CDOs/CLOs

Raising capital has been tough for community banks ever since the financial crisis, especially the smallest ones. But a few investment firms have developed structured products that offer community banks a chance to band together to raise needed Tier 1 capital at relatively low cost.

From refinancing the wall of maturing CMBS to getting CLO manager skin the game, these articles held your interest the longest.

Much of the industry’s efforts in 2015 were focused on avoiding compliance with the regulation, which takes effect in December 2016.

RAIT Partnership is the latest sponsor to tap the securitization market with bonds backed by commercial real estate loans, according to Moody's Investors Service.

Ten U.S. collateralized loan obligations totaling $4.8 billion were issued in November, marking the lowest monthly level since January 2014, according to Thomson Reuters LPC.

NorthStar's only marketed two previous CRE CLOs since 2012.

CLO managers have received some Congressional backing for their efforts to curb the impact of forthcoming risk-retention standards.

Jefferies is Floating Plans to Finance the 5% stakes that CLO managers will need to retain in their own deals.

New bank capital rules on the horizon could nearly wipe out secondary trading in most kinds of asset-backeds, said JPMorgan analysts in a report.

A jump in lending in many parts of Europe, coupled with rising economic growth and higher employment, should help bolster the performance of securitizations in Europe, according to Fitch Ratings.