's forward flow advantages, UK auto ABS resumes and CLO managers tackle a bifurcated leveraged loan market

George Smith talks to Tom Hall about a wobble in the sterling ABS market and to Tom Hopkins about some signs of widening in CLO mezz

Tom Hall talks to George Smith about mortgage tokenisation and Thomas Hopkins about a bifurcation in the leverage loan market and a breakthrough deal in UK RMBS

Thomas Hopkins, GlobalCapital’s new CLO reporter, makes his debut on the pod discussing a wave of CLO resets with Tom Hall

George Smith talks to Tom Hall about an exciting deal in the pipeline, SME financing and supply from Santander

George Smith talks to Tom Hall about tight spreads in the European ABS market and KKR's blockbuster acquisition of NewDay's credit card book.

Tom Hall talks to George Smith about the lively and Santander-dominated European ABS primary market, before discussing the bankruptcy of US ABS issuer Tricolor with Chad Van Estrop

George Smith and Tom Hall discuss the return of UK auto ABS and the serene progress of the other deals in the public markets 

George Smith and Tom Hall discuss why CLO and loan prices are out of sync and some troubles for CMBS, before a chat with US MBS reporter Nick Conforti on an unusual floating rate US MBS tranche 

In a regulation heavy episode of Another Fine Mezz, George Smith and Tom Hall discuss the FCA’s decision to regulate Buy Now, Pay Later and the EU’s proposed changes to Solvency II

George Smith and Tom Hall discuss a flood of CLOs, a trickle of ABS, the UK's new bank capital rules and why banks are more interested in forward flows

George Smith and Tom Hall discuss the thriving Polish securitization market, developments in the Italian NPL market and take a trip down memory lane

George Smith and Tom Hall discuss a landmark wine and spirits deal, busy public markets and a couple of football stadium financings

George Smith and Tom Hall discuss a pair of CMBS deals and whether you can trade an SRT

George Smith and Tom Hall break down everything you need to know about the European Commission's proposals on capital requirements, LCR and securitization regulation

Morningstar DBRS's Christian Aufsatz joins usual duo George Smith and Tom Hall to review the year so far and preview the Global ABS conference in Barcelona next week in a sponsored episode of Another Fine Mezz

George Smith is joined by VanEck's Fran Rodilosso and Bill Sokol to discuss how CLO ETFs weathered the tariff induced volatility in April, before the usual discussion of a busy week with Tom Hall. 

George Smith and Tom Hall preview a packed road to Barcelona for ABS primary as deal activity picks up across all asset classes.

George Smith and Tom Hall discuss whether Vantage's latest deal is setting the stage for more action in data centre ABS and the return of an well known UK RMBS issuer, albeit with a bit of a new look 

There are several encouraging signs in the European ABS primary market for  GlobalCapital 's George Smith and Tom Hall to discuss this week.

George Smith is joined by US securitization editor Oliver West to discuss a rare reperforming RMBS from Balbec and the pick up in public markets activity this week

George Smith and Tom Hall discuss whether ABS and CLO issuers are managing to take advantage of period of calmer macro conditions and how to securitise sun light

ABS primary slows down, but George Smith and Tom Hall discuss one issuer bucking the trend and whether secondary selling has been orderly 

George Smith and Tom Hall discuss whether the tariffs chaos will derail the European ABS market and how the ESA report left the CLO market scrambling