Finance

The Blackstone Group is tapping the commercial mortgage bond market to help finance the purchase of 11 multifamily properties from IMT Capital, according to Kroll Bond Rating Agency.

Synchrony Financial and Alliance Data Systems are particularly vulnerable to recent shifts in Americans’ shopping habits, according to new research from Moody’s Investors Service.

Lea Overby was formerly managing director, research; she replaces Charles Citro, who left the credit rating agency to pursue other opportunities.

The real estate investment trust is issuing its fourth securitization of older performing and non-performing loans of the year, and 13th since 2014.

College Ave, founded by two former Sallie Mae executives, makes both in-school and refinance loans; borrowers have the option of making payments before they graduate

Popov comes to Carlyle with 20 years of private equity experience backing non-investment grade firms

It's the sponsors fourth securitization, and includes 33,972 contracts to small and medium-sized companies as well as to government clients.

Sponsoring securitizations of the loans funded on its platform will give LendingClub more control over its reputation in the market and make it less beholden to direct loan buyers.

The NCUA is letting federal credit unions securitize and sell assets. Such transactions would free up capital at credit unions, allowing them to make more loans.

The transaction is backed by apartment properties, hotels and office buildings in a state of transition.

Wells Fargo relies on a portion of the loan on the Manhattan office building, along with another high-quality loan, to offset the overall leverage in the transaction.

Lanark's UK RMBS and Obvion's Dutch deal are as yet unsized; Optimum's £242.3M deal is backed by UK second-lien loans

American International Group is accessing the securitized market through a Credit Suisse deal backed by loans that were generally originated less than a year after TRID.

Housing finance reform discussions are heating up and there's a growing sense that legislation can be enacted sooner rather than later. Here's why.

Investors had better hope it does; the spectrum rights backing the notes would be less valuable to a combined Sprint and T-Mobile, decreasing recovery in the event of default.

The sandwich restaurant chain will use proceeds so repay debt taken on when it was acquired by Roark Capital last year, incliuding a term loan facility.

Credit enhancement on the senior notes has been increased to account for a decline in residual values of some models of cars.

CLO managers who accept lower interest payments on loans risk running afoul of deal covenants; but if they take their money back, there are few attractive options for putting it back to work

The marketplace lender had to offer higher investor protections on a consumer loan securitization than rival Upstart, but it also achieved a lower funding cost

The lender increased credit enhancement for the subordinate tranches of Springleaf Funding Trust 2017-A to offset lower FICOs and larger balances.