Draghi, I love your way

On this week's episode of Another Fine Mezz the podcasting duo of host, Tom Lemmon and European ABS reporter, George Smith barely had time to come up for air thanks to the wealth of supply in the market and the publication of Mario Draghi's report on European competitiveness. Starting with Draghi's report, the former president of the ECB published his report for the European Commission and set out in rather more detail than before, how European securitization should be revitalised. One market participant said to GlobalCapital, it was no longer a "pious hope" of reform, but actionable changes that were now on the horizon. There are some concerns over whether the liquidity coverage ratio will be included in the bits of the EU Securitization Regulation that are up for reform, which one investor likened to making cars with only three wheels allowed. But overall, it is a further sign that the market could be freed from its regulatory chains sooner rather than later. Back in the real world, issuance for the year is set to be a post-global financial crisis record. And in large part, that is down to the amount of bank supply. George explained the two key reasons why it is happening this year and reflected on the frantic demand for Southern European mezzanine notes in the last couple of weeks too. 

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