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Deal analysis

• IFLR’s 2013 Europe awards: shortlist revealed

  04 February 2013

  The nominations for this year’s IFLR Europe awards have been announced

• How to choose a capital instrument in 2013

  01 February 2013

  Picking a capital instrument in 2013 involves numerous design considerations, each of which has its own set of rules and requirements

• AFME calls for help in CRA3 lobbying efforts

  28 August 2012

  Europe’s securitisation market will be severely damaged if the proposed credit rating agencies regulation comes into effect, as planned, before year’s end

• Cov-lite’s Europe return stuns market

  08 June 2011

  After months of speculation and overblown predictions, cov-lites have finally returned in Europe. But lawyers don't expect a flood of new deals

News analysis

• ECB ratings change could cause deal flood

  01 Dec 2009

  The European Central Bank's (ECB) requirement of two qualified ratings on asset-backed securitisations (ABS) could force a rush of struggling institutions to originate new deals

• Europe wholesale market fears retail regulation

  01 Dec 2009

  EU regulation designed to streamline European investor protection documentation could encroach on the wholesale market and limit access to certain investor groups

Supplements

• Portugal: Early adoption?

  01 June 2011

  Joaquim Pedro Lampreia, Orlando Vogler Guiné and Rita Rendeiro of Vieira de Almeida & Associados discuss the possible early arrival of a Prips framework in Portugal