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As most of our readers know, ABS is an asset class that lends itself well to detailed underwriting, from onsite due diligence through to cashflow and risk modelling.

The magnitude of the strong beginning to the year has probably surprised even those who were forecasting a positive start to 2018.

The BTL sector has taken a bit of a pounding over the last couple of years, as authorities introduced a number of harsh measures to counter fears of “financial stability risks” posed by growth in lending, with concerns that future financial tightening could lead to a surge in landlords looking to exit the market should they become stressed, and subsequently cause a house price crash.  The measures included:

Way back in the summer of 2012 we wrote in our blog Picking up the PieCeS about a newly launched industry initiative to develop a set of best practice criteria for European ABS, awarding those deals that met the conditions with a label of qualification.

Ben Hayward looks back at performance for Asset Backed Securities over the last few months and provides an outlook for the rest of the year.

Eoin Walsh discusses performance for the Strategic Income strategy over the last quarter and provides his outlook for the rest of 2017.

Chris Bowie looks back at performance for the Outcome Driven strategy and provides his outlook for the rest of the year.

Ben Hayward looks back at performance for Asset Backed Securities over the last few months and provides an outlook for the rest of the year.

Chris Bowie discusses Q2 performance of the Outcome Driven strategy and provides his outlook for the rest of the year.

Mark Holman discusses the performance for the Strategic Income strategy over the last quarter and looks forward to the rest of the year.

Hear from some of our clients and staff as they highlight our track record, expertise and commitment to innovation and client service.

After what has been a terrific year for risk in 2017, making our predictions for the upcoming year is all the more challenging. The risks we won’t be taking seem to be much easier to list than those that we will, so we’ll start with those. But before we embark on 2018, we should review our predictions for 2017.