What's in a name?

Another Fine Mezz

“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 meaningless. But following the success of specialist UK mortgage lender Paratus' new mixed pool RMBS shelf, the £564m Braccan 2024-1, the value of keeping everything neat and tidy is clear.

As European ABS reporter, George Smith said himself it was simply too hectic this week to mention every single deal that hit the screens this week. By our count, there were 10 deals that priced and the pipeline continues to grow.

Alongside the manic market, roughly 400 securitization specialists took time out to attend S&P's European Structured Finance Conference in London, where there was a perfect storm of positivity. In part, it's driven by the active and stable market they have in front of them, but it's coupled with a tantalising hope that meaningful regulatory reform is on the way.

And finally, while George wrote an ungodly amount trying to cover all of this off, host Tom Lemmon was busy gallivanting around London talking about his golfing success of the weekend and visiting Coterie Holdings, owners of wine-backed lender Jera and part owners of wine investing platform, WineFi. Thankfully, his 10 minute dissection of the wines he tried did not make the final cut.