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Karsten Giesecke and Michael Karol join Morriello to represent clients such as lenders and private equity funds in transactions including RMBS, CMBS, franchise loans and esoteric assets.
October 17 -
Ford Credit Floorplan pays a fixed rate to ABS investors, while the dealers' assets pay a rate pegged to the flexible prime rate, so there is the potential of eroding excess spread.
October 17 -
AmWest originated the mortgages and services them, and all the loans included in the pool underwent third-party due diligence reviews by three active firms.
October 16 -
Adam Piekarski, founder, leads initial senior members Kory Klebanoff and Urian Yap, partners, to commit $1.8 billion across the firm's investment strategies.
October 15 -
The deal involves a two-year revolving period, and during that time principal proceeds can be reinvested into newly originated collateral.
October 15 -
Credit enhancement builds over time and includes non-declining overcollateralization at 5.00% of the initial adjusted pool balance, and a reserve fund that represents 0.25%.
October 14 -
Subordination and a reserve account are among the protections on notes supported by subprime loans on primarily used vehicles.
October 10 -
Revenue from 1,449 restaurant locations in 26 states, secured notes from Cajun Global, which primarily, gets its cash flows from top-line royalty payments from the system's franchise locations.
October 9 -
But the 12-month view is different, as a significant portion of those polled see more North American corporate defaults. Commercial real estate seems to have recovered some confidence.
October 9 -
DB Master Finance has a high leverage level, but a high corporate profile and amortization triggers mitigate risks stemming from that.
October 8 -
The class A notes, which KBRA assigns a AAA rating, and which have the bulk of the outstanding note balance, $259.3 million, benefits from an enhancement level of 61.10%.
October 7 -
The structure includes cash trap and sweep conditions, plus subordination that helps ensure cashflow to the notes.
October 7 -
Rithm Capital, a real estate investment trust, is sponsoring the deal, in which property focused investor loans represent 32.60% of the collateral pool.
October 6 -
The membership also claims a large wallet share of borrowers' financial services business, which supports a strong direct auto lending credit profile.
October 3 -
A big part of the outreach is to clearly distinguish Regulation AB asset-backed securities from Exchange Act ABS, especially as new issuers and investors enter the market.
October 2 -
As the deal's servicer, GLS is considered less able to mitigate non-collateral risks on behalf of securitization bondholders, it is still experienced, with more than 35 ABS deals.
October 1 -
Almost all the mortgages were written through alternative income documentation, primarily for investment properties, and the entire pool benefits from third-party due diligence.
September 30 -
Performance in recent vintages of Tesla leases, specifically 2024, had weakened recently, leading to increased credit loss expectation for the deal by 0.75%.
September 29 -
A significant percentage of the Barclays Dryrock accounts, about 74.2%, were co-branded with 13 different partner credit card accounts.
September 26 -
Credit performance in Ford's managed portfolio normalized recently, with June 2025, delinquencies reaching 1.38%. That was higher than 1.19% from a year prior, but lower than 1.62% at yearend 2019.
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