Allison Bisbey

The transaction is backed by 6,857 loans with a total balance of $835 million, or roughly 13% of the $6.4 billion of commercial vehicle and equipment loans in Mercedes-Benz Financial Services USA.

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.

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.

Commercial banks typically compete with CMBS, but this Delaware state chartered bank is securitizing 30 floating-rate loans secured by 35 apartment complexes, retail and office buildings.

The fintech lender's latest offering of $234 million bonds were priced at a 27-basis-point improvement from its previous deal; cheaper funding will allow it to better compete for borrowers in a rising rate environment.

Essent Guaranty is marketing $360.75 million of notes linked to the performance of a pool of residential mortgages that it insures; its following in the footsteps of Arch Capital.

Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos says the companies hired by the government to service its own loans should only be subject to federal oversight.

Over 40% of the collateral is from two 2016-vintage transactions that were recently "collapsed" because proceeds from liquidations had slowed. Then there's the exposure to Puerto Rico.

The pool of 41 mid-life aircraft backing Sapphire I has a weighted average age of 12 years and is "largely liquid," according to Fitch Ratings, and there does not appear to be any sort of negative asset selection.