Great American Leasing is marketing a $355.4 million equipment lease securitization.
The deal is called Great American Leasing Receivables 2011-1. It was managed by Wells Fargo and Merrill Lynch and will be priced via the 144A market. The deal is expected to close on Feb. 24.
The fixed-rate loans are divided into three sub-pools that relied on rating methods from the RMBS, CMBS and ABS sectors to assess their risks.
The House Financial Services Committee also sent to the full House two bipartisan bills, including one that would prevent large banks from opting out of having to recognize Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income in regulatory capital.
The portfolio does not have any meaningful originations that have completed a full repayment cycle, making the company's performance data thin.
Formerly of Wells Fargo, she will coordinate several key units to create a structure for a sustained capital markets program that capitalizes on recent innovation and growth in home equity finance.
The Structured Finance Association questions whether funding closed-end seconds is an appropriate role for the government-sponsored enterprise, while newer lenders welcome the liquidity support.
The CFPB has dissolved the Office of Supervision, Enforcement and Fair Lending and eliminated the job of associate director in a move that impacts how it designates nonbanks for supervision.
