Banking

CommonBond is coming to the securitization market again with another trust that uses the highly selective prefunding period feature to issue notes backed by private, refinanced student loans.

No investor wants to touch the riskiest high-yield debt. The bank’s asset manager says it’s cheap enough that there are opportunities.

S&P's review of leveraged-loan deals across multiple sectors found only 17% of lenders have provisions that would disallow borrowers from transferring collateral assets to unrestricted subsidiaries outside lender reach.

The $450 million DT Auto Owner Trust 2019-4 has a pool balance of $519.7 million, an average balance of $17,125 per account and an 84.21% share of loans with terms over 60 months.

Regulators have long warned the credit bureaus about deceptive marketing that causes consumers to sign up unwittingly for paid monitoring services. But the practice has persisted, according to complaint data.

In her second day of congressional testimony, Kathy Kraninger took heat from Senate Democrats for weighing in on constitutional questions about her agency and for her enforcement track record.

According to presale reports, the fixed-rate loan collateral in Angel Oak Mortgage Trust 2019-5 makes up 77.8% of the new collateral, compared to just 35.5% in Angel Oak’s previous deal that priced in July.

While demand is strong and loan performance generally remains solid, the prevalence of longer loan terms has sparked concern that losses will eventually spike.

CFPB Director Kathy Kraninger faced a barrage of questions from Democrats on the House Financial Services Committee over why the agency has not demanded refunds for consumers in recent settlements.

The $5 billion financing package may also include around $1 billion of secured debt that would be sold to investors, as well as about $1.7 billion in letters of credit that would be split among participating banks