Deals: Picaros Funding, Ormond Quay, North Sea Funding
Authorized amounts: e5 billion, e5 billion, e10 billion
Sponsors: KBC Financial Products UK, Sachsen LB Europe, ABN Amro
Dates: June-July 2004
A Moody?s report last month indicated that asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) volumes in Europe, the Middle East and Africa fell slightly in the second quarter of 2004. The amount of ABCP funded by EMEA conduits fell to $103 billion in April from $106 billion three months before as spreads tightened and competition for AAA rated securities from CDO squared deals and structured investment vehicles rose, although the pipeline remains strong.
A slowdown was overdue. The ABCP market has grown quickly, stretching liquidity lines. ?There have been liquidity issues for three or four years,? says Kevin Ingram, partner at law firm Clifford Chance. ?Internal managers at the banks have realized that ABCP isn?t a capital-free or risk-free product. These programmes are...
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