Finance

While the balance of newly delinquent loans fell by 50% from November, the ratings agency warned that many borrowers will likely struggle to bring loans current under ongoing pandemic conditions.

Privatizing Brookfield’s real estate subsidiary is appealing because it has consistently traded at a discount to the underlying value of its assets.

Energy, retail and consumer services companies led a total of 244 filings, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

Reports indicate distressed owners would rather surrender their hotel or retail properties instead of negotiate workouts on delinquent loans as the pandemic spread carries on.

Bausch, formerly Valeant Pharmaceuticals, has paid down more than $24 billion of the $32 billion in leverage it owed five years ago from a debt-driven acquisition spree — which ended after a drug-pricing scandal.

The Georgia runoffs and resulting balance of power in Congress will help determine which bills on bankers’ wish list gain traction. But regardless, existing coronavirus relief such as the Paycheck Protection Program and a push for more economic aid will remain top of mind for lawmakers and the industry.

The agency cited improving used-car prices that have elevated resale values of off-lease vehicles that drivers are turning back into dealerships.

The buyout industry has about $3 trillion of unrealized value on its books, according to Preqin. And it’s tapping that to land loans for bolt-on deals, to refinance debt or bail out struggling companies in their portfolios.

Industry watchers make their wildest guesses (more or less) about developments in real estate finance that could rock the industry in the upcoming months.

The three-year loan will boost the hotel-centered REIT's dwindling cash reserves battered by the COVID-19 global impact on travel.

About $430 billion in commercial and multifamily debt, more than half of which is held by banks, is maturing in 2021, with fresh capital needed to head off a tsunami of defaults.

Deals, trends and research in structured finance and asset-backed securities for the week of Dec. 18-23

The availability of financing hasn’t been an issue to date, but it still could be.

The likely extension of support of Libor until June 30, 2023 is a major plus for the securitization market, fending off potential market disruption the buying and trading of $1.8 trillion in outstanding asset-backed securities because of the planned cessation of the benchmark rate by the end of 2021.

The nonbank lender is co-sponsoring a $258.4 million residential mortgage pool comprised entirely of wealthy borrowers with 15-year term contracts.

Deals, trends and research in structured finance and asset-backed securities for the week of Dec. 11-17

The deadline for inclusion in Ginnie mortgage-backed securities has been extended and an exception will be made for some participations.

Downgrades applied to deals sponsored by Carlyle Aviation and Avolon Aerospace reflect the continued deterioration of airline credit quality and aircraft values afflicting nearly all issuers, the ratings agency reported.

The $425 million loan securitization is among two single-asset, commercial-mortgage deals launching this week. Brookfield Asset Management's global real estate arm is also tapping investors to finance an $825 million loan backed by a downtown Manhattan office building.

Last year, smaller lenders were put at a slight disadvantage in terms of what they were charged in guarantee fees when they sold loans for cash.