European Securitisation Insights

In the latest episode of Morningstar DBRS’ “European Securitisation Insights” podcast, host Mudasar Chaudhry, who leads Morningstar DBRS’ European Structured Finance Research team, is joined by Dylan Cissou, Senior Vice President, Lead, Structured Finance Analytics, Quant, and Christian Aufsatz, Managing Director, European Structured Finance Ratings to discuss the potential impact of Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) scores on residential property values in England/Wales and how EPC scores could affect Morningstar DBRS’ structured finance credit analysis in European mortgage-backed securities.

The episode also explores whether there is a quantitative relationship between energy-efficiency improvements and house prices, and includes a discussion of how Morningstar DBRS embarked on this quantitative exercise, which data sets were used, and how the models to test different variables were chosen.

Related Content:

• “EPCs Creating Ripples, Not Waves, for House Prices in England and Wales” https://dbrs.morningstar.com/research/433237/epcs-creating-ripples-not-waves-for-house-prices-in-england-and-wales

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In the latest episode of Morningstar DBRS’ “European Securitisation Insights” podcast, Mudasar Chaudhry, who leads our European Structured Finance Research team, is joined by Carlos Silva, Senior Vice President, Sector Lead, European Structured Credit Ratings, and Jerry van Koolbergen, Managing Director, U.S. Structured Credit Ratings, to discuss the varied drivers of private credit expansion over the past few years.

Morningstar DBRS’ analysts delved into details of private credit, exploring the similarities between private credit funds and the typical securitisation-like set up observed in some transactions. They shared how Morningstar DBRS analyses the underlying corporate credits within these structures as well as sharing their views on the credit and issuance outlook of private credit through the securitisation lens both in the Europe and the U.S.

Related Content:

• “Growing Footprint of Private Credit in Europe”
  https://dbrs.morningstar.com/research/433875/growing-footprint-of-private-credit-in-europe
• “Global Methodology for Rating CLOs and Corporate CDOs”
  https://dbrs.morningstar.com/research/439759/global-methodology-for-rating-clos-and-corporate-cdos
• “Global Methodology for Rating Debt Issued by Investment Funds”
  https://dbrs.morningstar.com/research/432214/global-methodology-for-rating-debt-issued-by-investment-funds
  

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In the latest episode of Morningstar DBRS’ “European Securitisation Insights” podcast, host Mudasar Chaudhry, who leads our European Structured Finance Research team, is joined by Guglielmo Panizza, Vice President, European ABS Ratings, and Miklos Halasz, Assistant Vice President, European ABS Ratings, to discuss the treatment of alternative-fuelled vehicles in asset-backed securities (ABS) transactions.

The episode provides an overview of the European auto market covering key trends and some differences among jurisdictions. Road vehicles contribute roughly 15% of global CO2 emissions, and, more specifically, cars and vans contribute around 10%. Working towards net-zero targets, the auto industry is shifting towards alternative fuel vehicles, and we are beginning to see this change also in securitised European auto pools. The speakers examine whether this transition from internal combustion engines to alternative-fuelled vehicles has any impact on the credit performance or credit rating analysis of auto ABS transactions.

Related Content:

• “European Auto ABS: Too Much Green Can Add Uncertainty” https://dbrs.morningstar.com/research/432991/european-auto-abs-too-much-green-can-add-uncertainty
• “Rating European Auto Wholesale Securitisations” https://dbrs.morningstar.com/research/435289/rating-european-auto-wholesale-securitisations

By downloading or listening to this podcast, you are agreeing to the Morningstar DBRS disclaimer and legal terms and conditions found at dbrs.morningstar.com/about/disclaimer and dbrs.morningstar.com/about/termsandconditions, including that the information provided is not investment, financial or other advice. Morningstar DBRS will not be liable for losses arising from your use of the information. Please note that the content of this podcast is intended for European audiences only.

In this episode of Morningstar DBRS’ “European Securitisation Insights” podcast, host Mudasar Chaudhry, who leads our European Structured Finance Research team, is joined by Rehanna Sameja, Senior Vice President, European RMBS & Covered Bond Ratings and Jonathan Riber, Senior Vice President, Sector Lead U.S. ABS Ratings, Consumer Assets, to discuss the solar energy sector.

The episode covered the key components of our recently published commentary, "Sun is Beginning to Shine on European Residential Solar ABS" available at https://dbrs.morningstar.com/research/433299, and our global "Rating Solar ABS Transactions" methodology available at https://dbrs.morningstar.com/research/434677. The panel also discussed recent advances in the solar energy sector, the state of the solar asset-backed securities (ABS) securitisation market, the unique traits of solar ABS contracts, and their probable influence on credit considerations. The panel also looked at divergence across different solar contract types and explored analytical considerations for rating them accordingly.

By downloading or listening to this podcast, you are agreeing to the Morningstar DBRS disclaimer and legal terms and conditions found at dbrs.morningstar.com/about/disclaimer and dbrs.morningstar.com/about/termsandconditions, including that the information provided is not investment, financial or other advice. Morningstar DBRS will not be liable for losses arising from your use of the information. Please note that the content of this podcast is intended for European audiences only.

In this episode of Morningstar DBRS’ “European Securitisation Insights” podcast, host Mudasar Chaudhry, who leads our European Structured Finance Research team, is joined by Adriana Alvarado, Senior Vice President, Sector Lead of Global Sovereign Ratings and Ketan Thaker, Managing Director of European RMBS & Covered Bond Ratings to discuss the impact of the new Labour government on the UK’s housing market.

The episode explored the shift to the newly elected Labour Party-led government after 14 years of Conservative Party-led rule, the election result’s impact on the UK economy, and the key takeaways from this change. As always, house prices and housing availability are important to UK voters. The panel discussed the views presented in the pre-election Labour Party manifesto, particularly those around housing plans for the next parliament. Past governments have repeatedly failed to meet housebuilding targets, and the speakers examined whether the problem lies in the number of houses built or other factors at play. The panel also delved into our credit view on how the new government’s proposed policies could affect the performance of UK residential mortgage-backed security (RMBS) transactions.

By downloading or listening to this podcast, you are agreeing to the Morningstar DBRS disclaimer and legal terms and conditions found at dbrs.morningstar.com/about/disclaimer and dbrs.morningstar.com/about/termsandconditions, including that the information provided is not investment, financial or other advice. Morningstar DBRS will not be liable for losses arising from your use of the information. Please note that the content of this podcast is intended for European audiences only.