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Freddie Mac will keep building on the financial reforms that produced profitability during conservatorship as broader government-sponsored enterprise proposals take shape, according to departing CEO Don Layton.

Fannie Mae is considering sharing more risk with the private sector to reduce future strain on its earnings from the implementation of the Current Expected Credit Loss accounting standard next year.

Five new-issue deals pricing Thursday pushed monthly primary CLO volume to $13.8 billion, with $43 billion year-to-date now 7% ahead of the new-deal output in the first four months of 2018.

The trio of malls collateralizing the new mortgage include two well-performing mall as well as a troubled Florida super-regional shopping center.

The $505 million Octagon Investment Partners 20-R will close before the assignment of any underlying loans, according to Moody's.

An industry working group might seek legislation to eliminate the need for investor consent in the shift to a new benchmark interest rate. But any legislative fix is almost certain to be challenged because choosing an alternative to Libor will inevitably favor one party in a transaction over another.

The manager's Sound Point Euro CLO 1 Funding DAC is the only deal so far in 2019 to be issued for a first-time issuer in the EU region.

The initial portfolio for the $601.7 million deal features high exposure to lower-rated single-B loans, though that will likely drop when it is fully ramped.

The transaction is the fourth by the New York-based affiliate of Hayfin Capital Management since its merger with the U.K. asset manager.

The residential mortgages being reinsured are less risky, by several measures, than its previous deal; none of the borrowers have ever missed a payment.

The $746.2 million PFP 2019-1's biggest exposure by property type is to multifamily, but the single largest asset is a $71 million portion of a mortgage on a Dallas office building.

Assured Guaranty indicated it is interested in reaching a deal on PREPA bonds rather than continuing its quest for a PREPA receiver.

Investors who do not consent to proposed changes in the terms of the $655.9 million Magnetite XXII must sell their bonds (at full par) to the money manager.

The $687 million XAN 2019-RSO7 has 36 months to fund additional lending against properties in the collateral pool, six months longer than a 2018 transaction.

The New York-based CLO management firm also plans to change its name to reflect its parent firm, Vibrant Capital Partners.

The CLO manager has priced a reissued CLO at spreads signficantly higher than rates paid since a 2017 limited refinancing.

This time, investors required Radian to hold on to the first 2.5% of losses it covers on the pool; by comparison, the insurer’s previous deal, Eagle Re 2018-1, had a lower “attachment” point of 2.25%.

Dryden 36 Senior Loan Fund, originally issued in 2014 and previously refinanced in December 2016, is also being upsized, to $712.9 million.

The $410 million Maranon Loan Funding 2019-1 will be backed by assets initially included in a December 2016 transaction.

The Structured Finance Industry Group wants Treasury and the IRS to issue a notice that a change from Libor to an alternative index would not be treated as a taxable exchange.