ECB: Eurosystem adjusts purchase process in ABS purchase programme (ABSPP)

15 December 2016

The Governing Council of the ECB decided that the 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.

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 Asset-Backed Securities Purchase Programme (ABSPP), launched in late 2014, is one of the European Central bank’s (ECB) 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)

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