Subprime lending

The lender's first deal of the year is sized at $750 million, in line with its two prior offerings, but the amount of collateral has been significantly increased, to over $1 billion.

The first issuance on its Finsbury Square platform marks the specialty mortgage originator's seventh securitization since 2010.

The first subprime auto ABS deal for 2018 is the 30th overall for Consumer Portfolio Services, with caters to deep subprime borrower pools.

Despite boosting credit enhancement, the sponsor was only able to earn an 'A' from S&P Global Ratings, which cited heightened competition and adverse borrower selection.

In its third securitization of cash-out auto loans, OneMain will for the first time include originations from the 1,000 legacy offices acquired from CitiFinancial.

Kroll expects cumulative net losses on the collateral for American Credit Acceptance 2017-4 to be as high as 29.9%; the senior notes have 66.35% initial credit enhancement.

More stringent underwriting is the likely reason banks and credit unions are seeing relatively low levels of delinquencies on car loans to high-risk borrowers.

Nearly one-third of the vehicles in CIG Financial's $172 million transaction have mileage above 100,000; the highest-mileage car financed has 197,387.

The company increased the concentration of sub-550 Beacon score borrowers to more than 13%, and cut the share of prime 700-plus loans by more than two-thirds from its prior deal.

The Dallas consumer lender says it plans to boost subprime originations again after retooling its portfolio and taking stock of the economy.

The deal, known as Bayview Opportunity Master Fund IVb Trust 2017-RT6, pools 2,745 current loans, of which nearly 58% have been clean for at least two years, and 55.2% have been modified.

The company is lending less and issuing smaller securitizations this year, but investors keep flocking to the subprime lender's paper.

Veros is based in California but recently expanded on the East Coast, resulting in a dip in credit performance; Kroll capped its rating in the senior notes of the $165 million deal at single A.

Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust has just 3.3% of the pool comprised of manufacturer subsidized loans, down from 9.9% in Ally's prior CARAT deal in July 2016.

CarMax, BMW, Santander and Credit Acceptance Corp. all launched deals Thursday; they add to the $35 billion in prime auto, $12.31 billion in prime lease, and $19.4 billion in subprime auto loan ABS so far this year.

The proportion of collateral that will be acquired after the CPS Auto Receivables Trust 2017-D closes is 33.3%, or $66 million, from the 29.7% level from the sponsor's prior deal in July.

Investor demand for mortgage bonds is strong; the only limiting factors are consumer awareness of the product and loan officers' willingness to offer them.

The $426.2 million COLT 2017-2 is backed entirely by loans originated by Caliber, an affiliate of private equity firm Lone Star Funds. There are no loans originated by Sterling Bank & Trust, which accounted for 22% of the collateral for the prior deal.

The credit quality of the collateral is lower, by several metrics, than that of Exeter's prior deal; however, S&P Global expects cumulative net losses to be in the same range, from 20.1%-21.1%.

Powell downplayed fears about subprime auto lending, saying he aims to improve Santander Consumer's compliance culture, beef up customer services and expand its relationship with Chrysler Capital.