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    CMBS
    ACRES places focus on multifamily properties in next CRE CLO

    According to Moody’s Investors Service, nearly 73% of the 33-obligor pool for ACRES Commercial Realty 2021-FL1 are apartment buildings that lack current revenue streams due to property rehabilitation efforts or being under transition.

    By Glen Fest
    May 4
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    Marketplace lending
    Fitch: Possible 2H21 reckoning for MPLs after government stimulus ends

    Defaults and delinquencies are below pre-pandemic levels for online consumer loans held in securitization pools, but Fitch is concerned normalization may be shortlived as expanded unemployment benefits and other stimulus support programs draw to a close.

    By Glen Fest
    May 4
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    ABS
    CIBC launches US$539M securitization of credit-card receivables

    The deal is CIBC's third series from the CARDS II master trust, and the second to issue U.S.-dollar denominated bonds.

    By Glen Fest
    May 3
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    MBS
    Redwood Trust reduces self-employed numbers in latest prime jumbo pool

    The 18.3% self-employment percentage of borrowers is below the combined 2020 and year-to-date 2021 average prime RMBS level of 19.3%, according to a presale report from Kroll Bond Rating Agency.

    By Glen Fest
    April 30
  • ABS
    Wisconsin utility to recoup environmental-control costs through ABS

    Wisconsin Electric Power Co. will assign receivables from EC costs levied on monthly customer bill payments. The securitization strategy is expected to save ratepayers $41 million over traditional rate-based financing.

    By Glen Fest
    April 30
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    ABS
    Authority Brands debuts whole-biz ABS platform with $475M issuance

    The operator of 10 home-services brands is refinancing existing company debt with the securitization, according to KBRA.

    By Glen Fest
    April 29
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    Auto industry
    Extension rates for auto loans in Reg AB II deals continue declining

    But the rate for those loan-payment deferrals remains elevated over pre-pandemic levels.

    By Glen Fest
    April 28
  • CLOs
    Fitch: MM CLOs show improvements in default, 'CCC' exposure

    Outstanding middle-market U.S. collateralized loan obligations in the first quarter had a significantly reduced concentration of near-default loans being held in portfolios compared to year-end 2020

    By Glen Fest
    April 28
  • CMBS
    Extra Space portfolio highlights $817M Morgan Stanley CMBS

    A new commercial-mortgage loan for seven facilities operated by the self-storage REIT is the largest of 41 loans in the conduit deal.

    By Glen Fest
    April 27
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    Marketplace lending
    Oportun's next ABS deal to include loans via MetaBank partnership

    The subprime consumer lender will also collateralize loans from its newly launched secured-loan platform in its second securitization of 2021.

    By Glen Fest
    April 26
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    Leveraged loans
    Fitch, S&P lower loan-default forecasts as economic tailwinds improve

    Both agencies cited the increasingly sunny economic outlook driven by the reach of COVID-19 vaccination efforts.

    By Glen Fest
    April 26
  • Subprime lending
    Subprime auto lender Crédito Real debuts new securitization platform

    Crédito Real targets borrowers with little or no credit history as well as bad credit, who are undocumented or were recently discharged from federal bankruptcies.

    By Glen Fest
    April 19
  • ABS
    Weekly Wrap: KBRA places aviation ABS notes under downgrade watch

    Deals, trends and research in structured finance and asset-backed securities for the week of April 9-16

    By Glen Fest
    April 15
  • Prime auto ABS
    Hyundai improves credit metrics in its first 2021 prime-auto ABS deal

    The $1.28 billion securitization includes a collateral pool with a higher WA FICO, lower LTV and shorter original terms that its previous loan ABS deal issued last October.

    By Glen Fest
    April 15
  • RMBS
    National Mortgage debuts MI-linked credit-risk transfer platform

    Oaktree Re VI 2021-1 will market $531 million in CRT notes that will provide NMI with partial reinsurance on a $45B pool of GSE-eligible loans.

    By Glen Fest
    April 14
  • CLOs
    Fitch reports improved credit metrics for CLOs in 1Q

    Fewer obligors with troubled loans improved default exposure for managers of broadly syndicated CLOs, and provided deeper cushions for overcollateralization tests.

    By Glen Fest
    April 14
  • CMBS
    Facebook's VR site highlights pool assets in $1.2B Goldman CMBS

    The conduit transaction will carry a $120 million portion of a $750 million debt financing package for Facebook's newly built Oculus R&D center near San Francisco.

    By Glen Fest
    April 13
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    Auto ABS
    Byrider leads a parade of April subprime auto ABS deals

    Also launching deals last week were Santander Consumer USA and DriveTime Automotive Group, according to ratings agency presale reports.

    By Glen Fest
    April 12
  • MBS
    Bayview introduces expanded prime jumbo platform via $385.9M MBS deal

    The inaugural securitization includes 447 30-year loans with average balances of $863,206.

    By Glen Fest
    April 12
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    ABS
    CarMax ponders another upsizing in next billion-dollar auto-loan ABS

    The $1.15 billion CarMax Auto Owner Trust 2021-2 could potentially be upsized to $1.56 billion, according to presale reports from Fitch Ratings and S&P Global Ratings. CarMax upsized its first deal of the year that priced in January.

    By Glen Fest
    April 9
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  • Apollo Global Management
    Apollo private credit fund looks to go on offense with new CLO

    With credit spreads widening, Apollo Debt Solutions, or ADS, obtained a $500 million credit line that it can use to snap up more loans at an opportune time.

    March 27
  • RMBS
    Mortgage pool attached to Deephaven secures $296.2 million in RMBS

    Full documentation was only applied to 2.6% of the underlying pool of mortgages. Debt-to-income, however, was 23.3% when it was applied.

    By Donna M. Mitchell
    March 26
  • Secondary markets
    Fannie, Freddie owe taxpayers for their guarantee

    New questions about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's guarantee by experts who saw conservatorship start points to tensions in a stalled secondary offering.

    By Bonnie Sinnock
    March 26
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