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

The FFELP loans carry a minimum 97% guarantee of principal and interest from the U.S. Department of Education.

The two buildings included in the single-borrower transaction were both 94.8% leased as of February 2021.

Horizon Land Co. is securitizing a $488 million single-asset, single-borrower loan that will fund its purchase of 93 rent-site communities in the Midwest and Southwest regions.

Deals, trends and research in structured finance and asset-backed securities for the week of March 26-April 1

The deal will be Ford's 14th securitization from its FordREV shelf, which has eight outstanding deals that remain in their revolving periods.

The compact-tractor manufacturer is supporting its first 2021 securitization with 4.75% CE, after two previous deals were closed with 5.5% enhancement levels to account for potential COVID-19 macroeconomic disruption.

A continuing macroeconomic recovery fueled by the federal government's stimulus payments to consumers has benefited GMF as well.

A white paper released Monday by the Alternative Reference Rates Committee outlined how issuers could (and perhaps should) model new floating-rate transactions using a compounded version of the interbank overnight rate instead of Libor.

The 2021 deal tally is split between $37 billion in new-issue transactions along with $68 billion in refis/resets, according to S&P Global Ratings.