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Eight prime and subprime auto loan and lease securitizations have arrived in the asset-backed market this week, tallying up approximately $6.72 billion in new deals.
October 13 -
Subprime borrowers are falling behind on their car loan payments at the highest rate in more than six years, and some bonds backed by these loans are vulnerable to getting downgraded, according to S&P Global Ratings
October 12 -
What the CFPB Constitutionality Ruling Means for banks and other lenders.
October 12 -
Navient Corp. is planning its second student-loan securitization in excess of $1 billion this year. The transaction also marks a return to a pool of primarily performing loans through the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP), after two prior transactions consisting entirely of rehab loans that have rebounded from default status.
October 12 -
Three separate offerings of private loans consolidating the debt of medical students and other recent graduates hit the market last week
October 10 -
Increased loss expectations have weakened credit metrics in Westlake Services new $500M securitization of subprime vehicle loan receivables. The heightened risk is offset, though, by a continued expansion of its franchise network that is putting borrowers into more reliable, and more expensive, vehicles.
October 10 -
The latest asset-backed transaction, Opportun Funding IV, LLC, Series 2016-C is a $125 million offering of two classes of notes, backed by $147 million in personal consumer loans in Hispanic communities in the U.S.
October 10 -
Consumer Portfolio Services' latest subprime auto loan securitization has the largest ever concentration of longer-term loans.
October 6 - Europe
While Volkswagen continues its international efforts to remedy its 2015 diesel-engine emissions scandal, the German automaker also carries on with its ramped-up efforts since last fall to raise more capital through securitizations. The latest transaction is a 750 million (US$837.5 million) static pool of German vehicle lease receivables from both retail and commercial contracts.
October 6 -
Consumer delinquencies fell last quarter to their lowest point in at least 15 years, according to quarterly data released Thursday by the American Bankers Association.
October 6