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
STS-Verbriefung
ESMA publishes analysis of the European securitisation market – caution with interpretations of data
ESMA has analysed the European securitisation market. The analysis focuses mainly on Public ABS issued since the introduction of the Securitisation Regulation in 2019; “UK securitisations” are not taken into account. ESMA is well-aware that a generalisation of results of their analysis is rather limited due to this technically detailed consideration of a specific segment
EBA consults on draft RTS on Synthetic Excess Spread
As part of the Capital Markets Recovery Package, it was decided in March 2021 to include STS for on-balance-sheet securitisations in the Securitisation Regulation and to correspondingly adjust the CRR.