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  • ASR_grandcanal0725
    CMBS
    Another conduit pool gets a slice of $1B Grand Canal Shoppes loan

    The $50.4 million participation is the largest loan in UBS' next $807.3 million commercial mortgage securitization.

    By Glen Fest
    October 15
  • ASR_AUSRMBS1015
    RMBS
    Australian affordable-housing lender taps U.S. RMBS market

    RESIMAC Bastille Trust RESIMAC Series 2019-1NC is an Australian-dollar (AUD) $1 billion transaction (approximately US$674.5 million) that will feature a US$250 million Class A-1 tranche of notes, according to Fitch.

    By Glen Fest
    October 15
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    Seraph Aviation markets debut $726M aircraft-lease ABS

    Raptor Aircraft Finance I Ltd. is a transaction backed by a portfolio of 16 narrow-body and three wide-body aircraft – all of which are relatively young planes with an average age of 3.92 years.

    By Glen Fest
    October 15
  • Freddie Mac
    GSEs
    Freddie using REMIC format for $589M CRT offering

    A year after Fannie Mae launched its first credit-risk transfer securitization using a real estate mortgage investment conduit, Freddie is now electing to also opt for a REMIC format in offloading the credit risk to private investors.

    By Glen Fest
    October 10
  • ASR_midtowncenter101019
    CMBS
    New $317M SASB deal features Fannie Mae HQ building

    The developer of the newly constructed Washington, D.C., headquarters for Fannie Mae is securitizing part of its $525 million, 10-year mortgage through a single-asset, mortgage-backed transaction.

    By Glen Fest
    October 10
  • TPG marketing largest CRE CLO of 2019 in $1.23B deal

    TGP is marketing the $1.23 billion TRTX 2019-FL3 Issuer, Ltd. Transaction, which has an initial pool of 22 borrowers of interest-only bridge loans on properties undergoing rehabilitation or conversion.

    By Glen Fest
    October 8
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    LIBOR
    ABS East: Still not ready on Libor switch

    Investors and issuers understand Libor’s end is a near certainty. But many remain unprepared to replace the benchmark

    By Glen Fest
    October 8
  • ASR_warehouse1007
    CMBS
    Blackstone's $5.6B CMBS largest single-borrower deal since crisis

    BX Commercial Mortgage Trust 2019-XL, via Citigroup, features 11 note classes backed by a floating-rate, first-lien mortgage on 406 Blackstone-owned properties with a tenant roster of over 2,000 lessees — including Home Depot, UPS, FedEx and Amazon.

    By Glen Fest
    October 7
  • ASR032719-Trinity
    Trinity's new $386M deal doubles existing railcar lease ABS assets

    The $386.5 million Trinity Rail Leasing 2019 LLC 2019-2 will collateralize 13,426 railcars with an aggregate fair market value of $1.17 billion. The assets add to the more than 15,000 railcars that were contributed to Trinity’s two prior deals in the past year.

    By Glen Fest
    October 7
  • Subprime lending
    CPS adding to subprime auto-loan ABS pipeline in $274M deal

    The transaction is the first securitization sponsored by the auto finance company since S&P Global downgraded four classes of subordinate notes in prior transactions due to higher-than-expected losses.

    By Glen Fest
    October 4
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    Transportation industry
    BMO Harris revives transportation finance ABS of former GE unit

    The $533 million Transportation Equipment Trust (TFET) 2019-1 is the first-ever transport finance business securitization serviced and sponsored by BMO Harris' commercial bank, which picked up the business from GE Capital in 2015.

    By Glen Fest
    October 3
  • Aviation Capital makes return trip to aircraft lease ABS market

    The portfolio consists entirely of narrowbody, single-aisle jets, and has an initial value of approximately $601.9 million.

    By Glen Fest
    October 3
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    Subprime lending
    Arivo launches debut subprime auto-loan shelf in $147M deal

    Arivo Acceptance, a two-year-old specialty-finance auto lender, is launching its debut securitization of subprime and non-prime loans for new and used cars, trucks and SUVs.

    By Glen Fest
    October 3
  • AIG sponsoring $397M 'super prime' jumbo RMBS

    The deal marks the second securitization of large-sized mortgages originated for high-net-worth borrowers, and acquired by AIG.

    By Glen Fest
    October 2
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    Carlyle Group
    Carlyle pools eighth lease securitization of aged aircraft

    Carlyle Aviation Management is issuing a $540M pool secured by the leases and asset values of 29 mid- to end-of-life aircraft.

    By Glen Fest
    September 30
  • ASR_diplomat0926
    CMBS
    Brookfield taps CMBS to refinance Diplomat Hotel

    The $460 million BFLD Trust 2019-DPLO will be secured by a two-year mortgage loan that will refinance $401.3 million of existing debt, plus pay $147.5 million of equity.

    By Glen Fest
    September 26
  • ASR__volkswagen0926
    Auto leasing
    Volkswagen revives U.S. lease ABS platform, sans diesel autos

    In the pool of 46,070 vehicles in the $1 billion pool or 59,863 in the $1.3 billion pool, none are equipped with diesel engines that were at the center of Volkswagen’s worldwide emissions scandal in 2015.

    By Glen Fest
    September 26
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    Wings Capital takes off with $678M aviation lease ABS

    The Newport Beach, Calif.,-based aircraft lease firm is sponsoring its first deal since a debut securitization in 2017.

    By Glen Fest
    September 25
  • ASR_Michaels0925
    CLOs
    MidOcean recruits business development veteran for private equity, credit units

    Natalya Michaels, recently of Artisan Partners, will be a managing director with a focus on marketing, investor relations as well as expanding the firm's investor and product base.

    By Glen Fest
    September 25
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    ABS East: Did consumer protections stall PACE demand, or lender interest?

    PACE financing, which peaked at $1.7 billion in 2016, was less than half that in 2018, and only two publicly rated deals totaling have priced this year.

    By Glen Fest
    September 25
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  • Esoteric ABS
    Hurricane Melissa cat bond payout may quell the skeptics

    Jamaica's cat bond success could spur issuer and investor interest in the product, putting Beryl's failure to trigger any compensation in the past.

    By John S. Hintze
    November 10
  • Politics and policy
    Trump, Pulte float 50-year mortgage use in U.S.

    President Trump and housing regulator Bill Pulte are considering introducing a 50-year fixed rate mortgage that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would purchase.

    By Bonnie Sinnock
    November 9
  • Auto ABS
    Ally Bank's auto credit-linked notes raise $3.9 billion

    ABCLN 2025-B also benefits from a line of credit sized to cover up to five months of missed interest payments in the event Ally defaults on its interest obligations.

    By Donna M. Mitchell
    November 7
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