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  • ASR_0216hyundai
    Auto lending
    Growing losses push Hyundai's focus toward higher FICOs in $924M loan ABS

    The weighted average FICO of 750 is the highest of any post-recession securitization from Hyundai Capital Americal, the joint captive-finance lender for U.S. Hyundai and Kia dealers.

    By Glen Fest
    April 5
  • ASR_MBA1106
    Student loan ABS
    Lender plans debut bond issuance backed by student-loan refis

    Southeast Bank's Education Loan Finance division joins SoFi, Navient and Laurel Road in originating and securitizing the refinanced student loans of advanced-degree professionals.

    By Glen Fest
    April 4
  • ASR_CLO0404
    CLOs
    CLO new-issue volume sets record 1Q pace

    The $31.7 billion in collateralized loan obligation deals priced year-to-date is the most in a first quarter in the post-crisis era.

    By Glen Fest
    April 4
  • ASR_MarketCenter0404
    CMBS
    Blackstone sponsors $382M single-asset CMBS for office-tower complex

    The Market Center buildings in San Francisco's South Financial District includes Uber, Mindspace and TIBCO Software as tenants.

    By Glen Fest
    April 4
  • ASR_element0403
    Element plans $650M in new fleet-lease securitization bonds

    The Toronto-based fleet management giant is offering its fourth securitization since merging the operations of the former GE Capital vehicle fleet business onto its trust platform.

    By Glen Fest
    April 3
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    CMBS
    Trepp: CMBS loan delinquencies rise for first time since June

    The increase in the delinquency rate for securitized CRE loans for March ended an eight-month streak of declines.

    By Glen Fest
    April 3
  • ASR_clo0403
    CLOs
    Fortress, Ivy Hill add $1.7B to middle-market CLO deal pipeline

    Fortress Investment Group's $702.8 portfolio of SME loans is the first since Softbank Group acquired Fortress in December.

    By Glen Fest
    April 3
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    CLOs
    Ares, Alcentra throw off reg restraints through reissued CLOs

    Managers are regaining the ability to amend older deals that they previously locked down to maintain risk-retention exemptions.

    By Glen Fest
    April 2
  • ASR_toyota0328
    Prime auto ABS
    Loss projections drop in World Omni's next prime auto ABS

    The regional captive-finance lender for Toyota dealers has boosted the credit quality of the collateral in response to rising delinquencies in recent transactions; sub-650 FICOs have been excluded.

    By Glen Fest
    March 29
  • ASR_loandepotangeloak0327
    RMBS
    loanDepot joins ranks of private-label RMBS issuers

    The non-bank lender's $299.8 million prime, high-balance deal is no surprise; it follows a warehouse securitization last year. Angel Oak is also in the market with a $238.8 million deal.

    By Glen Fest
    March 28
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    CLOs
    Voya prices debut €356.3 million European CLO

    The U.S. CLO manager breaks the ice with its first euro-denominated deal, which priced Friday and will close in May when it is about 75% ramped up.

    By Glen Fest
    March 27
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    CLOs
    Regulators relent; no appeal of CLO exemption from risk retention

    The deadline to seek an en banc hearing has now passed, and skin-in-the-game rules for collateralized loan obligations could be off the books by April 2.

    By Glen Fest
    March 27
  • ASR_Voya0326
    CLOs
    Voya keeping skin in game of refinanced 2013 CLO

    The deadline to appeal the rollback of risk-retention requirements for CLO managers expired at midnight last night, but Voya Alternative Asset Management is not taking advantage.

    By Glen Fest
    March 26
  • ASR_Agbhari0323
    CDOs
    Small banks pool their subordinated debt to reassure investors

    An affiliate of the private-equity firm Angel Oak is packaging bank-issued sub debt to minimize risk for bondholders. It recently completed its first securitization and has plans to issue two deals a year.

    By Glen Fest
    March 26
  • ASR_Hilton0323
    CMBS
    Credit Suisse bulks up on hotels in $952M conduit CMBS

    Just over 20% of the balance are hotel loans, including the second-largest loan in the collateral pool, a $59.9 million portion of a $132.9 million loan used in a cashout refinancing of the Hilton Clearwater.

    By Glen Fest
    March 23
  • ASR_Neuberger0321
    CLOs
    Why wait? Neuberger Berman readies CLO with no skin in game

    The money manager is preparing to refinance a $400 million deal originally printed in March 2016 that is currently grandfathered from risk retention rules - without bringing the deal into compliance.

    By Glen Fest
    March 21
  • ASR_CLOs0320
    CLOs
    Octagon, Anchorage turn triple plays on 2012, 2013 vintage CLOs

    Octagon is refinancing a 2013-vintage CLO for the second time, while Anchorage is using the assets of a deal issued in 2012 (and later refinanced in 2016) for its first new-issue deal of 2018.

    By Glen Fest
    March 20
  • ASR_CLO0316
    CLOs
    CLO managers continue to diverge on reinvestment periods

    The gap between long and short reinvestment periods for U.S. collateralized loan obligations that reset rates has widened in 2018 as managers contend with different market signals, says Fitch.

    By Glen Fest
    March 19
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    Student loan ABS
    Navient returns with 2nd FFELP securitization in 2 months

    Moody’s expects net losses over the life of NAVSL 2018-2 to be about 0.95%; that's up slightly from 0.9% for Navient's prevous deal, NAVSL 2018-1 due to the longer remaining terms of the collateral.

    By Glen Fest
    March 15
  • ASR_CLO0315
    CLOs
    Debut 2018 CLOs from CBAM, Apex have unusual capital structures

    CBAM, the leading CLO issuer by volume in 2017, had a shorter non-call for its senior-note stack; Apex has split the AAA paper into three variable-priced tranches.

    By Glen Fest
    March 15
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  • Minimum capital requirements
    Trump-era OCC eyes lighter capital rules to boost lending

    Acting Comptroller of the Currency Rodney Hood signals rollback of key safeguards like the supplemental leverage ratio, aligning with administration's push to ease bank capital demands and spur credit.

    By Ebrima Santos Sanneh
    June 3
  • Fannie Mae
    Trump team signals it wants to keep control of Fannie, Freddie to boost budget

    This might deeply disappoint Wall Street investors who've been counting on a windfall if Fannie and Freddie are set free.

    June 3
  • LOAN PRODUCTS
    Home equity lending has strong two-year runway ahead

    The product, as well as the housing market, is different today than what it was two decades ago, where some feel it was a cause of the financial crisis.

    By Brad Finkelstein
    June 3
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