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Blame the decline in the oil and gas industry; many 2014 vintage deals have exposure to a number of multifamily and hotel properties in North Dakota and Texas, according to Fitch.

The subprime lender could lose a big partner now that Fiat Chrysler has officially announced it will form its own auto finance unit, and the two are negotiating an end to their 6-year-old relationship.

There are almost 7 million coastal homes facing more than $1.6 trillion in potential storm-surge reconstruction expenses this year, representing a 6.6% cost increase from last year's hurricane season.

Noria 2018-1 is a €1.6 billion securitization of unsecured personal loans, of which 30% are debt consolidation accounts.

The as-yet unsized Volta VI is backed by a tariff on all users of electricity in the nation; it is designed to help EDP, the largest utility, recover the costs of supporting renewable electricity.

Although the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is loosening certain mortgage rules, others such as restrictions on loan officer compensation and state-level regulation will likely persist, according to industry attorneys.

According to Morgan Stanley, seven of 15 new European CLOs in the pipeline are debut or re-entry deals involving U.S. asset managers.

Requiring solar panels for all newly constructed residences is good news for investors who finance these systems, if only because it will help keep developers afloat, according to Moody’s Investors Service.

The London interbank offered rate has its faults, but at least it compensates for counterparty risk; not so the benchmark being touted as a replacement.

The average AAA note coupon of 103 basis points above Libor widened from 98.4 in March, which had been the tightest CLO spread level in approximately five years.

Auto lenders would be well advised to keep up their guard as states — particularly blue ones — take steps of their own to crack down on what they see as abusive practices.

The €300 million Taurus 2018-1 also finances Italian retail assets that the Partners Group, based in Switzerland, purchased from the Blackstone Group in February.

All of the loans in the £206.6 million deal were funded by institutional investors; the transaction allows these institutions to exit their investments by pooling loans into collateral for bonds.

GCO Finance, a joint venture between AGCO Corp. and DLL, a unit of Rabobank, is marketing its $896.55 million of bonds backed by agricultural and construction loans and leases.

After the second-busiest quarter for primary European CLO issuance to start 2018, a two-week April lull in the market was ended with deal pricings by Intermediate Capital and Investcorp.

With no more concerns about triggering risk retention on its large pile of older deals, Blackstone is dusting off CLO portfolios that have long been eligible for a refi makeover.

Moody's, S&P and DBRS take divergent views of riskiness of €500 Driver Italia One; key concerns are the concentration of loans with balloon payments and lack of recourse to cars being financed.

However the collateral will total at least £370.4 million (US$424.5 million), including a £62.7 million prefunding account; the weighted average coupon of the collateral is 4%.

The U.S. CLO manager breaks the ice with its first euro-denominated deal, which priced Friday and will close in May when it is about 75% ramped up.

A new settlement with Massachusetts resolves all outstanding administrative actions against Ocwen Financial Corp. by a group of 30 states, but two states' legal actions against the servicer remain outstanding.