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The guidelines are somewhat similar to those the Federal Housing Finance Agency established for the government-sponsored enterprise market in response to the high number of loans impacted by coronavirus-related hardships.

More consumer and commercial borrowers are paying their loans, increasing the likelihood that charge-offs will be manageable for banks despite the ongoing pandemic.

The financial industry has praised the measured approach taken in a pending regulation on permitted communications with consumers. But two recent complaints by the bureau against debt collectors reflect a potentially aggressive enforcement stance.

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

KKR & Co. is looking to grow its asset-based private lending business to capitalize on a retreat by banks and more traditional market participants in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic that has led to mis-priced risk.

Colony has sold offices in Europe, industrial properties and grocery-anchored shopping centers in the U.S. In May, it announced plans to restructure seven portfolios of hotels with $3.5 billion of debt.

Underwriting league tables of asset-backed securities through Sept. 10, 2020

Issuance volume of asset-backed securities for the year through Sept. 10, 2020

The dot plot will be the star of the meeting, but the coronavirus and the elections will be part of the discussion, economists say.

The debut fund chose an unmistakable ticker (AAA) to market the relative safety of the CLO that is often unfairly attributed with the risks of the pre-crisis CDO.