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Underwriting league tables for asset-backed securities for the year through August 3, 2017.

Issuance volume of asset-backed securities for the year through August 3, 2017.

Both lenders are on their third auto-loan securitization of the year, with little variance from previous credit enhancement or expected loss levels.

The first-time $780.8 million notes offering from Sky is primarily backed by leases to international emerging-market airlines, but the passenger jets in the pool are relatively new with an average fleet age of only 3.4 years.

Belgium-based diamantaire Diarough is offering $150 million in notes backed primarily by its inventory of rough and polished diamonds, according to a presale report from Kroll Bond Rating Agency.

With fewer CMBS deals coming to market — partly as a result of risk-retention rules — an independent finance company like Ladder Capital can’t always wait to piggyback on Wall Street’s transactions.

The government-sponsored enterprise is still looking for the right balance between offering a product that's attractive to investors and a cost-effective way to reduce risk.

Tennenbaum is offering up its third middle-market CLO as market conditions ripen for SME loan portfolios

Borrowers have higher FICOs than the prior transactions and fewer of then live outside the U.S. and Canada; however the loans are also less seasoned.

So-called transitional lending has traditionally been kept on balance sheet; but it’s become attractive to bundle the loans for transactions called (take a deep breath) commercial real estate collateralized loan obligations. Can investors stomach the features these deals sported before the crisis?