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Collateral for the deal, which is structured as a master trust, can reach €30B of loans originated by the bank's building-savings affiliate, its retail operations and its private-bank unit.

The senior tranche of Angel Oak 2017-3 benefits from 46.25% credit enhancement, up significantly from 37.75% for the sponsor’s July transaction, but in line with its April deal.

The move convinced Kroll Bond Rating Agency to upgrade $95 million of securities, some of which had been under review for a possible downgrade for over a year; Kroll affirmed the ratings of another $63 million of bonds.

The deal could put downward pressure on market lease rates and renewals in wireless tower ABS portfolios serviced by Crown Castle, American Tower, and SBA Communications.

The Spanish bank's German retail lending unit is securitizing a fifth pool of mostly unsecured personal loans from an €83.5 billion portfolio.

Underwriting league tables for asset-backed securities for the year through November 16, 2017

Issuance volume of asset-backed securities for the year through November 16, 2017.

The vast majority of default servicing professionals are investing in "significant" REO property improvements to increase resale values in a hot housing market.

The measure assigns the CFPB the task of developing ability-to-pay standards for financing repaid through local tax assessments; it has the support of both the PACE industry as well as mortgage bankers and Realtors.

Fed researchers purported to show that consumers who use peer-to-peer loans have bad financial outcomes, but questions quickly emerged about the data they used.