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The sponsor, owned by Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies and a majority-owned affiliate of BREDS IV Residential Holdco, will retain a residual interest.
February 9 -
Hi-Fi Music 2022-1 has several credit enhancement features, including an interest reserve account that is initially funded and sized to cover 12 months of interest.
February 7 -
Craske will advise banks, originators and other financial institutions on a range of ABS, including auto loans and leases, trade receivables and insurance premium loans.
February 4 -
AOMT 2022-1’s waterfall payment structure allows for sequential principal distribution to all of the certificates at all times, including A-1 through A-3.
February 4 -
Marlette Funding will pay bondholders sequentially. Also, the transaction is structured to de-lever, so the level of credit enhancement will increase over time.
February 3 -
The collateral pool is comprised of receivables assets based in Japan, and several classes of the transaction will issue dollar-denominated notes.
February 2 -
If the minimum CE test or the delinquency test is not satisfied, then 100% of the scheduled and unscheduled principal will be allocated to the senior tranche.
February 1 -
Series 2022-1 is under the structure of a master trust, and can issue additional notes. Class A notes will amortize to an LTV ratio of about 71.0%, in about seven years.
January 31 -
RAC Asset Holdings, a related entity, has been purchasing older vehicles with more mileage, and spent more on reconditioning, to make up for the squeeze on supply of vehicles.
January 28 -
Store counts and systemwide sales could expand further, and soon; in December 2021 the company announced its intentions to acquire Del Taco for $575 million.
January 27 -
Bonds tumbled across the world on Thursday after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s latest hawkish pivot, with yields from Wellington to London breaching multi-year highs.
January 27 -
Pagaya AI Debt Trust, 2022-1, or PAID 2022-1, will be Pagaya Structure’s first publicly rated securitization.
January 26 -
Performing and re-performing loans are in the pool, as well as fixed, adjustable-rate and step-rate loans, and fully-amortizing balloon and interest-only mortgages.
January 26 -
In a transaction that is expandable, Kapitus Asset Securitization will be able to periodically issue additional notes up to a maximum of $600 million.
January 25 -
Collateral characteristics are slightly weaker than previous deals, due to a higher proportion of loans underwritten to alternative income documentation.
January 25 -
Office properties account for 60.8% of the pool, above the 41.2% average for 2020 deals, and above the 36.5% average for 2021.
January 24 -
The prefunding period ends 90 days after the expected closing date, December 4, at which point the collateral balance could be approximately $366 million.
January 21 -
The collateral of CPSART 2022-A reflects key changes including a decrease in the percentage of called collateral, and a drop in the months of seasoning on the notes.
January 21 -
Part of the proceeds will be used to help fund Planet Fitness’ acquisition Sunshine Fitness Growth Holdings, which owns 114 franchise locations.
January 20 -
In addition to being almost entirely composed of investment-purpose mortgages, about 100% of the pool’s 2,175 mortgages are agency eligible.
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