That level is wide of the six new-issue CLOs that priced last week at triple-A spreads of 110 basis spoints; CLO senior notes have widened 10 basis points, on average, over the past three months.

The bank, which purchases loans from Mosaic, is contributing an unspecified amount of collateral for the $317 million deal; it's also the underwriter and risk retention holder, and appears to be behind the unusual structure.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's structure is an infringement on the authority of the executive branch, a New York federal judge said Thursday.

A senior Treasury department official said it's an "adapt or die" situation for regulators and financial firms in the midst of a growing fintech space.

It's the sponsor's first transaction since risk retention rules took effect; proceeds from the new five-year and 10-year notes will be used to repay note issued from the master trust in 2010.

The $470 million transaction has some features rarely seen now that the market for bridge loan securitization has been rehabilitated, including a "blind ramp" and a "blind reinvestment" period.

Courts have validated the legal theory behind punishing lenders for unintentional discrimination, but the Trump administration has shown interest in revising the Obama-era policy.

Adding to the layering of risks, the majority of the loans (84%) originally paid only interest, and no principal, at the time of origination; however, all 506 loans have passed their initial, fixed-rate period, eliminating some potential for reset shock.

Ginnie Mae is looking to start a pilot program to securitize digital mortgages as early as 2019, but issuers would not be able to commingle loans using traditional paper files in those deals.

It's another example of what appears to be tailoring tranches to meet the tenor and yield requirements of specific investors; the deal, GMS Euro CLO 2014-1, was also upsized to €508 million from €368.3 million originally.

LTC Global is one of the market leaders in a "relatively new" esoteric asset class of acquiring and financing insurance commission assets of life and healthcare insurance products, says DBRS.

The real estate investment trust, along with co-borrower Stellar Management, obtained a $675 million mortgage from four banks; they are cashing out $113 million of equity in the process.