Securitization

The European primary market has remained mostly quiet over the month of February.

World Omni Financial Corp. is marketing an $800 million new auto receivables deal that will include three triple-A rated tranches.

Jay Kim, co-head of Barclays Capital's U.S. asset securitization team, will be moving to Credit Suisse in May to head up the bank's asset finance team. He will be bringing around 10 Barclays bankers with him.

The Obama Administration is willing to start the process of winding down Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, but it must be done gradually over as many as five to seven years to prevent disruptions to the mortgage market and the economic recovery, according to a high ranking Treasury Department official.

Despite widespread allegations of botched loan administration and conflicts of interest, a review of the three main rating agencies' quality evaluations of servicers (including banks) show that virtually every servicer with a published rating is ranked as "proficient," "average" or better.

DBRS has assigned provisional ratings to the DSC Floorplan Master Owner Trust Series 2011-1 notes. The DSC Floorplan Master Owner Trust Series 2011-1 transaction represents the first issuance out of a newly created master trust and the second securitization of Dealer Service Corp’s (DSC) wholesale receivables. The trust assets collateralizing the series’ issuance include a revolving pool of receivables originated in connection with the purchase and financing by motor vehicle dealers of predominantly used automobiles and trucks. Dealer Services Corp. is the sponsor and originator of the receivables. DSC was formed in 2005. The management team has considerable experience in this specialized sector within the wholesale market. DSC funds loans to independent dealers in order for those dealers to access vehicles at used vehicle auctions. This market is a well established part of the automotive industry, with two very large auction companies: Manheim Inc., ADESA Inc. and a host of smaller or regional auctions like ABC Auctions and a large number of smaller independent auctions. Credit enhancement for the Series 2011-1 Class A notes is 17.75%. This amount is derived from 10.0% subordination of notes, 7.50% residual interest and 0.25% reserve account. Since this is a master trust, investors are expecting to be repaid on the expected date. If there were an amortization event, enhancement will build over time since the Class A Notes are paid first before the subordinate notes receive any principal. The reserve account is also calculated as a percent of the initial notes and will grow as a percent of the outstanding notes when those notes are repaid. The structure will consist of a three year interest only period followed by an expected principal repayment on the expected principal payment date (March 15, 2014). If an early amortization event occurs, noteholders could be paid back their principal earlier than (March 15, 2014). If this were to occur, the senior most class of notes, Class A, will be paid 100% of the principal before the next senior class of notes, Class B. Dealer Services Corp. (DSC) is in the market with its DSC Floorplan Master Owner Trust Series 2011-1 transaction.The over $252 million deal is the firm's first issuance out of a newly created master trust and the second securitization of Dealer Service Corp’s (DSC) wholesale receivables, according to a DBRS presale report. The transaction is backed by receivables originated in connection with the purchase and financing by motor vehicle dealers of predominantly used automobiles and trucks. According to the rating agency, DSC was formed in 2005 and its management team is considered to have considerable experience in this specialized sector within the wholesale market. The firm finances loans to independent dealers so those dealers to access vehicles at used vehicle auctions. This market is a well established part of the automotive industry, with two very large auction companies: Manheim, ADESA and a host of smaller or regional auctions like ABC Auctions as well as a large number of smaller independent auctions. The structure comprises of a three-year interest only period followed by an expected principal repayment on the expected principal payment date on March 15, 2014, DBRS said. The indenture trustee on the transaction is Deutsche Bank Trust Co. Americas and the owner trustee is Wilmington Trust Co. while the back-up servicer is Portfolio Financial Services Corp.

Thanks to a $1.3 billion check from Bank of America, Fannie Mae reported positive net operating earnings of $73 million for the fourth quarter — its first such profit since 2007.

February remittance reports showed that default rates reversed their course after rising the previous month, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch analysts.

Manager Activity: Autos Book Runner Amount (US$ Mil) Rank Mkt.

The political unrest that is taking place in the Middle East has trickled over to U.S. CMBS market spreads, Barclays Capital analysts said.

A California lender began selling jumbo loans this month to global asset manager BlackRock, proof that private investors are not waiting for the securitization market to fully recover before getting back into mortgages.

House Republicans are taking aim at four of the administration's foreclosure-prevention programs, arguing that they have failed to help many homeowners and are a waste of time and money.

GC Securities placed $135 million of protection for Hartford Fire Insurance Co. This was done through Hartford's existing catastrophe bond shelf program called Foundation Re III Ltd.

King & Spalding hired Scott Stengel, who specializes in bank regulatory, capital markets and restructuring matters, to the firm’s capital transactions and real estate practice in Washington, D.C.

Freddie Mac late Thursday said Donald J. Bisenius, executive vice president of its single-family credit guaranty business, received a 'Wells Notice,' which means the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is considering filing civil charges against him.

Securitized hospitality loan delinquencies have been the highest in the CMBS market and tend to be the most volatile but one advisor, Mission Capital principal David Tobin, sees a relative improvement in them.

The former treasurer of Taylor, Bean & Whitaker (TBW), Ocala, Fla., pleaded guilty to criminal charges involving her role in selling "fictitious" mortgages to Colonial Bank, contributing to that institution's failure.

Bank regulators, law enforcement and various other federal and state officials continue to negotiate the proper punishment for more than a dozen large servicers that have mistreated mortgage borrowers.

Carrington Capital Management, a former subprime securitization specialist, salvaged an impressive amount of money from its low-ranked RMBS, thanks to the unusual strategies of its servicing affiliate.

Sallie Mae hired Kenneth Fischbach as director of capital markets. In his new role, Fischbach will assume the capital markets responsibilities of Jonathan Clark, who was appointed chief financial officer in January and now the firm's executive vice president & CFO. Additionally, Fischbach also continue to manage the student lender's rating agency relationships.