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Eurosystem adjusts purchase process in ABS purchase programme (ABSPP)

15 December 2016
  • Eurosystem to take up all asset management tasks in the ABSPP from 1 April 2017
  • Deutsche Bundesbank, Banco de España, Banca d’Italia and De Nederlandsche Bank will join Nationale Bank van België/Banque Nationale de Belgique and Banque de France as asset managers
  • Adjustment in line with goal of implementing purchases by Eurosystem central banks

The Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) decided yesterday that the Asset-Backed Securities Purchase Programme (ABSPP) should be fully implemented by national central banks rather than relying on the support from external managers. This had been envisaged and announced when the programme was first launched.[1]

As of 1 April 2017, Nationale Bank van België/Banque Nationale de Belgique, Deutsche Bundesbank, Banco de España, Banque de France, Banca d’Italia and De Nederlandsche Bank will act as asset managers executing purchases on behalf of the Eurosystem.

The ABSPP, launched in late 2014, is one of the ECB’s programmes to enhance the transmission of monetary policy and facilitate credit provision to the real economy. Under the programme, the Eurosystem buys simple and transparent ABSs.

As of 1 April 2017, the allocation of ABS markets to Eurosystem asset managers will be as follows:

ABSPP asset manager Jurisdictions covered (split according to location of assets as underlying collateral for the ABS)*
Nationale Bank van België/Banque Nationale de Belgique Belgium
Deutsche Bundesbank Germany
Banco de España Spain
Banque de France Finland, France, Ireland, Luxembourg and Portugal
Banca d’Italia Italy
De Nederlandsche Bank The Netherlands

* Other markets will only be explicitly allocated in case of eligible issuance.

For media queries, please contact William Lelieveldt, tel.: +49 69 1344 7316.

  1. [1]See Decision of the European Central Bank of 19 November 2014

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