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    Subprime lending
    Called collateral improves credit mix for ACA's subprime auto pool

    S&P Global Ratings forecasts lower losses in subprime lender American Credit Acceptance's next auto-loan securitization, citing the inclusion of performing loans transferred from a recently called deal.

    By Glen Fest
    May 16
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    Fintech
    SoFi consumer-loan ABS pool shifts toward shorter-term loans

    Social Finance is supplying lower levels of credit enhancement to its third consumer-loan securitization of 2019.

    By Glen Fest
    May 16
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    Prime auto ABS
    Capital One returns to prime auto ABS in $1.23 billion deal

    The lender has not sponsored an asset-backed transaction since 2007, according to presale reports.

    By Glen Fest
    May 15
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    RMBS
    Shawbrook will tie UK 'buy-to-let' bonds to SONIA benchmark

    Shawbrook's debut securitization of "buy-to-let" mortgages issued to UK landlords will pay coupons based on the sterling-based overnight index average benchmark, rather than Libor.

    By Glen Fest
    May 14
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    RMBS
    JPMorgan wades into investor-owned properties for next $338.8M prime RMBS

    After issuing five RMBS deals of prime jumbo loans in 2019, JPMorgan has gathered a pool of 919 investor-only properties for its next mortgage securitization.

    By Glen Fest
    May 14
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    Downgrades
    S&P places tobacco revenue ABS bonds under downgrade review

    The 240 note classes under review from 24 issuers include several already holding high-risk triple-C ratings.

    By Glen Fest
    May 14
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    Europe
    Goshawk's debut $529M aircraft ABS adds to growing 2Q sector tally

    After a slow takeoff in the first quarter, a third aircraft lease securitization has launched since April through a debut offering from six-year-old fleet management firm Goshawk Management.

    By Glen Fest
    May 13
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    Hertz ramps up oil/gas exposure in next $400M vehicle fleet-lease ABS

    Energy industry clients make up 8.8% of the value of the latest pool from the master trust of Donlen Corp., a fleet management subsidiary of Hertz.

    By Glen Fest
    May 10
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    GM, Hyundai launch floorplan deals totaling $1.6B

    GM Financial is sponsoring two series of notes totaling $1.2 billion with staggered revolving periods; Hyundai Capital America's deal is its first floorplan offering in three years.

    By Glen Fest
    May 9
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    Marriott Vacations adds new brands in next $450M timeshare ABS

    The loan pool includes a 9% share of Sheraton properties and 10% of Westin. MVW acquired both last September.

    By Glen Fest
    May 8
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    Qualified Mortgages
    Wells sponsoring third post-crisis prime jumbo MBS totaling $554M

    The transaction represents one of the biggest mortgage-backed bond offerings of large-balance home loans this year — behind only Wells first prime jumbo RMBS in January.

    By Glen Fest
    May 8
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    Auto ABS
    Lower delinquencies buoy weaker metrics in Santander's next $1.1B pool

    Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2019-2 has a lower average FICO (600) and lighter seasoning (two months) compared to SDART 2019-1.

    By Glen Fest
    May 8
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    CLOs
    From the bottom up: hybrid CLO combination securities trending

    CLO managers are again turning to an old tool, the combo note, to attract more investors for deals’ higher-risk equity stakes.

    By Glen Fest
    May 7
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    CLOs
    Guardian Life marks 2019 CLO debut in $398M deal

    The carrier, through CLO management affiliate Park Avenue Institutional Investors, is bringing total AUM in senior loans to $1.65 billion.

    By Glen Fest
    May 6
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    CDOs
    More than Trups: Hildene's expansion into CLO investments paying off

    After a decade of investing in distressed trust-preferred securities CDOs of small and regional banks, Hildene now sees non-distressed CLO equity as an inviting target.

    By Glen Fest
    May 6
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    Subprime lending
    DriveTime planning second subprime auto ABS issuance for 2019

    DT Auto Owner Trust 2019-2 will issue five classes of notes, collateralized by $550 million in auto loans issued through company-owned "buy here-pay here" dealerships.

    By Glen Fest
    May 2
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    Esoteric ABS
    SeaCube plans $300M notes issue via container lease ABS trust

    After a six-month dry spell, securitization activity for marine cargo shipping container leases is starting to thaw out with a second deal this spring.

    By Glen Fest
    May 2
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    Student loans
    Navient bypasses floating-rate collateral in new $609M student-loan refi ABS

    Navient Corp. is returning to all fixed-rate collateral for its next securitization of refinanced private student loans issued via its Earnest affiliate to high-earning college graduate professionals.

    By Glen Fest
    May 1
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    CMBS
    Blackstone secures new $1.15B CMBS with trade showroom portfolio

    BX Trust 2019-IMC is a cash-out refinancing for an existing mortgage secured by 16 showrooms used exclusively for the home furniture and decor industry.

    By Glen Fest
    April 30
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    Subprime lending
    Mounting losses mean for second downgrade for Honor Finance

    Kroll has again downgraded the subordinate note classes for Honor Automobile Trust Securitization 2016-1, with total losses expected to build to $7 million to $8 million.

    By Glen Fest
    April 29
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  • Securitization
    Residential solar contracts back $183.3 million in ABS

    During sequential interest amortization, interest on TIP Solar's class B notes will be deferred until the interest and principal on the class A notes and class B's outstanding principal amount are all paid.

    By Donna M. Mitchell
    September 25
  • Politics and policy
    CDFIs get a reprieve. Sort of.

    The CDFI Fund is updating definitions of eligible activity to be considered for the funds, including removing climate-focused financing and references to race and ethnicity.

    By Claire Williams
    September 25
  • CLOs
    Sound Point enthused about loans despite market uncertainties

    When weighing investments, the CLO equity investor also considers strategies on liability management exercises when considering investments.

    By John S. Hintze
    September 25
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