Finance

Platform Funding Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Co-Operative Bank, and GMAC-RFC are securitizing £1.78 billion ($2.6 billion) of U.K. non-conforming loans.

Italy’s Alba Leasing is marketing a €767 million ($820 million) securitization of lease receivables extended to Italian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and individual entrepreneurs, according to Moody’s Investors Service.

FirstKey Lending priced a $241 million securitization of fixed rate loans it made to landlords for the purchase of buy-to-rent, single-family homes.

B2R Finance, a company controlled by the Blackstone Group that lends to landlords, has priced its first rental securitization.

Credit Suisse plans to issue £265.5 million ($392 million) securitization of legacy mortgage assets originated by Edeus Mortgage Creators, Kensington Mortgage Co, Amber Homeloans and Paratus (formerly GMAC-RFC)

Glenn Costello, a structured finance veteran cited through the years in the pages of the Asset Securitization Report for his sharp analysis, particularly of residential mortgage-backeds, passed away on April 6.

Clayton EuroRisk’s New CEO, Tony Ward Eyes Opportunitues for the due diligence firm in UK RMBS.

Premium Point Investments, the New York asset manager behind WinWater Home Mortgage, is expanding beyond residential mortgages into he multi-family space and has tapped Stephen Jones to lead the effort.

Fitch Rating assigned a preliminary 'AAA' ratings to the class A notes issued under B2R Finance's multi borrower, single family rental securitization.

FirstKey Lending, which is majority owned by funds managed by Cerberus Capital Management, is pooling $241 million of fixed rate loans it made to landlords for the purchase of buy to rent, single family homes according to Kroll Bond Ratings Agency.

Single family home rental properties located in Florida, Georgia and Washington State will secure the latest loan Blackstone’s Invitation Homes has up for securitization.

A case that has made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court has justices reconsidering whether second-lien debt should be "stripped" in bankruptcy when the collateral is wholly underwater.

B2R Finance, the single-family landlord that lends to other landlords, has launched the industry’s first multi-borrower securitization.

Fannie Mae is looking to broaden its investor base. The agency said it had listed all of it risk-sharing deals on the Irish Stock Exchange and will continue doing so with future transactions.

GMAC U.K., General Motors U.K. based company, plans to add Personal Contract Purchase leases to its latest E-CARAT transaction.