The president-elect has legal backing to fire Director Kathy Kraninger thanks to a recent court ruling, but Republicans are prepared to challenge his ability to choose her successor.

CLO manager Brigade Capital Management has refinanced several tranches of notes to improve the spreads and boost the tranches' ratings.

Deals, trends and research in structured finance and asset-backed securities for the week of Nov. 13-20.

Coronavirus-related disruptions at retail and hotel properties are fueling a surge in conduit CMBS delinquencies, according to Moody's Investors Service.

Company CEO Michael Nierenberg previously commented the real estate investment trust's parts could be worth more than the whole.

Owl Rock Technology Advisors, the same team supporting other Owl Rock CLOs, has launched an inaugural middle market CLO that is continuing the CLO manager's tradition of spreading underwriting responsibilities among a variety of banks.

The Mills outlet property in Elizabeth, N.J., has been hit hard by tenant bankruptcies but kept its AAA with Fitch thanks to its proximity to New York and underlying debt-related metrics.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin called on the Federal Reserve Thursday to let several of its emergency lending facilities expire at yearend and return unused funds provided by Congress. But the central bank wants the programs to continue.

The California fintech plans to issue $80.7 billion in securities backed by consumer installment loans made in conjunction with banks.

Volkswagen has launched a $750 million auto-lease securitization that provides investors with more favorable terms than those it offered in more recent transactions.

Weaker consumer spending data coming into the holiday season, as well as a resurgence of the COVID-19 spread, pushed mortgage rates to a new low, Freddie Mac said.

A Freddie Mac study of loans in forbearance from 2017 and 2020 found that, over both periods, borrowers had low credit scores and high debt-to-income ratios.