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PACE sponsors are raising capital and promoting plans to retroactively fund stalled CRE projects amid the COVID-19 outbreak – a potential boost for what has been a shrinking assets class in ABS
May 11 -
Abs participants saw markets freeze and were bracing for even worse when federal aid provided a short-term respite. The question now: how much trust can anyone put in the medium-term and beyond?
April 7 -
Credit unions have seized share in auto lending. It may not be long before the same happens in auto ABS issuance.
February 20 -
Impact investing has long centered on environmental and social purpose, but governance could make huge strides as an ESG consideration in 2020.
January 21
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Banks and lenders have made inroads in analytics and automation with machine-learning technology. Will asset management follow suit?
November 19 -
The idea of forgiving student debt has gained traction in the Democratic presidential debates. Undiscussed so far: the significant impact any program could have on the roughly $175 billion of securities backed by student loans
October 9 -
Private-label securitizations haven’t commanded a meaningful share of the mortgage-backed market in a decade. Trump administration officials seem intent on changing that
October 9 -
MPL securitizations have yet to face a credit-cycle test. The discussion over how they will handle one is intesifying
July 16 -
The industry has a Libor problem. State law could be the remedy. The politics are complicated.
June 4 -
Beyond the length of time planes are grounded, investor exposure to Boeing Max is determined by the type of deal, timing of deliveries and the strength of lessees
April 5 -
California’s tougher oversight has stripped PACE lending of its go-to project financing status among the state’scontractors. That shift may bode ill for the credit quality of those PACE loans that are getting made
February 15 -
California needs to build 3.5 million homes by 2025; much of this could come from accessory dwelling units - provided they can be financed
January 18
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What does the first downgrade of a subprime auto securitization since the credit crisis say about the state of lending?
October 15 -
Much of this direct lending is finding its way into the securitization market, as big names like GLO/Blackstone and Bain Capital join what had been a clubby market of firms issuing middle market CLOs. There are already concerns about the impact on credit quality.
October 15 -
Summer is when things typically slow down. No better time to float some of the more esoteric asset classes
August 16 -
A year after regulators announced that Libor would be phased out, it's unclear what will replace it as a benchmark for loans
May 15 -
This may be the most liquid and well-bid part of the CMBS market
April 9 -
Single-family homes are scarce and capitals is cheap, so investors are extending their reach with 'infil' projects
February 21 -
Carveouts spared CRE-backed assets from tax reform damage: corporate loans and lease ABS weren't so lucky
January 22
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THe largest mortgage insurer is using GSE-style risk transfer in the private market
November 17 -
The securitization market is providing a new source of short-term financing for multifamily building under revnovation
November 2 -
What higher education finance reform could mean for private student lenders
October 26 -
LendingClub's first self-sponsored ABS makes it less beholden to direct debt buyers
July 17 -
Fannie and Freddie are making big changes in the way they securitize and transfer risk
May 30 -
Residential providers are shifting leases to loans, which have more credit risk and task owners with maintenance and servicing
May 30 -
As nonprime mortgage lending picks up, RMBS buyers are seeking - and getting - more information than ever
May 30 -
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Why Florida is shaping up to be the next big source of property-assessed clean energy bonds
May 31 -
What distributed ledger technology can do for capital markets
May 31 -
The go-go days of marketplace lending have screeched to a halt as anxiety over regulation and delinquencies cut into demand from the investors who fueled its growth
May 31 -
For the first time since the crisis, CLO Managers are shoring up collateral by diverting funds that had been earmarked for junior creditors
May 31 -
New approaches to underwriting and pricing of student loans have altered the dynamics of this sector of the ABS market
May 31 -
Bonds backed by handset financing may soon be a consumer finance staple, but there's no consensus on how to assess their risk
May 31 -
This building in Stamford, CT is one of many financed by commercial mortgages originated prior to the crisis. Those loans are now coming due - and may prove hard to refinance int he current market
May 31 -
A $3.5 billion sale-and-leaseback transaction for spectrum licenses buys time for a turnaround
May 31
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Such structured products would be the latest in a string of innovations that includes everything from debt-for-nature swaps to novel use of carbon offsets.
March 18 -
The broker argues it did not break any agreement because it never signed an amendment to UWM's ultimatum in 2022.
March 18 -
Revenue from auto dealer floorplan receivables will secure $920.2 million in class A notes from the Nissan Master Owner Trust Receivables, both series 2024-A and 2024-B, according to Moody's Investors Service.
March 18