Potential COVID-19 stresses include a rising tide of unemployed borrowers missing payments and seeking extensions, as well as falling used-car values.
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Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp. recently filed a prospectus with the SEC to issue $1.3 billion in a mix of fixed- and floating-rate notes, and quickly priced the offering for coupons significantly lower than its $1 billion transaction in late April.
June 26 -
The changes in terms on Byrider Finance’s subprime auto ABS deal compared to its predecessor illustrate how the COVID-19 pandemic is taking its toll.
June 26 -
Nonbank servicers have been seeking more sources of cash since the coronavirus disrupted markets and elevated forbearance rates. These are some strategies they may be able to use.
June 26 -
The COVID-19 pandemic’s longer-term impact on residential mortgage-backed securities remains uncertain, but for now DBRS Morningstar’s outlook for the residential property assessed clean energy asset-backed securities sector remains stable.
June 25 -
As COVID-19 infections increase across the country, including in California, Citigroup has structured a residential mortgage-backed securities offering fit for the times, providing investors with a strong deal structure and robust collateral.
June 25
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Driven Brands is preparing a $175 million asset-backed securities deal that will provide investors with exposure to a relatively safe industry during the coronavirus pandemic.
June 25 -
With the coronavirus pandemic and several other factors pointing to increasing consumer demand for wireless data access and content, Diamond Communications’ current securitization includes a sizable acquisition account that may introduce new assets to the securitization pool.
June 24 -
For banks with assets between $10 billion and $100 billion, the average exposure is 165% of capital.
June 24 -
Subprime auto ABS market participants do not see its outlook worsening significantly as a result of the pandemic, but most anticipate losses.
June 24 -
Even as interest rates remained at record-low levels, mortgage application activity for both purchases and refinancings declined compared to one week earlier, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.
June 24 -
A new CFPB rule will expedite the forbearance and loss-mitigation process for consumers suffering financial hardship from the pandemic.
June 23 -
On the heels of its first CLO transaction this year, Western Asset Management is back in the market with a $355.72 million private-label RMBS offering in which a tenth of the borrowers have been granted forbearance.
June 23