GlobalCapital's CLO reporter, Victoria Thiele, returned to her desk just in time from her trip to Germany this week, in what was a collection of the weary thanks to international football and growing babies.
With a less hectic week in the primary ABS market, securitization editor, Tom Lemmon, and European ABS reporter, George Smith discussed whether fine wine ABS might soon be a thing after an interview with a wine-backed lending platform.
With the dust just about settling following the EU election, UK election and French parliamentary election, the big story of the week looked at how the momentum for regulatory reform in securitization would change in this new political dynamic.
French president Emmanuel Macron may be weakened, but all is not lost, according to some market participants.
On CLOs this week, managers glided inside 130bp over three month Euribor with deals from CVC Partners and Spire the first to get below the barrier. In addition, Victoria also explained how the economics of resets can still work even if its not a direct tightening on the triple-A notes.
Finally, the Another Fine Mezz team had its fourth member play them out on the tambourine.