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SECURITISATIONS ARE NEEDED TO FINANCE EUROPE’S ECONOMIC RECOVERY, SAYS MPG’S NEW GENERAL COUNSEL

SECURITISATIONS ARE NEEDED TO FINANCE EUROPE'S ECONOMIC RECOVERY, SAYS MPG’S NEW GENERAL COUNSEL
  • New appointment is a globally recognised and award-winning thought leader in structured finance law and a key contributor to Malta’s securitisation legislation

More securitisations are needed to finance economic recovery in  Europe, according to Richard Ambery, who has been appointed as MPG’s General Counsel by Managing Partners Group, the international boutique asset manager.

Ambery, who is a globally recognised and award-winning thought leader in structured finance law and a key contributor to Malta’s securitisation legislation, believes the instruments, which can offer returns of over 5% per annum, will also fill a ‘yawning gap’ in product offerings to investors as they seek higher current yields in an era of flat or negative “risk free” rates.

He commented: “Governments in Europe are realising, perhaps a little late, that securitisations can ride to the rescue, especially given the problems that the Eurozone faces. They played a key role in helping the US economy to recover from the savings and loan crisis of the 1980s and the current funding gap in Europe could be plugged by securitisation providers intermediating between investors and businesses that need capital.

“There are many infrastructure projects in Europe that need to be financed and which would create huge numbers of jobs but finance is also needed by SMEs, which account for about 90% of businesses in the EU and have been responsible for most economic growth there in recent years.”

While securitisations suffered reputational damage post the financial crisis, their level of issuance is back around pre-credit crunch levels in the US but has yet to recover in Europe. Ambery added: “The over-complicated securitisations backed by poorly selected or obscure assets at the heart of the financial crisis resulted in all structured securities being tarred with the same brush, which was largely unjustified.  Post credit crunch pricing has demonstrated this amply, even if European issuance is yet to catch up.”

“In contrast to the standard mutual fund model, securitisations are designed to offer a high degree of certainty about where investors’ money is directed, lock-up period and risk exposure for the return offered.   And since securitisation transactions disintermediate banks, with their enormous infrastructure, regulatory and legacy compliance costs, both savers and borrowers get a better deal by cutting out the middle man.”

Malta and Luxembourg are the only two financial centres in Europe with a comprehensive regulatory infrastructure in place to domicile securitisation vehicles.  Standing out, Malta embraces securitisation cell companies to make issuance platforms more cost effective for smaller and more frequent borrowers.  The local tax rules also allow for a cushion of cash collateral to build up as investor protection without the vehicle getting hit with a bill for income tax.

Ambery joins MPG from Malta-based GANADO Advocates, where he was Partner and Head of Capital Markets. He began his career in 1988 in debt securities sales and trading at Security Pacific Hoare Govett before switching disciplines and becoming a trainee solicitor then associate at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. He later worked for Clifford Chance, Dechert, Mayer Brown, Paul Hastings and Arthur Cox. He is a member of the investment and capital markets committee of the Institute for Financial Practitioners, which is a main consultative body for the government and Malta Financial Services Authority.

Managing Partners Group intends to offer securitisations and alternative fund management services to the pan-European market and Malta’s Securitisation Act has been a key factor in its decision to locate there, as well as the country’s many other attributes as a transparent on-shore hub for investment management, insurance, capital markets and private equity businesses.

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