Investments

Cadma Capital Partners will provide asset-backed financing to venture- and growth-lenders, high-growth companies, and financial sponsors.

Traders amped up wagers on a June rate increase to about 40% after Fed Bank of Dallas President Lorie Logan said the case for a pause next month is not clear.

Direct lenders are trying to get their hands on consumer loans, cutting into banks' business and taking advantage of the sometimes volatile market for asset-backed debt.

GoodLeap 2023-2 has loans with fewer 25-year terms and higher FICO scores generally. Together, they'll have lower expected loss rates than those with longer terms and lower FICO scores.

At the embattled Republic First Bancorp, elevated legal, professional and audit fees also contributed to a nearly $10 million in first-quarter loss but CEO Thomas Geisel reports signs of progress moving past "legacy headwinds."

The pool will have an average senior overcollateralization cushion of 10.33%. Overall, however, the portfolio has a lower WA spread and lower available excess spread, which it says indicates a weaker underlying portfolio.

The senior, triple-A rated notes, which is in the A-1B class, are expected to have a 210 basis point spread, with a 38% credit enhancement level.

In a sign of how Japan's influence has grown, its regional banks have become a go-to buyer in the $1.3 trillion market — an important source of financing for junk-rated U.S. companies.

Urschel is said to have led the financing for the majority of recent franchised whole business securitizations and several dozen transactions involving cell tower, data center, fiber and other digital infrastructure assets.

Demand for AAAs is still challenged as banks, the biggest buyers, are facing too much uncertainty and volatility around their balance sheets.