Raising capital has been tough for community banks ever since the financial crisis, especially the smallest ones. But a few investment firms have developed structured products that offer community banks a chance to band together to raise needed Tier 1 capital at relatively low cost.
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DBRS assigned AAA ratings to 109.3 million ($120.9 million) of notes issued from RCI Banques Cars Alliance Auto Loans France Master.
February 25 -
The go-go days of marketplace lending have screeched to a halt in recent weeks, as anxiety spreads among the big-money investors who fueled the sector's rapid growth.
February 25
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A pair of private student loan securitizations featuring pools with high-end borrowers in the post-graduate medical, legal and professional fields went to market on Wednesday.
February 25 -
The market for commercial mortgage bonds is becoming fragile, even before new regulations take effect that will drive up the cost of borrowing, a trade group warned Thursday.
February 24 -
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Moodys Investors Services ranking of the top 10 managers of collateralized loan obligations at year-end 2015 was largely unchanged from mid-year, both in terms of deal count or AUM. But the biggest players collectively lost some market share to their mid-sized brethren.
February 24 -
More borrowers with spotty credit are failing to make monthly car payments on time, a troubling sign for investors who have snapped up billions of dollars of securities backed by risky auto debt.
February 24 -
The Fitch European Auto ABS delinquency indices for both early (30+ days) and late (60+) delinquencies fell to 0.69% and 0.34% respectively, the lowest point in the last 11 years for each.
February 24 -
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman has hired aviation finance expert Jonathan Goldstein as a partner to lead its high-end transportation and structured financing practice in its New York office.
February 24
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The notes are backed by 1,085 mortgage assets with a balance of $302,891,615. Some are from a unrated deal completed in 2014 that Nationstar recently called. All are insured by the Federal Housing Administration.
February 23 -
Well, something has to. For proponents of modernization and greater efficiency in the syndicated loan, bond, swaps, and private placement markets, its well past time to put investors, banks, brokers and borrowers on the same technological page.
February 23
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The terms "peer-to-peer" and "marketplace" lending are often used interchangeably to define all manner of loans made through the Internet. The reality, though, is that aside from lacking storefronts, the many firms now operating in this arena have little in common with one another. Here's a guide to help tell them apart.
February 23
