UCITS (Undertakings for Collective Investments in Transferable Securities) funds may invest in securitisation, subject to a concentration limit of 10%. As part of a consultation on the UCITS Eligible Assets Directive (see TSI kompakt of 15 April 2025), ESMA discussed the pros and cons of adjusting the concentration limit with market participants. Mixed feedback from
Securitisation
FCA opens consultation on new UK Securitisation Regulation
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has opened a consultation on the new UK securitisation regulation. After Brexit, the European securitisation regulation was initially translated into UK law, which is referred to as “retained EU law” in the UK. This retained EU law is to be gradually converted into UK law. HM Treasury then began to
Exposure Value of Synthetic Excess Spreads – EBA publishes final draft
The EBA published the Final Draft on the RTS on the exposure value of synthetic excess spreads (SES) on 25 April 2023. The first draft was published on 9 August 2022 and consulted until October 2022 (see TSI kompakt of 11 August 2022). The obligation to consider the SES as securitisation position which has to
Sustainable Securitisation – too complicated or worth the effort?
This is the second article from the series “Green Bonds and Securitisation – Paving the Way towards Financing the Sustainable Transformation?” a cooperation of Wolf Theiss, TSI and SVI.
TSI joins Letter to the EU Commission on securitisation regulation
Securitisation can make an important contribution to financing the digital and sustainable transformation in Europe. This requires a secure, but at the same time deep and liquid securitisation market. The European Commission’s report of 10 October notes: around 80% of the market participants surveyed consider that the EU Securitisation Regulation has not contributed to improving the securitisation



