Another Fine Mezz

Feb 04 2025 82 ep. 25 mins 13

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A podcast about the global securitization markets from GlobalCapital

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A deep dive on data centres

Feb 04 2025 15 mins

George Smith is joined by Diana Bravo and Nick Conforti to discuss the state of data centre financing in the US, while Europe's securitization market keeps ticking over.

All aboard the CMBS revival!

Jan 28 2025 16 mins

George Smith and Tom Hall discuss the return of the European CMBS market, how to boost SME financing and why banks are restricting SRT investors use of leverage.

The adventure of yield hungry asset managers

Jan 22 2025 24 mins

George Smith and Oliver West discuss why asset managers snapped up Santander's Holmes, how Toyota and VW attracted big books despite differing disclosure on ESG.

Will 2025 be RMBS prime time?

Jan 14 2025 7 mins

First up our new hire, Tom Hall, gets into the weeds of what to expect in UK prime RMBS this year. Meanwhile, George Smith gets stuck into the surge of CLO ETFs in Europe and whether their impact will match up to how they have change the market in America. Tom is making his Another Fine Mezz debut this week, to cap a flying start to life at GlobalCapital. There’s lots more to com

Bring on 2025

Dec 23 2024 17 mins

European ABS reporter George Smith and freelance CLO reporter Victoria Thiele discuss whether 2025 can live up to a stellar 2024. Both discuss the features they wrote for GlobalCapital’s review of the year (ABS here and CLOs here).In CLOs, there might be a bit more of an ebb and flow to issuance next year, but expectations are for another strong year of supply, with a quick start

SRT Series: Natascha Winberg, MUFG

Dec 20 2024 38 mins

For the final episode of the Another Fine Mezz SRT Series, former securitization editor Tom Lemmon was joined by Natascha Winberg, MUFG’s head of financial institutions for Germany, Austria and Switzerland.They discuss what the next decade will look like for the SRT market, with regulators likely to push for more transparency. The investor base may also continue to grow, particul

SRT Series: Georgi Stoev and Thomas Lupbrand, EIF

Dec 16 2024 32 mins

In the latest installment of GlobalCapital's SRT podcast series, host George Smith was joined by Georgi Stoev and Thomas Lupbrand from the European Investment Fund.The guests explored the unique role of the EIF in the SRT market, as well as reflecting on their careers to date. The pair discuss how the EIF has been instrumental in expanding the SRT market into new jurisdictions, by

Special episode: Dipesh Mehta, Funding Circle

Dec 09 2024 22 mins

For a special episode of Another Fine Mezz this week, GlobalCapital’s senior securitization reporter George Smith was joined by Dipesh Mehta, Funding Circle’s chief capital officer.Funding Circle is one of limited number of issuers offering European ABS investors the opportunity to get SME exposure. Of late however, with regulators making the right noises and with more issuers

One Last Time

Dec 04 2024 24 mins

GlobalCapital's securitization podcasting trio reunite for one last episode. Former CLO reporter, now freelancer, Victoria Thiele is back on the show, but host Tom Lemmon said goodbye. George Smith meanwhile remains in post, stoic as ever. He attended DealCatalyst's ABSF conference in London on November 25 and shared his take on the big themes under discussion.There was also exciti

The new PPI?

Nov 22 2024 14 mins

With a host of special guests dominating the Another Fine Mezz podcast in recent weeks, this week's normal episode with host Tom Lemmon and European ABS reporter, George Smith, felt almost unusual. As was long-predicted, European securitization markets have been fairly quiet since Donald Trump's second election victory on November 5. However, a ruling by the UK Court of Appeal on m