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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
  • ASR022618-libor
    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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  • Politics and policy
    Mortgage trade groups back call for updates to Basel III

    In a letter to regulators, the consortium of organizations recommended regulatory changes affecting a range of rules from risk weights to warehouse financing.

    By Spencer Lee
    February 20
  • Tariffs
    Tariff ruling fuels bond-market angst by hitting US deficit

    The top court's verdict eliminates import taxes that have acted as a restraint on the government's $1.8 trillion budget deficit and the swelling national debt.

    February 20
  • RMBS
    Prime mortgages secure a $321.2 million RMBS from Goldman

    GSMBS 2026-PJ2's losses are based on a senior-subordinate, shifting-interest structure and Fitch expects a 10.3% final probability of default in the AAA rating stress.

    By Donna M. Mitchell
    February 20
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