Securitization

The firm, based in the Portland, Ore. area, will market $123.7 million in notes secured by mission-critical equipment such as MRI machines it finances for hospitals and medical offices.

The deal, backed by loans and leases on 55 corporate jets, is the first transaction to price since the coronavirus outbreak cratered the global air travel industry.

Rescuing malls will be unusually complicated because the properties have byzantine webs of financing that have only grown more elaborate with time.

Loop Capital Markets was lead underwriter and joint bookrunner on an upsized $1.2 billion deal that serves as the first asset-backed market transaction to feature a minority-owned firm as a lead.

A global shortage of yield-bearing assets for investors seeking to generate income is boosting the popularity of funds that back lawsuits in return for a slice of the proceeds if they win.

Deals, trends and research in structured finance and asset-backed securities for the week of Oct. 23-29

How we resolve millions of delinquent mortgages due to COVID is the only question that matters.

Four tranches of AAA-rated notes in the $342.2 million JPMorgan Mortgage Trust 2020-8 may utilize a term-SOFR rate should the benchmark improve on the weighted-average coupon of the deal.

Brookfield will securitize part of a $255 million loan that was applied to its purchase of three high-end hotels in Atlanta, Washington, D.C., and San Diego.

The lease/purchase home operator is securitizing a loan with higher debt-service coverage that most prior MBS issues from its trust. It also is providing a geographically diverse mix of homes that make the deal less vulnerable to isolated outbreak hotspots.

Automotive services chain operator Driven Brands is pursuing its next whole-business securitization, despite a recent sales decline among its franchise stores due to slowing economic conditions related to the pandemic.

Property debt funds, including at Blackstone Group Inc., raised $14.1 billion from April through September, compared with $15.7 billion a year earlier, according to research firm Preqin Ltd. Yet the expected flood of deals has so far been just a trickle.

Trepp research finds that high demand, especially during the COVID-19 outbreak, has rewarded MBS investors' faith in a sector with 'negligible' delinquency rates and healthier leverage levels among operators.

The deal would take the donut chain private and tie it to franchise chains that also regularly issue whole-business securitizations – including Arby's, Sonic Drive In and Jimmy John's – under the Roark Capital-backed Inspire Brands umbrella.

Deals, trends and research in structured finance and asset-backed securities for the week of Oct. 16-22

Like previous deals, the trust will have a revolving pool of assets for up to two years, in which sponsor Cellco Partnership (doing business as Verizon Wireless) can replace paid-off agreements with new agreements that meet minimum pool standard requirements.

According to ratings agency presale reports, Flagship will sell $303 million in bonds from a $314.8 million of loan originations by Flagship as well as its CarFinance.com subsidiary.

The European Union's first social bond sale, totaling 17 billion euros, was 14 times oversubscribed, meaning the EU could have sold 200 billion euros worth of bonds. That indicates a market that’s structurally underserved.

The private investment firm is securitizing a $265 million loan backed by fee interests in 58 well-performing properties across 12 states.

investors need to remember that speculative-grade companies aren’t immune from going bust, no matter how wide open the debt markets might be.