Securitization

DriveTime's improving loss performance in recent securitizations allowed it to relax the enhancement levels on its first securitization of the year.

The transaction is the second this year involving Santander's Chrysler Capital preferred-lender unit; in January Santander sold bonds on its first-ever deal backed by Fiat Chrysler leases.

The Trepp CMBS Delinquency Rate is now 4.51%, a decrease of 32 basis points from the January level; only the multifamily subindex experienced a rise in late payments.

LendingClub, Marlette and others are looking at additional changes to both their securitization and whole-loan sale programs that could further broaden their investor bases.

GSO/Blackstone's Cook Park CLO is the firm's first new-issue transaction since November; the senior, triple-A-rated tranche pays just 92 basis points over Libor.

Avoca CLO V was issued only the second default rating of a subordinate global CLO in the last four years, the result of an unpaid subordinate tranche in an early deal liquidation by manager KKR.

Participants at the Structured Finance Industry Group conference in Las Vegas say that future deals could be linked to the performance of jumbo, as well as conforming loans.

Despite riskier terms, rising delinquencies and falling used car values, investors keep buying bonds backed by prime and subprime auto loans and leases.

Credit support on the senior tranche of the $800 million transaction is 19.25%, up 250 basis points on the comparable tranche of the sponsor's previous deal to offset the impact of falling used car prices.

The DC Circuirt Court's ruling that CLO managers are exempt from skin in the game rules disappointed some investors, who are willing to pay a premium for deals in which their interests are aligned.

Verizon Wireless' sixth overall securitization of device-payment plans includes more subprime borrowers, but delinquencies remain low in its managed portfolio.

Panels account for just 15% to 20% of the total cost of residential installations, so the impact on demand is going to be relatively muted; utility-scale installations will be hit harder.

It has obtained a $1.4 billion mortgage from four banks on a portfolio of 27 buildings that were previously securitized in a 2016 transaction, according to rating agency reports.

Timothy Bowler, president of the ICE Benchmark Administration, which has been responsible for calculating the index since mid-2013, argues that there is a strong case for keeping it going.

So far, consumers have not had much voice in the discussion of a suitable replacement for the benchmark rate; lenders and servicers want to limit any harm, and their liability.

Golub Capital Partners' first CLO of 2018 is pooling small and medium-size enterprise loans into a $903.8 million portfolio, more than twice the size of its previous middle-market CLO.

GoldenTree's dual-market CLO manager affiliate is launching its first European CLO after debuting with two U.S. deals totaling more than $1.4 billion in 2017.

Junson Capital obtained a $179 million first mortgage from Natixis; proceeds, along with $40 million of subordinate debt and $115 million of equity, were used to fund the $334.3 million acquisition.

In January, the closed end fund put $36.6 million to work acquiring the most subordinate securities issued by several CLOs, following the $52.6 million it spent in the fourth quarter.

Financial services groups are calling for more funding for the Internal Revenue Service that could fix flaws in the agency's system for verifying the income of mortgage applicants.