Another Fine Mezz

Oct 22 2024 69 ep. 26 mins 11
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A podcast about the global securitization markets from GlobalCapital

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October rebound

Oct 22 2024 19 mins  
On this week's episode of Another Fine Mezz, host Tom Lemmon and European ABS reporter, George Smith geared up for yet another busy week in ABS with the market's late-September slump looking well and truly over. As the US presidential election on November 5 draws ever closer, it seems more and more market participants are not terribly fussed about it, despite worrying about it for

SRT Series: Frank Benhamou, Cheyne Capital

Oct 21 2024 27 mins  
After teasing it for weeks, the new SRT Series of Another Fine Mezz is here. European ABS reporter, George Smith sat down with Frank Benhamou, risk transfer portfolio manager Cheyne Capital to kick the series off. Prior to Cheyne Capital, Benhamou spent over 17 years at Barclays, where he was one of the key architects of the bank's SRT platform, making him the perfect person to beg

One last regulatory dance

Oct 17 2024 26 mins  
The great regulatory war over European securitization could soon be coming to an end following the European Commission's launch of its consultation last week. Naturally, the Another Fine Mezz team were very excited to summarise the reaction so far, not least for host, Tom Lemmon. European ABS reporter, George Smith was also on hand to discuss what could happen, with many market big

Sponsored episode: KBRA's Gordon Kerr

Oct 10 2024 37 mins  
This week on Another Fine Mezz, host Tom Lemmon sat down with KBRA's head of European research, Gordon Kerr as part of a sponsored episode looking ahead to KBRA's structured finance symposium. Kerr spoke about the brilliant, record-breaking year for the European securitization market and the hope that this could be just the start with optimism building that transformative reforms f

Easing into October with a little tipple

Oct 08 2024 21 mins  
With the summer holidays of the Another Fine Mezz team well and truly over, it was back to normal this week. Similarly, the European securitization market has eased into October with deal flow slowing to a much more manageable pace. WiZink bank completed a successful return to the market after a troubling debut in 2023 for its Portuguese credit card ABS. However, host Tom Lemmon ar

Special Episode: European DataWarehouse’s Christian Thun

Sep 26 2024 35 mins  
Amid the hustle and bustle of DealCatalyst’s UK Mortgage conference, GlobalCapital’s Tom Lemmon and European DataWarehouse CEO Christian Thun managed to find a quiet enough spot to sit down and record a special episode of Another Fine Mezz.A self-proclaimed “data guy”, Christian did a PhD in AI nearly 25 years before the rise of ChatGPT. He got into the securitization marke

Draghi, I love your way

Sep 17 2024 22 mins  
On this week's episode of Another Fine Mezz the podcasting duo of host, Tom Lemmon and European ABS reporter, George Smith barely had time to come up for air thanks to the wealth of supply in the market and the publication of Mario Draghi's report on European competitiveness. Starting with Draghi's report, the former president of the ECB published his report for the European Commis

What's in a name?

Sep 10 2024 22 mins  
“What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell just as sweet," wrote William Shakespeare in his play, Romeo and Juliet. In this week's episode of Another Fine Mezz, it seems that the answer is quite a lot actually, Bill. European securitization issuers are known for their creative labelling of SPVs, but it has always seemed somewhat silly and meaningle

Get the ABS party started

Sep 02 2024 20 mins  
This week on Another Fine Mezz, the carnage well and truly began in European ABS with 11 deals in the market. European ABS reporter George Smith and host Tom Lemmon barely came up for air last week. Issuer tactics will be interesting to observe from the sidelines, with many thinking that there's no reason to wait with demand so strong. However, George reckons that the US election w

ABS gladiators - Are you ready?

Aug 27 2024 19 mins  
In this week's episode of Another Fine Mezz, host Tom Lemmon was standing in once again for the travelling George Smith, and while he expected a quiet mid-August week, the European ABS market had other ideas. The expectation was that the market would begin to stir following the UK bank holiday on August 26, but a number of auto ABS issuers began marketing deals early to ensure inve