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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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  • Originations
    Mortgage credit slips from peak as conforming products retreat

    Across-the-board decreases across all loan types drove the Mortgage Bankers Association's full credit availability index to its lowest in three months.

    By Spencer Lee
    January 8
  • Non-QM
    Trump bid to ban corporate homebuying blindsides Wall Street

    Analysts at RBC Capital Markets said the plan is bad news for Invitation Homes and American Homes 4 Rent, but the companies "are long past the time of significant growth in home count

    January 8
  • Securitization
    Westlake Automotive raises $1.3 billion from retail auto contracts

    While Westlake's customer accounts usually have credit bureau scores ranging from 500 to 700, the WLAKE 2026-1 collateral pool's non-zero weighted average credit bureau score was 620.

    By Donna M. Mitchell
    January 7
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