Commercial banking

BLAST 2024-1 collateral pool exhibits a few key differences from BLAST 2023-1, such as a higher WA interest rate, at 23.4%, compared with 22.5%.

Carlos Pareja is a vice president, capital planning, internal audit at Morgan Stanley. He has in-depth experience in credit risk and credit analytics, project finance and environmental economic assessments. He has worked as a lending officer, risk manager and consultant at Big Four and financial institutions. Reach him at cpareja1@nyc.rr.com.

Kenneth Grant is a managing director at Berkeley Research Group who provides advisory services, consulting and expert witness testimony, both domestic and international, for clients in the energy and infrastructure sectors. Reach him at KGrant@thinkbrg.com

The A1 and a2 notes receive interest on a pro rata basis, while, the A1 notes receive ultimate principal before the A2 notes, unless certain conditions are met.

Stronger demand for auctions and the recent popularity of the 20-year could already be compelling the department to consider increasing the size the bank's strategists say.

After a record-breaking year of reeling in business from failed banks and scared customers defecting from rivals, the largest U.S. bank expects it will keep getting larger.

The coupons on the class A notes steps up after four years by 100 basis points, but the coupons are subject to a net weighted average coupon (WAC) cap.

Debra Andrianopoulos is a principal in the engagement practice at HR and benefits consulting firm Buck, a Gallagher company.  

Issuance volume of asset-backed securities for the year through January 11, 2024

Underwriting league tables of asset-backed securities through January 11, 2024

Global financial market euphoria over the last two months of 2023 is overdone, according to members of the International Association of Credit Portfolio Managers, who expect inflation, rates to stay elevated.

Julia Khandoshko is CEO at Mind Money, a European investment technology and financial engineering hub.

Khandoshko is a finance industry professional with 10 years of experience in technology and capital markets. Her extensive familiarity with technology applications in financial services is underscored by five years of managing business development initiatives in the IT education sector. This background proved to be a valuable asset when navigating Mind Money's transformation into a financial hub guided by a scientific, data-driven approach. 

Neeraj Baid, founder and CEO, Atlantic Money.