Securitization

Investors appear to be willing to accept lower spreads in exchange for tying their money up for less time; CLO managers may be hoping to refinance when market conditions improve.

Hines Interests used the $755 million loan from Goldman and JPMorgan to take out a $505 million mortgage from two insurance companies, MetLife and New York LIfe.

The majority of the collateral for Finsbury 2019-1 was originated over the past year, but it includes some loans from a 2016 deal that has been called; some of these older loans are delinquent.

After waiting a decade to return to the CLO market, AIG now has taken less than three months to issue a second deal through its new "CLO 2.0" platform.

The $500.25 million Magnetite XXI has a three-year reinvestment period and can be called after just one year; it also priced inside most other deals that came to market in February.

A joint venture controlled by the retailer obtained a CA$250 million mortgage on the pair of buildings in Montreal and Ottawa from Royal Bank of Canada.

Tobacco-industry loans are rare assets for CLOs, but Sound Point is ensuring none will go into its CLO XII portfolio for the remaining 20-month reinvestment period.

Nissan's is offering fewer investor protections than on its prior four securitizations; NextGear is set to close on its 10th securitization of floorplan receivables of mostly independent used-car dealers.

From financing driverless cars to dealing with Libor's demise, here are the highlights from the Structured Finance Industry Group's annual conference.

This time, the real estate investment trust is putting down some fresh equity, rather than cashing money out, in the $550 million transaction.

The new regulation, codifying requirements already in practice, is meant to help the mortgage giants prepare for the adoption of a uniform security in June.

Concerns about risks in the leveraged loan market, as well as the potential impact of new capital rules for Japanese banks, continue to weigh on collateralized loan obligations.

Three years after Verizon issued its first term securitization of device payment plans, it remains the sole issuer; Sprint, T-Mobile and AT&T appear to have other priorities.

Since most U.S. securities transactions are subject to New York law, it could be expedient to pass legislation defining Libor as SOFR plus a spread, says David Bowman, special adviser to the Fed.

Not every tranche of notes originally issued by ALM XIX has been upsized by the same amount; in fact, some of the lower-rated tranches have been cut in size.

Without the ability to issue unsecured debt nearly as cheaply as U.S. Treasury bonds, Freddie Mac could not afford to repurchase defaulted loans from MBS, Freddie CEO Don Layton said.

The captive lender is already underwriting and managing leases for GM electric cars in China; it is also buying and managing fleets for GM’s Maven ride-sharing program launched in the U.S. in 2016.

Expect even more actively managed CRE CLOs to be issued this year as investors get more comfortable with the idea of managers using proceeds from the repayment of collateral to acquire new bridge loan.

J.G. Wentworth first securitization of 2019 is backed by a similar mix of structured settlement and annuities receivables as its second deal of 2018, but the credit quality of the insurers making these payments is higher.

The €400 million RRE 1 Loan Management DAC has a 4.5-year reinvestment period and two-year non-callable period, according to presale reports.