It will use proceeds from the issuance of $640 million of bonds backed by wireless tower leases to help repay two deals totaling $755 million that were issued in 2013.

Eliminating the requirement that CLO managers keep skin in the game of deals should boost issuance, but this could result in weaker credit quality of collateral as competition for loans increases.

The online small-business lender is enjoying a payoff from its year-old push to cut costs and tighten underwriting standards. It is also set to announce another lending agreement with a major bank this year, its CEO said Tuesday.

Moody's Investors Service has revised its expectations for cumulative net losses, to 3.75% from 3.5%, because a 2016 transaction is not performing as well as expected.

Continuing to pull back the reins on the aggressive approach taken under former Director Richard Cordray, the agency's new five-year plan values consumer choice over heavy-handed enforcement.

A new due diligence firm created by a trio of former Clayton Holdings executives wants to shake up a static business model.

The transaction is backed by nearly three times as many Audi, Volkswagen and Skoda as VW's previous UK auto-loan ABS; it also features a longer revolving period.

The $510.2 million transaction, BDS 2018-FL1, is primarily backed by multifamily (47%) and office buildings (42.1%) originated by ROC Debt Strategies Fund II REIT.

There could be a pause in new issuance as CLO managers wait to see if the government will appeal; longer term, the pace will pick up as the playing field is leveled for smaller managers.

Nearly 52% of the pool in the captive-finance company's first 2018 vehicle-lease securitization involves contracts for popular crossover models like the Chevrolet Equinox, the GMC Acadia and Cadillac XT5.

Fintech firms and industry watchers hope the pilot program will help fix a balkanized chartering system, but getting enough states on board to expand the plan's reach could be a challenge.

A three-judge panel for the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has sided with the LSTA in its lawsuit seeking to reverse rules requiring CLO managers to hold "skin in the game" under Dodd-Frank.