Finance

Willis Engine Structured Trust, VIII, sells its fixed-rate notes through two tranches, all with a legal final maturity date of June 2050.

The volatility pushed whole loan spreads wider and brought single-asset single-borrower commercial mortgage-backed securitization to a halt as lenders waited for clarity.

Securitizations are breaking new ground and whole loan investors have been active as nonbanks increasingly originate and sell second lien products.

On a cumulative basis, advance rates on the notes range from 95.4% on the A1 notes to 121.8% on the class M5 notes.

The product, as well as the housing market, is different today than what it was two decades ago, where some feel it was a cause of the financial crisis.

The whole business securitization will issue notes through four classes of A, B and C notes, and uses a master trust structure, so it can issue additional classes.

The notes get credit enhancement from overcollateralization and a reserve representing 4.75% and 0.25% of the pool balance, respectively.

The transaction's pool of 365 fixed-rate mortgages, all first lien, breaks down to mostly non-agency loans (61.4%). The rest, 38.6%, are agency eligible.

Citigroup Inc. is structuring the so-called collateralized fund obligation, which will include both debt and equity portions.

Most of the contracts in Point Securitization Trust, 1,750 (81.64%), are second-lien as of the cut-off date.