Securitization

More than 2,500 Fitch-rated structured finance transactions face significant challenges transitioning from Libor to an alternative floating-rate benchmark, but the ratings agency doesn’t foresee that resulting in potential ratings downgrades until 2022.

The $156.5 million Amax Mortgage Loan Trust 2020-B is collateralized by 764 seasoned “re-performing” loans (RPLs), which are mortgages that were previously delinquent, as long as 90 days, but have recently been performing well.

Verizon is launching its 12th securitization of device payment-plan agreements, marking its second asset-backed issuance this year.

Student loan servicing giants, Sallie Mae Bank and its offshoot Navient Solutions, are each approaching the market with deals securitizing students loans, providing investors with exposure to different types of loans and deal risks.

After receiving a third-party stamp of approval, Fannie Mae announced July 27 completing the latest two issuances of a single-family green mortgage backed security as part of an ongoing program that started in April and expands its long-time multi-family green MBS program.

The ongoing pandemic and the resulting weak global economy will lead to tighter-than-expected underwriting of structured transactions and continue to weaken their performance, but investors are nevertheless starting to open their arms to more risk.

Nearly 12 million renters could be served with eviction notices in the next four months. And in some cities, like New York and Houston, more than a fifth of renters say they have “no confidence” in their ability to pay next month.

Though the majority of retail real estate investment trusts carry investment-grade ratings, landlords may not see their credit metrics return to pre-pandemic levels until 2022.

The coronavirus impact in the U.,S. alone has resulted in a 30% year-over-year decline across securitizations, CLOs and MBS.

Moody's says anchor stores like J.C. Penney and Neiman Marcus represent only a small portion of CMBS retail exposure, but their deteriorating fortunes will hasten the decline in credit quality of CMBS-held loans backed by Class "B" and "C" malls.

Issuers approved for the program will receive written authority to use "digital collateral" for a limited number of securitizations.

The net assets in Blackstone Real Estate Income Master Fund declined to $553M on May 31 from $773M at year-end 2019.

The student-loan servicer is marketing bonds secured by refinance originations of its Earnest subsidiary targeting borrowers in advanced-degree professions.

The trustee is piloting a distributed-ledger program that can automate much of the interaction between originators, servicers and MBS investors.

Credit Acceptance Corp.'s second securitization of 2020 has a higher loss rate than the first deal due to COVID-19 worries, as well as rising loss levels in the lender's recent-vintage securitizations.

More than $2.5 billion in new subprime auto securitization deals hit the market this week, including a portfolio of indirect loans pooled by first-time issuer First Help Financial.

The single-borrower deal, sponsored by Brookfield, was pulled in the spring due to market conditions that halted most securitizations at the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak.

Tricon American Homes launches the fifth securitization since mid-May secured by loans that finance institutional ownership and management of single-family residential rental homes.

The first-time transaction under Fortress Investment Group's new shelf will be backed by long-term leases on 11 Amazon fulfillment and last-mile distribution centers – three of which remain under construction.

S&P Global Ratings has projected slightly higher investor loss levels for BMW Financial Services' first 2020 auto-loan securitization, compared to the captive-finance auto lender's previous deal in 2019. But that loss range (0.9%-1.11%) still remains minimal.