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The 1,400-store chicken wings chain, which has benefited from carry-out dining trends during the pandemic, will sponsor its second whole-business securitization since 2018.

The transaction will be the second corporate-fleet ABS deal to price this month, following Wheels Inc.'s $505 million transaction that closed Sept. 11.

Deals, trends and research in structured finance and asset-backed securities for the week of Sept. 11-17

S&P stated lessors are confronted with the increasingly troubled financial health of airlines, which has led to a sharp drop in aircraft values and lease rates as well as an array of requests for deferrals or delayed payments on rental contracts.

COVID-19 and the inclusion of secondary tier loans for borrowers with lower FICOs is prompting Kroll to project credit losses nearly a third higher than the authority's 2018 solar-loan bond series.

Deals, trends and research in structured finance and asset-backed securities for the week of Sept. 4-10

The ratings agency reports that the MPL industry might reckon with a potential spike in defaults as borrowers are rolled out of two- and three-month COVID-19 hardship programs.

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.

Deals, trends and research in structured finance and asset-backed securities for the week of Aug. 28-Sept.3

The Dallas-based chain was forced to advance additional principal payments on its asset-backed notes after trailing 12-month sales fell below $1.5B.