Demand for covered bonds is rising as investors seek opportunities to deploy capital in low-risk assets during a period of market uncertainty -
Issuance of covered bonds—bonds issued by financial institutions and backed by...more
The Gulf Cooperation Council ("GCC") region, particularly the United Arab Emirates ("UAE") and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ("KSA"), is experiencing a dynamic transformation in its financial sector driven by the rapid rise of...more
4/17/2024
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Data Protection ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Financing ,
FinTech ,
Investment ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Sandbox ,
United Arab Emirates (UAE)
In a volatile global market, sukuk deals have been the engine of Islamic finance issuance across the MENAT region -
Sukuk have driven Islamic finance activity in the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey (the MENAT region)...more
1. Repos in the Islamic market -
In our article titled "Repos in Islamic Finance"1 we concluded that Shari'ah-compliant repurchase transactions ("Repos") could play a useful role as a liquidity management instrument to...more
9/15/2023
/ Capital Markets ,
Collateral ,
Collateralization ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Global Market ,
Libor ,
Liquidity ,
Liquidity Risk Management Rule ,
Middle East ,
Repurchases ,
UK ,
United Arab Emirates (UAE)
What does the future hold for NPLs? There's still plenty of business to be done, but buyers and sellers alike will need to change tack to get the most from the available opportunities....more
6/27/2022
/ Banking Sector ,
Buyers ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Financial Institutions ,
France ,
Greece ,
Ireland ,
Italy ,
Loans ,
Non-Performing Loans (NPL) ,
Sellers ,
UK
While the spike in bad debt and subsequent tsunami of NPL and non-core loan deals that was anticipated due to COVID-19 did not materialise, the increasingly volatile market trends may lead investors to discover new and...more
Financial institutions M&A sector trends: specialty finance/marketplace lending — H1 2021 and outlook for H2 2021 -
M&A levels dipped in H1 2021. Whilst institutional banks backed trade and B2B finance platforms and VC...more
9/29/2021
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Banks ,
Buyers ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Markets ,
Investment ,
Investors ,
Mergers ,
National Stockpile ,
Private Equity ,
Specialty Financing ,
Venture Capital
NPLs are a hot topic, high on the European supervisory authorities' agenda. Legislative and prudential requirements to reduce NPLs are rapidly evolving. In March of 2018, the EC published a package of reforms aimed at...more
3/16/2019
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Banking Sector ,
Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) ,
Credit ,
Distressed Debt ,
EU ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
European Council ,
European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Greece ,
IFRS ,
Member State ,
Non-Performing Loans (NPL) ,
Proposed Amendments