The first ever episode of The Freshly Squeezed Podcast is finally here. Hosted by Tom Lemmon, ARC Risk Group’s Director of Research, the show will interview the good and the great of the structured finance market in Europe and beyond.

But with this being the debut episode, it needed someone with the gravitas and experience to lead the charge. So, it was brilliant to welcome Shaun Baddeley, Managing Director for Securitization at AFME as the first guest.

Baddeley and his team at AFME are working flat-out on making the case for securitization to the EU and UK legislators, with the European Commission expected to publish draft proposals for reform of the sector in June.

During the podcast, Baddeley discussed a range of topics on the question of reforms, looking at timelines, how the proposals could change as they make their way through the EU political system, and what is most likely to be included in the new proposals.

Finally, he also discussed AFME’s priorities over the rest of the year, including efforts to educate the wider public about the structured finance market, in particular on the topic of Significant Risk Transfer (SRT).