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The GCAT 2022-INV3 trust will repay issued notes and provide credit enhancement through a senior-subordinate, shifting interest repayment structure.
August 18 -
Some 853 residential mortgages comprise the underlying collateral pool, and they have relatively low original loan-to-value (LTV) ratios, of about 67.7%.
August 17 -
Eleven of the underlying mortgages are portfolio loans, and others are split loans governed by co-lender agreements, KBRA said, amounting to 38.6% of the pool.
August 16 -
Agricultural equipment has a reliable performance track record. The asset class' background, however, appears to be at odds with the it concentration risks.
August 16 -
Notes have junior note subordination as initial hard credit enhancement, a non-declining reserve account, yield supplement overcollateralization and excess spread.
August 15 -
The Goddard schools are franchised, and the company's requirement that owners operate on site results in 82% of franchisees operating just one school.
August 12 -
Angel Oak Capital Advisors and Brightvine collaborated on the deal, which raised $147.5 million noteholders and extended the application beyond mortgages.
August 11 -
As mortgage rates remain elevated, and housing inventory increase, unsupported rapid home price growth could moderate in the second half of 2022.
August 10 -
Previous Evergreen Credit transactions have issued amounts ranging from $428 million to $1,070 billion, while the last two deals issued $535 million each.
August 9 -
Kroll Bond Rating Agency expects to divide the pool into two distinct groupings for ratings purposes, RMBS and CMBS. The RMBS pool is slightly larger.
August 8 -
Mosaic 2022-2 will not include a pre-funding period, and the transaction's collateral pool will be static, and not include a capitalized interest account.
August 5 -
The collateral pool consists of publishing and recording rights on a 950-song catalog from artists such as Justin Timberlake and Nelly Furtado.
August 4 -
Net cash flow had decreased to $144.1 million in 2020, before recovering to $181.3 million in 2021 and $195.9 million for the trailing twelve-month period that ended in May.
August 3 -
Octane is managing increased warehouse financing costs while not recognizing gains on securitization residual sales.
August 2 -
A potential credit drawback on the deal is the mismatch between the fixed rate underlying automobile loans and the SOFR rates to be paid to noteholders.
August 1 -
The deal has a significant concentration of California-based loans, leaving the timely repayment of notes vulnerable to regional economic stresses or natural disasters.
July 29 -
Owing to the revolving pool, Fitch Ratings assigned a base case default ratio of 3.9%, even though the rating agency’s default assumption for the pool was 3.1%.
July 28 -
The OBX 2022-J2 Trust will pay notes from a capital structure that follows a shifting interest structure, and subordinate bonds can receive principal payments.
July 27 -
Hyundai Capital America is seller and servicer on billions of auto ABS sold through the Hyundai Auto Lease Securitization and Hyundai Auto Receivables trusts.
July 27 -
The deal’s average receivables balance, and collateral APR are both higher, but its WA FICO score has slipped, compared with the program’s previous deal.
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