Commercial lending

Hyundai Auto Lease Securitization 2020-A will have a collateral pool with more than a quarter of underlying leases exceeding 43 months – compared to just 19.4% in its previous lease ABS transaction that priced last August.

The BSL CLO will have two-year noncall and five-year reinvestment periods, and brings Seix' total CLO AUM to $3.8 billion.

Political uncertainty, sector-specific concerns as well as interest rate and labor trends may continue to depress commercial and industrial lending in the coming months.

The company asserted in the statement that S&P’s action was driven more by the distressed trading levels of Serta’s loans in the secondary market rather than the company’s “financially solvent” status.

Marketplace consumer loan ABS volume is expected to rise in 2020, aided by strong 2019 economic tailwinds benefiting originations as well as favorable federal regulatory proposals that could encourage more securitizations.

Lenders have until the end of 2021 to phase out their use of the London interbank offered rate in setting interest rates, but ServisFirst Bancshares and its CEO Tom Broughton see little reason to wait when a replacement is already available.

The board- and management-level handing of CRE concentration was the chief concern of FDIC examiners, making up more than 56% of all the supervisory recommendations regulators made in the two-year period.

The inaugural securitization for the Los Angeles-based lender will include $34.86 million in Class A notes, with an initial BBB rating from S&P Global Ratings.

Financial regulators’ statement cautiously encouraging lenders to go beyond traditional underwriting in their lending decisions is a big step forward for the use of alternative data and artificial intelligence, bankers say.

In the past year, companies including LendingClub Corp. have been tightening the spigot, following a revolt by investors upset over years of unexpected losses.

ReadyCap Lending Small Business Loan Trust 2019-2 is a transaction of $131.03 million in Class A notes, secured by the unguaranteed interests of a pool of 1,101 small-business loans totaling $155.25 million.

Fitch’s list of loans with growing risks of downgrades reached $110 billion in December, up 53% year-to-date.

JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s asset management arm is extending a push into the $787 billion private credit market as cash pours into the asset class from yield-hungry investors.

Casting aside recession fears, the credit bureau predicts credit cards, mortgages, auto loans and unsecured personal loans should all perform well — including those extended by online lenders.

Many business customers are putting off expansion because they can’t find enough workers to fill available jobs.

TPG Sixth Street Partners' Alan Waxman warns investors are turning a blind eye to an epidemic of fake corporate earnings projections.

Alternative data "may improve the speed and accuracy of credit decisions and may help firms evaluate the creditworthiness of consumers," the agencies said.

Shizuoka Bank Ltd. plans to step up its search for yield by buying more U.S. collateralized loan obligations, according to its top executive.

Investors have been demanding significantly higher yields to lend to junk-rated companies in recent weeks - so much so that spreads in an index of the riskiest tier of junk, known as CCC, just breached 1,000 basis points for the first time in more than three years.

Laredo Petroleum Inc. and Oasis Petroleum Inc. are among at least six producers whose ability to secure short-term loans against their oil and natural gas reserves have dropped by 10% or more.