VW Credit becomes the seventh lender to offer asset-backed bonds since the Federal Reserve announced TALF backing of prime auto ABS notes to support stimulus efforts for the COVID-19 ravaged market.
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Exeter, DriveTime and CPS last week joined a small club of subprime auto lenders sponsoring ABS deals since their TALF eligibility was announced.
May 31
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Aggregate numbers for coronavirus-related payment suspensions are showing more consistency as organizations clarify how they handle them, and some consumers' incentives to use them may be declining.
May 29
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Since March, issuers have tightened their criteria for opening new accounts and closed millions of existing ones in hopes of avoiding waves of defaults.
May 29
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The new regulation is intended as a workaround for banks affected by the 2015 decision that created legal uncertainty for loans sold across state lines.
May 29
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The general structure of this year’s reviews is unchanged despite the pandemic. But a supplemental analysis of banks' response to the downturn could weigh heavily in evaluating 2020 capital distributions and making adjustments to the tests over the long run.
May 28
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Business development companies (BDCs) were trending ever healthier prior to the pandemic, but if the economy remains in the deep doldrums it may ultimately be their affiliated asset-management companies that investors should look to for assurance.
May 28
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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have different timelines for the switch.
May 28
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The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston published details on the terms for lenders and borrowers to participate in the facility intended to provide coronavirus relief funds to middle-market firms.
May 28
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A new CommonBond private student-loan securitization is expected to generate slightly higher losses than the Goldman Sachs-owned lender’s previous transaction of refinanced loans of professional-degreed borrowers.
May 28
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The congressional showdown over the pace of rulemaking during the pandemic is a hardening of older positions on banking policy ahead of the 2020 elections, observers said.
May 27
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The economic contraction caused by the coronavirus pandemic has been worse than the Wall Street firm had modeled two months ago, its president John Waldron said Wednesday.
May 27
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The best outcome for creditors and ABS noteholders with approximately $6 billion in outstanding bonds is likely to be through a renewal of Hertz’s operations, rather than liquidation, according to analysis from the ratings agency.
May 27
