There are few major dislocations in ABS at present. Down-in-credit trades on top-tier issuers are still a way to pick up additional yield and preserve liquidity, but good cross-sector bets remain hard to find. That said, two-year fixed rate autos are now very tight to two-year fixed rate cards. They are currently only 1 bp behind cards, so selling fixed autos and buying cards with this average life appears attractive. Also, the firm reiterates that 5-year and 7-year average life SLABS are cheap on a generic basis to credit card ABS.
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Early industry reaction to the Federal Reserve's Basel III proposals points to potential capital relief for banks, though stakeholders say the complexity of the changes makes their overall impact unclear.
March 20 -
The loans were underwritten primarily to full documentation standards, including one to two years of W-2 verification, or two years of personal and business tax returns for self-employed borrowers.
March 20 -
The deal has a three-month prefunding period, which begins on its expected April 2 closing date, and assets transferred into the pool will be subject to concentration limits.
March 19 -
A first look at the capital plan suggests it moves the real estate finance industry closer to changes it lobbied for, but the devil may be in the details.
March 19 -
Regardless of whether a trigger is in place, A-1FCF will always receive principal first until that balance is reduced to zero, and then to A-1LCF until it is fully paid off.
March 19 -
For the second week in a row, the 30-year fixed increased by 11 basis points, Freddie Mac found, a result of reaction to oil price hikes from the Iran conflict.
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