Most of the pool is made up of office-property loans, but also includes a sizeable exposure to hotel and retail properties.

The loans were aggregated by JUPS, the deal’s sponsor and an affiliate of Jefferies and Jefferies Asset Funding.

The acquisition of the Texas-based lender will help Regions expand its offerings to small businesses while adding about $2 billion of loans to the bank's balance sheet.

Sens. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania and Richard Shelby of Alabama had been among a handful of Republicans who had expressed uneasiness with Judy Shelton's views on monetary policy.

ABS investors who have previously needed only to know an asset was excluded from verboten classes like tobacco, oil and gas or firearms are now pressing for details on how well an investment stacks up in the social and governance factors.

The cancellation by New Residential of a money-losing subservicing agreement should benefit Ocwen's financial results going forward, the company said.

Though the agency plans to give more credit unions authority to issue subordinated debt, limited investor appetite and other factors could hamper activity.

Deputy Director Brian Johnson spent more than two years serving under two separate CFPB directors. He will become a partner at Alston & Bird LLP next month.

The agency's director said both steps will come as part of an ongoing review of agency rules and show her "commitment under the law to be effective and evidence based” in providing clarity to stakeholders.

The Elections 2020 panel focused on topics such as the long-shot proposal for a wealth or transaction tax on Wall Street, as well regulatory changes that Sanders or another Democratic candidate's administration could enact affecting housing reform or banking oversight.

Long-term leases insulate lessors now, but there's no escaping the potential impact (including airline bankruptcies) from a prolonged outbreak that results in long-term travel restrictions.

At a panel during day two of the Structured Finance Association’s ABS trade show in Las Vegas, guest speakers said a strong consensus is building toward asking lawmakers in upstate New York to enact mandatory “fallback” language for Libor replacement in financial contracts.