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The ratings agency reports that the MPL industry might reckon with a potential spike in defaults as borrowers are rolled out of two- and three-month COVID-19 hardship programs.

Both Moody's and DBRS Morningstar project elevated credit-loss levels for the auto lender, compared to prior deals, due to COVID-19 uncertainties

Deals, trends and research in structured finance and asset-backed securities for the week of Aug. 28-Sept.3

The captive-finance arm of General Motors is the first automotive lender this year to launch a securitization to finance inventories as dealerships rebound from COVID-19-related economic stresses.

The share of 78-month loans is at 14.9%, compared to approximately 10% in World Omni's previous issuance from its subprime/nonprime shelf.

The Dallas-based chain was forced to advance additional principal payments on its asset-backed notes after trailing 12-month sales fell below $1.5B.

Arch's second CRT transaction this year to obtain indemnity reinsurance for mortgage-insurance premiums comes at a time it is also experiencing rising 60-plus-day delinquencies on its outstanding securitized pools.

Although the 3.41% forbearance rate is down from two prior Navient refi deals, it remains far above what has been the low historical payment deferral and workout rate for its refinancing program for advanced-degree professionals.

Three non-QM deal issuers in August report varying levels of progress in moving borrowers from expired forbearance programs.

The $300 million transaction would be the fourth deal to price since early August, following more than a year's absence of activity in global shipping container securitizations.

The transaction is the first in two years for MidCap, which provides startup and expansion financing for biosciences/healthcare and technology firms backed by VC and private equity.

Stack Infrastructure has raised nearly $1.4B in the ABS market since last year to construct and manage build-to-suit "hyperscale" data centers, reportedly for tech giants like Amazon, Apple, Google and Microsoft.

JPMorgan Chase, which has an $18.4B prime auto-loan portfolio, has not ventured into the securitization market with publicly rated auto-loan collateral since 2006, according to ratings agency reports.

The 30 loans secured by 146 properties in DBJPM 2020-C9 have lower-than-average loan-to-value ratios than recent bond offerings backed by commercial-mortgage securitizations of multiple properties.

For the second consecutive month, the average extension rate in June for troubled loans due to pandemic-related stresses on borrowers shrank in both prime and subprime loan sectors.

Brookfield Property Partners, in a JV with Qatar's sovereign wealth fund, is securitizing a commercial mortgage for the newly constructed, 70-story tower near New York's revitalized Hudson Yards district.

A pioneer in the commercial mortgage-backed securities market argues the HOPE Act would bail out savvy investors who don't deserve it. Barclays predicts that kind of attitude will make passage difficult.

Seven-year loans make up over 10% of the latest pool of originations from Santander's Chrysler Capital division, nearly a tenfold increase from the prior issuance from the shelf.

Merit Hill, a Brooklyn real estate investment firm, is sponsoring its first MBS offering secured by 78 self-storage units in 23 states.

The $500 million OneMain Financial Issuance Trust 2020-2 has triple-A senior-note ratings from three agencies, even as the economic upheaval of the coronavirus pandemic has prompted particular concerns about the risks in the lender’s key market of unsecured, subprime consumer loans.