The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) today released a report on synthetic significant risk transfer (SRT) transactions. An SRT is required to achieve capital relief on the securitised position. Whilst this is also possible in true sale structures, it is predominantly implemented in synthetic securitisations. Over the past decade, the economic importance of SRT
Synthetic balance sheet securitisations
EBA approves waiver for synthetic on-balance-sheet transactions in Italy
The EBA has responded positively to a request from the Italian securitiy markets authority Consob (which is also the competent authority in Italy under the Securitisation Regulation with regard to STS). Consob had proposed a deviation from the requirements of Article 26e(10) of the Securitisation Regulation for Italian banks. This decision could have a positive
EBA publishes Guidelines for STS synthetic on-balance-sheet transactions
On 27 May 2024, the EBA has published its long-awaited Final Report in relation to the “Guidelines on the STS criteria for on-balance-sheet securitisation”. At the same time and in the same Final Report, EBA has published certain amendments to the existing EBA Guidelines on the STS criteria for ABCP and non-ABCP securitisation. The publication