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Securitization pros compared notes on regulatory compliance and learned about the risks and rewards of fintech; here are the highlights of the Structured Finance Industry Group;s annual confab.

Expect to see more bonds backed by Property Assessed Clean Energy Loans that earn top marks from credit rating agencies.

Rules requiring issuers of asset-backeds to keep "skin in the game" of deals haven't been as burdensome as many featured.

Securitization pros are guardedly optimistic about the Trump Administration’s impact on the industry, even if no one expects to see a rollback of regulations imposed by the Dodd-Frank Act in the immediate future.

The fintech firms Nymbus and Monzo separately announced that investors are pouring in additional money to fuel their growth.

Increasingly, these transactions are being structured to give lessors more flexibility in terms of both the types of collateral and the ability to actively trade aircraft. As a result, transactions more accurately reflect lesssors’ fleets

Marketplace lender Kabbage is marketing $500 million of bonds backed by small business loans and lines of credit. The transaction, dubbed Kabbage Asset Securitization 2017-1, refinances a $270 million facility it obtained in 2014 that is set to expire.

Kroll Bond Rating Agency is maintaining its downgrade watch on portions of Diamond Resorts’ recent timeshare loan securitizations, expressing worries about future default levels.