Finance

Risk retention rules that Japan's Financial Services Agency has proposed for securitizations may not apply to U.S. collateralized loan obligations after all, according to the LSTA.

Guggenheim, Carlyle Group, Credit Suisse and Blackstone have launched four deals totaling €1.74 billion, all with AAA spreads of at least 100 basis points over Euribor.

As 30-year fixed-rate mortgages rose 30 basis points year-over-year, non-QM originations are estimated to grow 400% in 2019.

The remainder of the collateral was contributed by Goldman Sachs, which is also holding onto 5% of the risk in the deal to comply with risk retention rules.

Plans to begin rating securitizations backed by fix-and-flip mortgages may help lenders create new capacity and satisfy growing demand for short-term financing of house flipping projects.

A $1.1 billion mortgage from four banks on eight buildings in Cambridge, Mass., is being bundled into collateral for CAMB Commercial Mortgage Trust 2019-LIFE.

While the London interbank offered rate won't go dark until 2021, the commercial real estate finance industry should start preparing for the transition now, says the Mortgage Bankers Association.

The only change to the deal is a slightly smaller prefunding amount; one loan that had been expected to be acquired after settlement has already been closed.

Cadogan Square CLO XIII DAC will be Credit Suisse Asset Management's fourth euro-denominated CLO issued in the past 12 months.

A security lapse left millions of mortgage records exposed online without proper data protections, according to security researchers.

Now that the noncompete has expired, Navient plans to market private student loans to borrowers in school; the servicing giant is also free from restrictions on marketing refinance loans through Earnest.

Since the financial crisis, only one other sponsor, Invictus Capital Partners, has issued publicly rated mortgage bonds backed entirely by investor loans.

That's significantly wider than 121 basis points average for new CLOs backed by broadly syndicated loans that were issued in December.

The specialty finance company is contributing all of the collateral for the $259.7 million deal; by comparison, the previous deal included collateral contributed by Goldman Sachs.

The $312 million transaction a 24-month reinvestment period, in which principal collections can be used to invest and acquire additional loans for the collateral pool.

GoldenTree's $757 million CLO is the first deal seeking to price in the 2019 primary market, while Octagon Credit Investors is refinancing a $791.5M, 2014-vintage CLO (for a second time).

The company has filed a request with a federal judge in Pennsylvania for a summary judgment in two counts against it, accusing the bureau of failing to provide evidence.

Executives at Key pushed back against doubts over a deal for Laurel Road Bank’s digital lending platform so late in the credit cycle, arguing that its customers are prime borrowers with high incomes.

The two latest transactions will push announced deal volume at or above $6 billion for the first two weeks of 2019.

It may not signal a recession, but structured finance pros are still preparing for a more risk-off environment.