Esoteric

The rating agency feels that “late-cycle credit behavior” is allowing less established issuers to rely on the securitization market more heavily for funding.

The transaction comes six months after Adams said it was in talks about a possible merger with Fairway Outdoors and REIT conversion.

Wyndham Destinations has increased the level of investor protection on its next offering of bonds backed by timeshare loans to offset the slightly weaker collateral.

The $226.5 million transaction looks very similar to the previous one; the heaviest concentration of receivables is long-haul trucks (23.3%), followed by trailers (21.2%), heavy equipment (11.9%) and short-haul trucks (9.3%).

The initial collateral for J.G. Wentworth XLII Series 2018-2 is 97.4% structured settlements, up from 96.6% for the prior deal and the highest concentration of any deal over the past five years.

Zephyrus, which is owned by Virgo Investment Group (98%) and Seabury (2%), is marketing $336.6 million of fixed-rate loans with a final maturity of 2038 and a preliminary A rating from Kroll Bond Rating Agency.

Fitch and S&P recently trimmed default expectations for payment plans of customers with various tenures; this allows the carrier to offer less credit enhancement on its next securitization; Moody's is also rating the deal for the first time.

The transaction was launched in early June, just as concerns about a trade war were starting to take a toll on commodities prices.

The credit quality of obligors is up from that of the sponsor's 2017 transaction, which could help offset a decline in performance seen in recent vintages.

The deal, which comes just a year after the commodity trading firm's last securitization, represents 7.85% of assets in a revolving trust; it may be upsized to $500 million.