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Loan issuers in the hotel/leisure, oil and gas, retail and business equipment/services industries – which make up nearly a quarter of the S&P/LSTA Leveraged Loan Index – are expected to lead the default tally over the next 12 months, according to a report from S&P.

Loop Capital Markets was lead underwriter and joint bookrunner on an upsized $1.2 billion deal that serves as the first asset-backed market transaction to feature a minority-owned firm as a lead.

Annualized returns have now exceeded double digits for the 10th straight year, despite early 2020 volatility related to the coronavirus pandemic.

Deals, trends and research in structured finance and asset-backed securities for the week of Oct. 23-29

Virani was most recently head of business development for private debt for the Americas and Asia at Partners Group

Four tranches of AAA-rated notes in the $342.2 million JPMorgan Mortgage Trust 2020-8 may utilize a term-SOFR rate should the benchmark improve on the weighted-average coupon of the deal.

Brookfield will securitize part of a $255 million loan that was applied to its purchase of three high-end hotels in Atlanta, Washington, D.C., and San Diego.

The lease/purchase home operator is securitizing a loan with higher debt-service coverage that most prior MBS issues from its trust. It also is providing a geographically diverse mix of homes that make the deal less vulnerable to isolated outbreak hotspots.

Automotive services chain operator Driven Brands is pursuing its next whole-business securitization, despite a recent sales decline among its franchise stores due to slowing economic conditions related to the pandemic.

The company's CEO is confident that its investment portfolio is "well positioned", particularly with the mortgage servicing rights holdings of subsidiary NewRez.

Deals, trends and research in structured finance and asset-backed securities for the week of Oct. 16-22

Like previous deals, the trust will have a revolving pool of assets for up to two years, in which sponsor Cellco Partnership (doing business as Verizon Wireless) can replace paid-off agreements with new agreements that meet minimum pool standard requirements.

According to ratings agency presale reports, Flagship will sell $303 million in bonds from a $314.8 million of loan originations by Flagship as well as its CarFinance.com subsidiary.

The private investment firm is securitizing a $265 million loan backed by fee interests in 58 well-performing properties across 12 states.

Pagaya Investments, which purchases loans from MPL platforms using AI-driven technology, is sponsoring a $423.9 million transaction, according to a ratings agency presale report.

Blackstone Group is sponsoring a $1 billion commercial real estate CLO transaction, backed by a portfolio of pari passu participations in commercial mortgages for primarily lower-grade office, mixed-use and hotel properties.

Moody’s Investors Service sees improved recovery prospects for the U.S. restaurant industry next year, buoyed by projected revenue growth of 15% despite ongoing concerns of the length and impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

Pretium, by taking over Front Yard's 14,000-plus rental properties, will become the second-largest operator of cash-flowing single-family rental housing in the U.S.

Investors continued to tap the COVID-19-driven emergency facility for SBA loan pool purchases, secondary CMBS notes, and private SLABS.

Deals, trends and research in structured finance and asset-backed securities for the week of Oct. 2-8