Securitization

The transaction was launched in early June, just as concerns about a trade war were starting to take a toll on commodities prices.

Commercial mortgage-backed securities delinquency rates are likely to continue to decrease for the rest of the year, as new issuances outpace maturing loans and precrisis loans continued to get resolved by special servicers, Fitch Ratings said.

The deal will be managed through its BDC, which formed a joint venture last December to fund PE-sponsored firms with unitranche corporate loans.

Apartment buildings account for 78.8% of the $341 million balance of the deal; that's up from 58% of a $304 million deal completed in March.

SoFi’s $577.5 million offering is the sponsor’s 23rd rated term student loan ABS transaction, while Massachusetts’ $164 million offering is only its second deal.

The captive-finance lenders will be the leading issuers of U.S. auto lease-backed securitizations in 2017 at the close of their latest deals launched this week.

The deal, which Fitch did not name in its report, appears to be VCO CLO 2018-1. The agency said the transaction might not even merit a single-A rating, given the high single-sector concentration.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency issued a proposal Wednesday that would require mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to align their policies on cash flows for current mortgage-backed securities, and eventually for a uniform security when it is implemented next year.

The credit quality of obligors is up from that of the sponsor's 2017 transaction, which could help offset a decline in performance seen in recent vintages.

J.P. Morgan Asset Management is not disclosing why it is retiring the $1B Palm Lane Credit Opportunities Fund; the fund was previously being considered for a spinoff.

Housing finance reform is still likely years away, but a growing chorus of lawmakers say the government guarantor has the ability to clear the path to a final plan.

The deal, which comes just a year after the commodity trading firm's last securitization, represents 7.85% of assets in a revolving trust; it may be upsized to $500 million.

The $300 million transaction has a six-month prefunding period during with the last $50 million of loans will be acquired; it can be actively managed for three years.

Caliber Home Loans’ next offering of subprime mortgage bonds includes a new product offered to borrowers with a stronger credit profile than its other programs – but also less equity in their homes.

Nearly a third of borrowers, 29.5%, backing the $500 million transaction are making timely payments, up from 27.4% for the prior deal and higher than the lender’s previous two deals.

TCI Capital assigned two CLO deals totaling $1 billion that it was managing for Columbia Management Investment Advisers, after Columbia resigned its subadvisory role.

Moody’s expects losses on Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2018-4 to reach 25% of the original balance over the life of the deal, down from 26% for its prior deal.

The real estate investment trust is securitizing a $225 million mortgage on a portfolio of 10 hotels owned by Taylor Woods and Howard Wu, founders of Urban Commons.

Investor appetite for deeply subordinated debt is increasing even as the industry starts to consolidate; problems at Honor Finance demonstrate the limits of relying on overcollateralization to offset losses.

About 8.5% of loans backing the $256.2 million transaction were reassigned from a 2015 deal; this boosted the weighted average seasoning to seven months from one month for ACA's prior deal.