Portugal: Eager for innovation

Since the adoption of an enabling law in 1999, Portugal's securitization market has grown rapidly, embracing many of the innovative techniques and influences seen elsewhere in Europe. With a new law allowing issuance of covered bonds expected this year, structured finance volumes look set to grow. And the market remains eager for further innovation. Sarfraz Thind reports.

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PORTUGAL’S SECURITIZATION BUSINESS constitutes just 2.5% of the European market, according to Standard & Poor’s, but it has contributed some of the continent’s most interesting and innovative deals over the past few years. Portugal’s securitization law was only passed in 1999 so it is a relatively late arrival to the market, but this has not stood in the way of issuers coming up with a wide diversity of products.

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