- New regulation intended to improve investor confidence in senior, high quality European ABS is now in force
- Simple, transparent and standardised (STS) securitisations offer Solvency II-regulated insurers access to certain senior securitised debt at similar capital charges to bonds
- Investors also benefit from new, more stringent transparency, risk retention and due diligence obligations on sponsors and originators
The value of investments will fluctuate, which will cause prices to fall as well as rise and investors may not get back the original amount they invested.
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