Finance

Navient Corp. is returning to all fixed-rate collateral for its next securitization of refinanced private student loans issued via its Earnest affiliate to high-earning college graduate professionals.

Freddie Mac will keep building on the financial reforms that produced profitability during conservatorship as broader government-sponsored enterprise proposals take shape, according to departing CEO Don Layton.

Fannie Mae is considering sharing more risk with the private sector to reduce future strain on its earnings from the implementation of the Current Expected Credit Loss accounting standard next year.

BX Trust 2019-IMC is a cash-out refinancing for an existing mortgage secured by 16 showrooms used exclusively for the home furniture and decor industry.

Commercial mortgages placed into special servicing grew last year, but default and foreclosure dollar volume fell as legacy loan resolutions outpaced newly distressed loans, according to Fitch Ratings.

Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust 2019-RP1 is a pool of 1,330 first-lien mortgage loans with a remaining balance of $262.8 million. Nearly 89% of the loans were previously modified.

Five new-issue deals pricing Thursday pushed monthly primary CLO volume to $13.8 billion, with $43 billion year-to-date now 7% ahead of the new-deal output in the first four months of 2018.

Toyota Motor Credit is planning its second deal of the year, while Fifth Third is returning to the securitization market for the first time since 2017.

A renovated office complex in Florida and a recently built Great Wolf Lodge resort in Orange County make up two of the largest loans in Wells Fargo's latest conduit.

The $350 million GLS Auto Receivables Trust 2019-2 transaction is being issued on the heels of the lender's record $453.2M 1Q volume in originations.

The trio of malls collateralizing the new mortgage include two well-performing mall as well as a troubled Florida super-regional shopping center.

Stonyrock Partners will focus on buying stakes in asset managers focused on middle-market strategies.

Nelnet's second ABS of federally insured private student loans consists entirely of formerly delinquent FFELP loans that are back in current status.

The $505 million Octagon Investment Partners 20-R will close before the assignment of any underlying loans, according to Moody's.

An industry working group might seek legislation to eliminate the need for investor consent in the shift to a new benchmark interest rate. But any legislative fix is almost certain to be challenged because choosing an alternative to Libor will inevitably favor one party in a transaction over another.

SLM Corp. wants to "target the people our competitors are targeting and bring on their federal balances" CFO Steven McGarry said during an earnings call.

Nearly 67% of the loans in the $309 million loans and repossessed properties backing FASST 2019-HB1 were obtained from a 2017 deal that was recently collapsed.

The manager's Sound Point Euro CLO 1 Funding DAC is the only deal so far in 2019 to be issued for a first-time issuer in the EU region.

The initial portfolio for the $601.7 million deal features high exposure to lower-rated single-B loans, though that will likely drop when it is fully ramped.

Investors include New Orleans sports franchise owner Gayle Benson, placing the hotel under local ownership for the first time since it was built in 1976.