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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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.
December 16 -
Under Home Partners Holdings’ right to purchase (RTP) program, RTP prices exceed purchase valuations by about $33.2 million, and on 817 properties.
December 15 -
The AOMT 2021-8 waterfall will distribute principal to A-1 through A-3 certificates at all times, and notes are taking a Fitch haircut amid inflated home values.
December 14 -
Founded in the wake of the global financial crisis, KBRA has issued more than 51,000 ratings representing almost $3 trillion in rated issuance since 2010.
December 13 -
Allman will oversee a team of seven analysts, and lead the effort to originate private credit opportunities working alongside Michael Meyer.
December 13 -
Prospects that inflation will be held in check may weigh against the need for the Fed to speed up the process of policy tightening.
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