CBAM, the leading CLO issuer by volume in 2017, had a shorter non-call for its senior-note stack; Apex has split the AAA paper into three variable-priced tranches.

First the House and now the Senate have included provisions in their regulatory relief bills that bankers say would go a long way toward clearing up confusion over how to treat high-volatility commercial real estate loans.

Just one year after it got a $1.05 billion loan from a trio of banks (Goldman, BofA and Citi), Blackstone has obtained a new, $1.3 billion loan from two more banks: Barclays and Deutsche.

The security that was incorporated into the index is backed exclusively by loans on green building certified properties; the GSE is still working on acceptance of financing for green upgrades.

Two privately placed static CLOs and the newly priced Palmer Square CLO 2018-1 add up to more than $1.5 billion in new CLO assets under management for the Kansas City-metro area manager.

Freddie Mac and Arch Capital are testing a new form of risk-sharing deal to boost investor appetite for low down payment mortgages. But the pilot is raising concerns about "charter creep" because it dictates private mortgage insurance decisions typically made by lenders.

By trimming the capital structures to three tranches of notes from four, the sponsor boosted excess collateral, providing a buffer against additional losses; J.C. Penney cards account for 20% of the pool.

A late addition to regulatory relief legislation would direct the Federal Housing Finance Agency to review credit-scoring alternatives, but some say the provision is redundant.

As in prior transactions, the company itself contributed only a small portion (7.55%) of the collateral for CLUB 2018-NP1; but this time only three unaffiliated parties were invited to contribute the remainder.

Former Rep. Barney Frank rejected concerns voiced by other Democrats that a Senate bill rolling back some provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act will fuel another financial crisis.

The online lender is hiring Kenneth Brause, a CIT Group executive, to succeed CFO Howard Katzenberg.

The €413 million transaction will issue exchangeable notes for the five senior tranches, allowing regulated U.S. banks the opportunity to invest, even though the portfolio includes bonds.