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Glen Fest

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  • ASR_PACE1115
    Morningstar
    Investor demand grows with third Ygrene PACE securitization

    A company official says Ygrene's $280.4 million GoodGreen 2017-2 was more than two times oversubscribed with a lowest-ever coupon for a property assessed clean energy deal.

    By Glen Fest
    November 16
  • ASR_Benefitstreet1114
    CRE
    Benefit Street Partners returns with $440.7M CRE CLO

    Benefit Street Partners is securitizing 20 short-term commercial real estate loans it originated or acquired for transitional properties currently with unstable cash flow.

    By Glen Fest
    November 15
  • ASR_Ally1113
    Auto ABS
    Ally's new auto ABS platform launches with bottom-rung IG rating

    Juniper Receiveables DAC, a new offshore shelf for Ally U.S. auto-loan receivables, has received an early 'Baa3' rating from Moody's Investors Service on its initial $530 million issuance.

    By Glen Fest
    November 14
  • ASR_StateFarm1113
    CMBS
    Credit Suisse's next conduit has heavy exposure to single-tenant properties

    The largest loan is for the first phase of State Farm’s two-year-old Park Center Phase 1 office tower complex that the firm constructed in Dunwoody, Ga.

    By Glen Fest
    November 14
  • ASR_Wells1113
    CMBS
    Wells readies CMBS conduit pooling smaller commercial mortgages

    The $785 million transaction, 2017-C41, is backed by a pool of 52 loans with an average balance of just $15.1 million, according to Kroll Bond Rating Agency; retail, hotel and office properties dominate the mix.

    By Glen Fest
    November 14
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    Auto ABS
    Subprime auto lender's debut ABS backed by very high-mileage cars

    Nearly one-third of the vehicles in CIG Financial's $172 million transaction have mileage above 100,000; the highest-mileage car financed has 197,387.

    By Glen Fest
    November 13
  • ASR_CLO1110
    CLOs
    CLO Roundup: Minimal impact seen from TransDigm loan repricing

    The aerospace components manufacturer, one of the largest-held obligors in U.S. CLOs, is consolidating loans and tightening coupon spreads from 300 to 275 basis points over Libor.

    By Glen Fest
    November 10
  • ASR_Ally1109
    Auto ABS
    Ally Financial's next auto loan ABS sized at just $560M

    That's only half as large as the lender's four previous deals, which ranged from $1.02 billion and $1.12 billion; company executives recently touted a shift toward more financing from deposits.

    By Glen Fest
    November 9
  • ASR_Ford1109
    Auto ABS
    Trucks take the wheel in Ford's new vehicle loan ABS

    Over 80% of collateral for the $2 billion transaction consists of trucks, SUVs and crossovers; the deal is also the largest that the captive finance company has sponsored in the last three years.

    By Glen Fest
    November 9
  • ASR_MassMutual1108
    Esoteric ABS
    MassMutual pursues follow-up $801.5m equipment finance ABS

    For the first time in five years, MassMutual has a second securitization within a calendar year backed by loans and leases to large corporates, including federal government agencies.

    By Glen Fest
    November 8
  • ASR_lendmark21108
    Consumer lending
    Lendmark goes bottom feeding in second 2017 consumer loan ABS

    The company increased the concentration of sub-550 Beacon score borrowers to more than 13%, and cut the share of prime 700-plus loans by more than two-thirds from its prior deal.

    By Glen Fest
    November 8
  • ASR_clo1107
    CLOs
    Brisk October sees CLO spreads tighten despite near-record issuance

    Deal volume of $95 billion through 10 months is at a pace that would make 2017 the second-busiest year for post-crisis CLO issuance; AAA spreads, meanwhile, have reached three-year tights.

    By Glen Fest
    November 7
  • ASR_irish1106
    Mortgages
    Oaktree unit securitizing €542.4M in non-performing Irish mortgages

    The loans are part of a €1.8 billion bad-loan purchase that Mars Capital, an Oaktree "vulture fund," made of high-risk mortgages from Irish banking authorities in 2014.

    By Glen Fest
    November 6
  • ASR_MBA1106
    Student loan ABS
    DRB plans 10th ABS secured by professional student loan refis

    The $300.3 million deal will include both senior and senior-surbordinate notes secured by both floating-rate and fixed-rate loans.

    By Glen Fest
    November 6
  • ASR_metlife1027
    RMBS
    MetLife's first reperforming RMBS backed by pristine recoveries

    Fitch expects cumulative net losses to reach 15% over the life of the deal ... half that of other RPL issuers.

    By Glen Fest
    October 27
  • ASR_wintrob21027
    Asset management
    Oaktree plans methodical cleanup of Fifth Street BDCs

    The unwinding and rebuilding of the struggling portfolios of Fifth Street's business development companies could take two to three years, Oaktree management stated in an earnings call Thursday.

    By Glen Fest
    October 27
  • ASR_1026Bayview
    RMBS
    Bayview tees up sixth reperforming RMBS of the year

    The deal, known as Bayview Opportunity Master Fund IVb Trust 2017-RT6, pools 2,745 current loans, of which nearly 58% have been clean for at least two years, and 55.2% have been modified.

    By Glen Fest
    October 26
  • ASR_Neuberger1025
    CLOs
    Neuberger Berman marketing third 2017 CLO in $561.3m deal

    Neuberger Berman Loan Advisors CLO 26 builds the Dallas-based manager's assets under management to $5.5 billion.

    By Glen Fest
    October 25
  • ASR_1024gm
    Auto ABS
    GM Financial sees more "headwinds" from residual values

    The captive finance arm of General Motors has been pulling back on leasing, but it still expects to be negatively impacted by falling used car prices for the remainder of the year.

    By Glen Fest
    October 24
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    Court cases
    U.S. Appeals Court limits cramdowns on secured creditors

    The U.S. Second Circuit ruled that Momentive Performance Materials should use what's known a a "market rates" formula to determine the appropriate payout for a series of replacement notes issued to bondholders.

    By Glen Fest
    October 23
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    FHA speeds up end to pandemic mortgage relief

    The Federal Housing Administration has accelerated the timeline and will make the wait time for repeat home retention requests longer than originally planned.

    By Bonnie Sinnock
    April 16
  • Earnings
    Why Citizens is selling its student loans

    The regional bank is offloading a $1.9 billion student loan portfolio in order to focus on its relationships with existing customers, said CEO Bruce Van Saun.

    By Nathan Place
    April 16
  • Portfolio managers say ongoing uncertainty eclipses credit outlook

    Credit portfolio managers continue to expect rising global corporate and consumer defaults and recession risk.

    By Robin Arnfield
    April 16
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