Moody's

Lender and servicers are increasingly using nontraditional methods such as "hybrid" appraisals and broker price opinions in an attempt to cut costs, but some are more reliable than others.

Nissan’s deal is backed by loans and will be sized at $1 billion or $1.3 billion, depending on demand. Hyundai Capital’s $1 billion transaction is backed by leases ranging from 24 to 48 months.

The all-senior note structure is backed by $812 million in loans, and supported by low 3.5% credit enhancement based on low historical loss rates of John Deere securitizations.

For the fifth time since early 2016, American Honda Finance is hedging on oversubscribed demand for its prime-loan receivables-backed notes with a potential upsizing.

It will use proceeds from the issuance of $640 million of bonds backed by wireless tower leases to help repay two deals totaling $755 million that were issued in 2013.

Over 94% of the collateral pool consists of diesel-engine vehicles, even though diesel cars have had waning interest among French drivers in the past decade.

The pooling of loans and leases for Volvo- and Mack-brand trucking and construction equipment is modeled largely on the credit and portfolio characteristics of seven prior securitizations by Volvo's VFS subsidiary.

While tightening down on cov-lite and subordinate loans, Marathon CLO XI's rules give the asset manager more room to trade in lower-credit and DIP loans.

The Irving, Tex.-based specialty lender boosted senior-note credit enhancement levels and has stabilized portfolio losses to break the AA ratings cap on its deals, according to S&P Global Ratings.

The New York-based alternative asset manager is first out of the gate with a new-issue deal amidst a flurry of early reset/refinancing activity totaling $3.4 billion.