John Hintze

Navient Solutions has approached the market with $780 million securitization of Federal Family Education Loan Program loans, following a similarly structured transaction completed in early August. In a report published Oct. 12, Moody's Investors Service highlighted the elevated risk to those assets during the current pandemic.

Spreads and investor demand make conditions ripe for a surge in CLO deals before the election, but a strain on loan supply may complicate the picture.

Global trade is sinking while the pandemic interrupts international port and shipping activity. But securities backed by marine-cargo container fleets and leases have bombarded the securitization market this summer.

Tesla last week priced its latest auto-lease securitization at signficantly reduced spreads from its last deal—reflecting strong investor demand for TALF-backed securities and an improving outlook for the world's largest battery-electric vehicle (BEV) manufacturer.

In its sixth securitization of 2020, IPFS Corp. is pursuing a $400 million deal backed by a revolving pool of insurance-premium finance loans and secured by the right to receive the unearned premium amounts from the loans.

More than 2,500 Fitch-rated structured finance transactions face significant challenges transitioning from Libor to an alternative floating-rate benchmark, but the ratings agency doesn’t foresee that resulting in potential ratings downgrades until 2022.

The $156.5 million Amax Mortgage Loan Trust 2020-B is collateralized by 764 seasoned “re-performing” loans (RPLs), which are mortgages that were previously delinquent, as long as 90 days, but have recently been performing well.

Verizon is launching its 12th securitization of device payment-plan agreements, marking its second asset-backed issuance this year.

Student loan servicing giants, Sallie Mae Bank and its offshoot Navient Solutions, are each approaching the market with deals securitizing students loans, providing investors with exposure to different types of loans and deal risks.

After receiving a third-party stamp of approval, Fannie Mae announced July 27 completing the latest two issuances of a single-family green mortgage backed security as part of an ongoing program that started in April and expands its long-time multi-family green MBS program.