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Veros is based in California but recently expanded on the East Coast, resulting in a dip in credit performance; Kroll capped its rating in the senior notes of the $165 million deal at single A.

After issuing only a single prime auto lease securitization in 2016, Ford Motor Credit's trust has returned to its traditional twice-annual schedule it followed from 2010-2015.

Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust has just 3.3% of the pool comprised of manufacturer subsidized loans, down from 9.9% in Ally's prior CARAT deal in July 2016.

Four new CLOs have been priced in the last week inside of 120 basis points over Libor, a rarely breached floor for most of 2017.

The IACPM's quarterly survey indicates an even split among credit portfolio managers on North American credit spreads in both investment-grade and high-yield assets.

Fitch and KBRA have slightly lower estimates for cumulative net losses for 2017-3, allowing the marketplace lender to offer slightly lower credit enhancement on the senior notes; concerns remain about poorly performing legacy loans.

Coping with merging two securitization platforms and the integration of GE Capital's former fleet lease and management business, the Canadian lessor has seen 30-plus and 60-plus delinquencies more than triple.

More than 90% of the collateral for Ford Credit Canada's CAN$614M transaction is popular light-duty trucks that have propelled the automaker's leading 15.5% domestic market share.

The $605.5 million transaction is notable for its exposure to turboprops, which are noisy and uncomfortable, but can be more fuel efficient on shorter flights, and to emerging markets.

CarMax, BMW, Santander and Credit Acceptance Corp. all launched deals Thursday; they add to the $35 billion in prime auto, $12.31 billion in prime lease, and $19.4 billion in subprime auto loan ABS so far this year.

Issuing bonds backed by credit-card receivables was formerly a bi-annual occurance for First National Bank of Omaha. This year, FNBO has served up a pair of transactions of its direct-issue and co-branded cards.

Over 80% of the cars are diesel-engine vehicles, bringing potential volatility to the portfolio cash flows given the public debate over potential panning such cars in several European urban centers.

The deal does not even merit a BBB-plus, according to Fitch, which cites insufficient credit enhancement, exposure to high-risk obligors, and the servicer's lack of experience.

A wave of corporate loan refinancings is putting collateralized loan obligations afoul of a covenant designed to safeguard their own investors.

HPS Investment Partners is adding a new name to one of its legacy Highbridge CLOs, as well as piling on extensive changes to note structure, deal terms and restrictions on some higher-risk assets.

Just $7.6 billion of deals were refinanced or reset in September, bringing the total for the third quarter to $27.2 billion, far short of the pace of the first half, when approximately $138 billion was reworked.

Belmont Green Finance, which began originating loans in late 2016, has gathered up its first round of originations through 3Q2017 in a transaction that will issue up to £230.6 million in notes.

The new master-trust issuance of Visa and Mastercard receivables from accounts originated and serviced by the lender builds the year's bank-card ABS volume to nearly $38 billion.

After downgrading Deutsche's issuer default ratings last week, the rating agency now wants the German lender to post additional collateral to be considered an eligible swaps counterparty.

The French specialty lender, owned by a consortium of mutual insurers, is pooling over 54,000 loans it originated and services for clients of its shareholders.