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Hurricane Irma could potentially affect more private-label mortgage securities collateral than any other recent storm.

Stonemont Financial Group, an Atlanta-based real-estate-management firm, is tapping the commercial mortgage bond market to help finance its acquisition of a portfolio of 100 office buildings, industrial and retail properties.

The federal savings institution is pooling more than 33,000 well-seasoned auto loans to its armed services-linked membership base.

New issuance of U.S. collateralized loan obligations reached $11.9 billion across 24 deals, taking year-to-date volume past $72.3 billion, according to Thomson Reuters LPC. The eight-month total is higher than the total issuance for all of 2016.

Underwriting league tables for asset-backed securities for the year through September 7, 2017.

Issuance volume of asset-backed securities for the year through September 7 2017.

The $426.2 million COLT 2017-2 is backed entirely by loans originated by Caliber, an affiliate of private equity firm Lone Star Funds. There are no loans originated by Sterling Bank & Trust, which accounted for 22% of the collateral for the prior deal.

The credit quality of the collateral is lower, by several metrics, than that of Exeter's prior deal; however, S&P Global expects cumulative net losses to be in the same range, from 20.1%-21.1%.

Ford Motor Credit, GM Financial and Fifth Third Bancorp are marketing a combined $3.4 billion in prime auto loan and lease asset-backed securities, according to presale reports published Thursday.

The portfolio of conforming loans is currently being subserviced by Nationstar Mortgage Holdings on behalf of Seneca Mortgage Investments.