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Mid-market business equipment leasing firms Ascentium Capital and Axis Capital has each launched securitizations of recent contract pools.

Insight Wireless Group is issuing another $301.5 million of notes backed by cellular towers, according to Fitch Ratings.

Orange Lake Country Club is marketing $176 million of notes backed by timeshare loans, according to Fitch Ratings.

The Florida Public Service Commission has a beef with Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s Investors Service, and Fitch Ratings, which all characterize bonds backed by utility fees as a kind of structured finance, rather than as corporate bonds.

Sprint Corp. is borrowing against its most valuable asset – the airwaves – to buy more time for a turnaround.

The Florida Public Service Commission takes issue with the way that three U.S. credit rating agencies classify certain bonds issued on behalf of two power companies that operate in the state.

Vertical Bridge CC, LL Secured Tower Revenue Notes, Series 2016-2 is a $196 million pooling of its 407 communications broadcast towers, including 377 that it acquired in a sale-leaseback transaction in December 2014 with iHeartMedia, Inc., the radio broadcast station ownership giant and its largest client.

NextGear, a unit of Cox Enterprises, is marketing its second offering of the year of notes backed by inventory financing for used auto dealers, according to rating agency reports

Some big investors are keeping their powder dry in the event that an exogenous event roils the financial markets; in the meantime, it’s a challenge to put money to work in assets that produce decent returns without taking on excessive risk.