True Sale International: TSI Special Training on Securitisation: An overview over the key legal and regulatory requirements as well as rating agency criteria and ECB repo requirements

Soundly structured securitisation is an important channel for diversifying funding sources of banks and leasing companies and to transfer risks from such originators to investors. In the case of public transactions, there has been a distinct improvement in the market in recent years and securitisation of loan portfolios to obtain refinancing from the ECB continues to play an important role for banks. Furthermore in the framework of the EU capital market union project the EU intends to pave the way for a rapid revival of the securitisaton market with a new STS securitization regulation.
Although the goals of the new regulation is widely shared the outcome is still uncertain. But all in
all: Securitisation is a hot topic.
For everybody being involved it‘s important to be familiar with the topic area. That is the only way of structure quality products in a challenging environment or to properly understand such products. In addition, it is the only way of ensuring that staff are able to make sound, appropriate assessments of application possibilities and operating mechanisms and the risks and opportunities entailed. TSI’s comprehensive training in this field has already proved its worth many times over.

Our training seminar on 17 May 2018 will address the following aspects:

Market overview
Important structural features
Different asset classes with their specific characteristics, opportunities and risks
Term and conduit securitisations
Performance of securitisation transactions in the financial crisis
Overview over the underlying civil law aspects and regulatory requirements for securitisations
Regulatory distinction between securitisations and other transactions
Performance analysis and rating from the perspective of rating agencies and investors
Current ECB repo requirements and purchase programm
Currently discussed new regulatory topics such as STS

Programme

Thursday, 17 May 2018

9.20 – 9.30	Registration and coffee
9.30 – 9.40	Welcome by TSI
9.40 – 10.40	The securitisation market: fundamentals and overview Stefan Ziese, Commerzbank Basic ABS/MBS structures Asset classes Market overview on Europe ABS market Investor reports Motivation of the originator Criteria that must be fulfilled by the originator Implementation planning
10.40 – 11.10	Coffee
11.10 – 12.00	Overview of the underlying civil law conditions Sandra Wittinghofer, Baker & McKenzie True sale and insolvency remoteness requirements Important differences in the European legal framework
12.00 – 12.50	Securitisations: methodology and modus operandi of rating agencies David Tuchenhagen, S&P Global Ratings Rating methods Transaction monitoring and rating development
12.50 – 14.10	Lunch
14.10 – 15.10	Recent provisions under CRD II, CRD III, CRD IV and currently discussed new STS regulations Dr Oliver Kronat, Clifford Chance Regulatory distinction between securitisations and other transactions Overview of the fundamental regulatory principles for securitisations Risk retention Due diligence obligations and reporting Actual discussions
15.10 – 15.40	Coffee
15.40 – 16.25	ABS from the view of an investor: What do investors need to evaluate securitisation transactions? Dalibor Jarnevic, DZ BANK Analysis of offering circulars, rating reports, deal reviews Risk clusters, identifying risk drivers Multidimensional due diligence, fundamental analysis Transparency requirements and reporting standards Relevance of obtaining additional information, due diligence Applied risk management instruments and strategies Assessment and prognosis risks in modelling
16.25 – 17.15	The Eurosystem’s security collateral framework – overview and ABS-specific regulations requirements Padraic Cahill, European Central Bank How should the rules be understood in general? What significance do ABS have as collateral in ECB bank financing? What is required of transaction structures? How is the approval procedure structured? What does the loan-level data project look like? What are the ECB requirements in that respect and what is the implementation plan?
17.15	Closing address by TSI Management followed by an informal “get-together”

Speakers

Thursday, 17 May 2018

Padraic Cahill has been working in the European Central Bank since 2016 as a Market Operations Expert within the Financial Markets and Collateral Section in the Market Operations Analysis Division. His main area of expertise is the Eurosystem Collateral Framework with a focus on Asset Backed Securities and Covered Bonds. Prior to this he worked as a Senior Collateral Analyst in the Central Bank of Ireland, which he joined in 2010. He acquired a Master of Science in Financial Economics (Investment, Banking and Risk Management) and a degree in Economics and Mathematical Studies from University College Cork in Ireland.

Dalibor Jarnevic joined DZ BANK’s Asset-Backed-Securities & CLO Trading Desk in 2012 as a Senior Trader, responsible for managing DZ Bank’s European ABS & CLO trading book.From 2006-2011 he was a Portfolio Manager for Asset-Backed-Securities with DWS Investment GmbH (Deutsche Bank Group). He managed several portfolios for institutional clients as well as Retail funds.Before that he held a position as Structurer at Commerzbank AG – Corporates & Markets from 2003 – 2006 for Term ABS transactions for institutional clients and for the Bank’s balance sheet. Until 2003 he was a Portfolio Manager in the Multimanagement Department of Cominvest Asset Management GmbH where he started in 2001 with a TraineeshipDalibor holds a Master degree in Business Administration and Electrical Engineering from TU Darmstadt and is since 2004 a CFA Charterholder.

Dr Oliver Kronat is specialises in advising on German and international structured finance transactions. His experience includes the securitisation of trade, consumer, leasing and loan receivables and the establishment of ABCP Conduit Programmes. He also advises on the restructuring of securitisation and other structured finance transactions as well as on securitisations by insolvent companies. He is a member of the TSI Securitisation Forum (Verbriefungsforum) and was involved in the commenting by TSI on significant draft bills (including the Risk Limitation Act (Risikobegrenzungsgesetz), the Debenture Act (Schuldverschreibungsgesetz) and the implementation of CRD II and III) into German law. Oliver Kronat is also admitted as tax advisor.

David Tuchenhagen, CFA ist Director bei S&P Global Ratings im Bereich European Structured Finance in Frankfurt. Er ist verantwortlich für die Ratingsanalyse von Verbriefungen aus den Bereichen Auto und Consumer ABS, RMBS und SME sowie Conduit-Transaktionen deutscher ABCP Conduits. Vor Beginn seiner Tätigkeit bei S&P Global Ratings in 2013 arbeitete er als Kreditanalyst für ABS Investments sowie als Fixed Income Analyst im Trading Floor Research der Landesbank Berlin AG. Herr Tuchenhagen hat an der Technischen Universität Freiberg und CEU Business School, Budapest Betriebswirtschaftslehre studiert.

Sandra Wittinghofer is a partner of the Banking & Finance Group at Baker & McKenzie. She practices with a particular emphasis on German and international securitisation transactions, structured products and regulatory law. She advises national and international banks, trustees, originators, arrangers and investors and corporations. Her transaction experience covers a wide range of asset classes. Sandra Wittinghofer is admitted as Rechtsanwältin and as Solicitor (England and Wales). 

Stefan Ziese is responsible for the Securitisation business of Commerzbank with clients, including the Multiseller-Conduit Silver Tower. Since December 2004 he had been responsible for the securitisation team of Dresdner Kleinwort in Frankfurt and from April 2002 – March 2005 in New York. Stefan Ziese has been working for Dresdner Bank since 1992, started as credit analyst, continued as auditor, later head of mission in the audit division, responsible for various national and international projects. Stefan Ziese studied and taught at the Free University of Berlin, the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN) as well as the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (Washington, DC) and the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (Cambridge, MA).