Donna M. Mitchell is a financial journalist based in the New York metro area with expertise covering structured finance, commercial real estate, and wealth management. Her work has appeared in Forbes, Next Avenue, Financial Planning and National Real Estate Investor.
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The restoration and reconstruction services industry is expected to grow steadily at about 4% annually over the next several years, partly due to extreme weather events.
January 18 -
One potentially positive aspect of the transaction is that Foursight is a wholly owned subsidiary of Jefferies, a well-capitalized parent.
January 14 -
The SEC claims Morningstar put investors at a risk when rating $30 billion in CMBS deals from 2015-2016. Morningstar defends its integrity and independence.
January 13 -
Sodaski, who previously worked at Credit Suisse for more than 20 years, will lead MUFG’s investment-grade sales strategy across the U.S.
January 12 -
Initial overcollateralization is 15%, with a build up to a target equal to the minimum of 21.5% of the current pool balance, and 16.5% of the initial pool balance.
January 12 -
LPPT 2022-ST1 has a gross excess spread, of about 18.2%, based on an average contract rate of 21.7%, minus 1% servicing fee, and an assumed WA coupon of 2.5%.
January 11 -
Potters, who has headed CMBS businesses at SocGen and Merrill Lynch, will focus on digital and automated commercial real estate loan securitizations.
January 10 -
The main risk to the repayment of notes is that Hertz will not be able to recoup enough funds, through used vehicle sales, to fund the payments to bondholders.
January 10 -
Neighborly Issuer’s transaction structure incorporates several features to benefit the notes should payments fall below established debt service coverage ratio (DSCR) thresholds.
January 7 -
While the mix of vehicle types in GMF originations is shifting, Chevrolet remains the top vehicle make in the 2022-1 deal, comprising about 57.5% of the pool.
January 6 -
Boulmetis will deliver MUFG’s capital markets capabilities to investment-grade debt issuers, and lead coverage of its roster of financial institutions clients.
January 6 -
First-lien, agency-eligible mortgages secure the notes in the deal, which will issue notes through a senior-subordinate and shifting interest structure.
January 5 -
Even among the non-QM loans in the reference pool, pegged to the SOFR, most of their characteristics fall in line with what is considered prime.
January 3 -
Fitch Ratings affirmed classes on five transactions, and upgraded class B notes on one deal, citing strong performances, plus upgraded B notes on a 2004 transaction.
December 22 -
ABS experts discussed new avenues for growth, and hindrances to innovation at the IMN ABS East conference in Miami.
December 22 -
Key retail vacancies, a drop in office occupancies, plus a combination of lower oil prices, a housing market oversupply — worsened by the coronavirus pandemic — caused loan-level performance issues.
December 21 -
The Morgan Mortgage Trust platform has had a SOFR tranche on every previous 2021 deal, generally pricing with a spread of about 95 basis points over SOFR.
December 21 -
Several Milbank associates made a trail for Dechert, as Hood and Muller’s additions followed the recent onboarding of partner Jon Burke, also formerly of Milbank.
December 20 -
Deerpath’s average portfolio turnover rate of 37.8% over the past 12 months was higher than the 25.3% of all CLO 2.0 transactions.
December 20 -
Classic rock, country and pop make up the top 25 songs from the 52 sub-catalogs that will secure the $303 million in asset-backed securities.
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