Last week, Johanne Evrard, Wagner Eduardo Schuster, Fabian Wassmann, and Michael Wedow published a post in the ECB Blog titled “Can synthetic securitisation support economic growth?” The authors examine whether synthetic securitisation can promote additional lending and how banks utilise the regulatory capital released as a result. Importantly, the article explicitly reflects the authors’ views
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New homogeneity RTS comes into force
The new RTS on homogeneity was published in the official journal of the European Union on 15 February and will therefore enter into force on 6 March 2024. In addition to non-ABCP and ABCP transactions, the RTS now also includes synthetic on-balance-sheet transactions. In terms of content, the RTS is similar to the final draft

