Belgium-based diamantaire Diarough is offering $150 million in notes backed primarily by its inventory of rough and polished diamonds, according to a presale report from Kroll Bond Rating Agency.

With fewer CMBS deals coming to market — partly as a result of risk-retention rules — an independent finance company like Ladder Capital can’t always wait to piggyback on Wall Street’s transactions.

The government-sponsored enterprise is still looking for the right balance between offering a product that's attractive to investors and a cost-effective way to reduce risk.

Tennenbaum is offering up its third middle-market CLO as market conditions ripen for SME loan portfolios

Borrowers have higher FICOs than the prior transactions and fewer of then live outside the U.S. and Canada; however the loans are also less seasoned.

So-called transitional lending has traditionally been kept on balance sheet; but it’s become attractive to bundle the loans for transactions called (take a deep breath) commercial real estate collateralized loan obligations. Can investors stomach the features these deals sported before the crisis?

In their biannual Shared National Credits Program report, regulators said that banks' exposure to leveraged loans and the oil and gas sector remained a source of concern.

ECMC Group is marketing another $500 million of notes backed by federally guaranteed student loans that were once delinquent but are now making timely payments.

A higher proportion of borrowers have a “spotty pay history,” and the loans are more geographically concentrated than recent deals, but this is somewhat mitigated by higher borrower equity, says Fitch Ratings.

An affiliate managing the loan for the reinsurance giant's investment advisory arm will keep a horizontal equity strip of the deal for dual EU/US risk retention compliance.

Insurers are seeing modest gains in market share as banks, facing increased scrutiny from regulators, lightly tap the brakes.

The portfolio includes six loans for office, hotel and multfamily properties; the largest is an office park in Austin Texas' high-tech corridor.