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DeVito takes over on June 1, replacing interim CEO Mark Grier, who returns to his seat on the government-sponsored agency's board.

After a colossally “brutal” period in the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak last year, a recent report from Kroll Bond Rating Agency noted that business development corporations mostly rebounded by year-end 2020 to bring a sense of renewed optimism into the alternative-lending space.

The bonds will be backed by a first-lien mortgage on Willowbrook Mall, a 1.52-million-square-foot shopping center in Houston.

The chicken-menu specialty chain will use the proceeds to refinance existing debt.

The company provides a secondary market outlet for its retail and wholesale lending corporate sibling as well as for small balance commercial loans.

Investment Management Corp. of Ontario is investing $400 million to a customized portfolio, with the goal of capitalizing on Are’s all-weather approach, taking advantage of opportunistic dislocations and market inefficiencies. The remaining $100 million will be allocated to the flagship Ares Pathfinder fund.

The newer planes are being delivered to financially strong carriers such as JetBlue Airways, Delta Air Lines and India’s popular IndiGo low-cost airline.

The deal is the second securitized transaction floated under recent California state legislation authorizing a flurry of utility securitizations.

Deals, trends and research in structured finance and asset-backed securities for the week of May 14-20

Trinity’s railcar collateral qualifies as an eligible green asset, since freight transportation serves as a lower carbon-emissions alternative to big-rig trucking for land-based goods transport.