Lawrence Berkovich joins as a partner from a nearly two-year stint at Ashurst; he follows in the footsteps of five other A&O finance practice partners who left Ashurst's NY office last year.

Auto, personal and credit card originations have fallen as delinquencies have risen, but researchers called the slowdown a temporary rebalancing by lenders.

Although challenges have accelerated for certain segments of the U.S. retail industry, the exposure to troubled retail in U.S. structured finance sectors is limited, posing small-to-modest risks for some asset classes.

Last-minute revisions to European securitization regulation are raising concerns about the ability of banks to unload over €1 trillion of bad loans – considered a crucial step in boosting lending and jump-starting the region’s flagging economy.

Balances 90 days past due are noticeably higher in 2017, new N.Y. Fed data shows. Though the trend has a lot to do with positives like economic expansion and easier access to credit, officials say it deserves careful attention.

A $507.6 million first mortgage on the Hotel del Coronado, a 130-year-old landmark with 1,400 linear feet of direct ocean frontage, is being securitized in BBCMS 2017-DELC. Barclays is the loan seller.

Payday lenders and arbitration supporters are claiming the CFPB has met more often with consumer groups than industry, laying the groundwork for likely lawsuits on key rules.

Boston Properties and the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association are refinancing the property, which occupies an entire block in the city's media and entertainment district.

The shipping container lease company is marketing $350 million of notes backed by its largest-ever portfolio of dry bulk container lease receivables.

Prestige's $335.2m portfolio is the first of the year for the Utah lender specializing in funding buyers emerging from bankruptcy. Flagship is selling $223m in notes backed by loans to deep subprime customers.

Average FICOs are declining in both lenders' pools, and Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp. is including more borrowers with sub-700 scores in its prime portfolio than in three prior auto-loan securitizations.

The real estate investment trust acquired or aggregated $4.7B in prime jumbo loans in 2016, and has fed the securitization market with six deals this year with a collective pool balance of $2.22B.