- PRESS RELEASE
- 20 November 2019
Euro area financial vehicle corporation statistics: third quarter of 2019
- In the third quarter of 2019 the outstanding amount of debt securities issued by euro area financial vehicle corporations (FVCs) engaged in securitisation increased to €1,503 billion, from €1,491 billion at the end of the previous quarter.
- Net issuance of debt securities by FVCs during the third quarter of 2019 amounted to €7 billion.
- Euro area FVCs' holdings of securitised loans stood at €1,277 billion at the end of the third quarter of 2019; the net disposals of securitised loans held by FVCs amounted to €7 billion.
Debt securities issued by euro area FVCs
(EUR billions; not seasonally adjusted)
The outstanding amount of debt securities issued by euro area FVCs was €1,503 billion at the end of the third quarter of 2019, €12 billion higher than at the end of the previous quarter. Over the same period, transactions amounted to a net issuance of €7 billion (see Chart 1). The annual growth rate of debt securities issued, calculated on the basis of transactions, increased to 4.8% in the third quarter of 2019, from 3.4% in the previous quarter.
Euro area FVCs' holdings of securitised loans – accounting for most of the assets backing the debt securities issued – were €1,277 billion at the end of the third quarter of 2019, unchanged from the previous quarter (see Chart 2). Net disposals were 7 billion during the third quarter of 2019. Net disposals of securitised loans originated by euro area monetary financial institutions (MFIs) amounted to €4 billion.
Loans securitised by FVCs by originator
(quarterly transactions in EUR billions; not seasonally adjusted)
Turning to the borrowing sector of securitised loans, loans to euro area households amounted to €758 billion at the end of the third quarter of 2019, with a net disposal of €8 billion during the third quarter of 2019 while loans to euro area non-financial corporations amounted to €363 billion, with a net disposal of €6 billion.
Among the other assets of euro area FVCs, deposits and loan claims amounted to €189 billion at the end of the third quarter of 2019, predominantly claims on euro area MFIs (€105 billion). There was a net acquisition of deposits and loan claims during the quarter of €4 billion. Holdings of debt securities amounted to €313 billion at the end of the third quarter 2019, while net acquisitions amounted to €17 billion. Other securitised assets held by FVCs – including for example trade, tax and other receivables – amounted to €108 billion, with negligible net transactions.
Annex
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Notes
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