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Verizon Wireless' sixth overall securitization of device-payment plans includes more subprime borrowers, but delinquencies remain low in its managed portfolio.
By Glen FestFebruary 27 -
Golub Capital Partners' first CLO of 2018 is pooling small and medium-size enterprise loans into a $903.8 million portfolio, more than twice the size of its previous middle-market CLO.
By Glen FestFebruary 25 -
GoldenTree's dual-market CLO manager affiliate is launching its first European CLO after debuting with two U.S. deals totaling more than $1.4 billion in 2017.
By Glen FestFebruary 23 -
In January, the closed end fund put $36.6 million to work acquiring the most subordinate securities issued by several CLOs, following the $52.6 million it spent in the fourth quarter.
By Glen FestFebruary 23 -
Despite the bankruptcy of its second-largest retail client, Comenity Bank is upsizing the first private-label card securitization of the year to $591 million.
By Glen FestFebruary 22 -
The $410 million Ares XXXVIII CLO was the first U.S. collateralized loan obligation to reset, reprice or be issued since Angelo Gordon completed its Northwoods Capital XVI transaction on Feb. 15.
By Glen FestFebruary 21 -
The No. 5 global shipping container lessor is marketing $250M in bonds backed by $573.2M in marine cargo ship containers. The portfolio has an unusually high concentration of dry containers.
By Glen FestFebruary 20 -
KKR is resetting a 2012-vintage deal for the second time; it now has a reinvestment period of just 1.8 years compared with the more typical four or five years.
By Glen FestFebruary 20 -
Nissan’s deal is backed by loans and will be sized at $1 billion or $1.3 billion, depending on demand. Hyundai Capital’s $1 billion transaction is backed by leases ranging from 24 to 48 months.
By Glen FestFebruary 16 -
The all-senior note structure is backed by $812 million in loans, and supported by low 3.5% credit enhancement based on low historical loss rates of John Deere securitizations.
By Glen FestFebruary 15 -
For the fifth time since early 2016, American Honda Finance is hedging on oversubscribed demand for its prime-loan receivables-backed notes with a potential upsizing.
By Glen FestFebruary 15 -
Onex reset a deal, agreeing to a higher coupon on the AAA-rated senior notes, in order to gain a five-year reinvestment period extension; it substantially narrowed spreads on subordinate notes.
By Glen FestFebruary 15 -
It will use proceeds from the issuance of $640 million of bonds backed by wireless tower leases to help repay two deals totaling $755 million that were issued in 2013.
By Glen FestFebruary 13 -
Eliminating the requirement that CLO managers keep skin in the game of deals should boost issuance, but this could result in weaker credit quality of collateral as competition for loans increases.
By Glen FestFebruary 13 -
The transaction is backed by nearly three times as many Audi, Volkswagen and Skoda as VW's previous UK auto-loan ABS; it also features a longer revolving period.
By Glen FestFebruary 12 -
Nearly 52% of the pool in the captive-finance company's first 2018 vehicle-lease securitization involves contracts for popular crossover models like the Chevrolet Equinox, the GMC Acadia and Cadillac XT5.
By Glen FestFebruary 12 -
A three-judge panel for the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has sided with the LSTA in its lawsuit seeking to reverse rules requiring CLO managers to hold "skin in the game" under Dodd-Frank.
By Glen FestFebruary 9 -
The three offerings push the first-quarter volume of subprime auto loan asset-backeds past $5 billion, an indication of unwavering demand for the risky asset class.
By Glen FestFebruary 9 -
Players as small as Oxford Lane and as large as the Carlyle Group have money to put to work funding risk retention and investing opportunistically; trends could attract more first-time managers.
By Glen FestFebruary 8 -
The deal is backed by an unusually concentrated portfolio of just 19 loans on properties being rehabbed or converted to a new use; by property type, the biggest exposure is to hospitality, at 19.7%.
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