Securitization

The securitization market is weathering risk retention and rising interest rates, though Fitch Ratings is keeping its eye on some consumer asset classes as the credit cycle lengthens.

A total of 191 properties, or 11.4% of the 1,598 in the pool, were previously securitized in transactions completed in 2014 and 2015 and repaid using a portion of the proceeds from a 2016 transaction.

Juniper Receiveables DAC, a new offshore shelf for Ally U.S. auto-loan receivables, has received an early 'Baa3' rating from Moody's Investors Service on its initial $530 million issuance.

The largest loan is for the first phase of State Farm’s two-year-old Park Center Phase 1 office tower complex that the firm constructed in Dunwoody, Ga.

The $785 million transaction, 2017-C41, is backed by a pool of 52 loans with an average balance of just $15.1 million, according to Kroll Bond Rating Agency; retail, hotel and office properties dominate the mix.

Nearly one-third of the vehicles in CIG Financial's $172 million transaction have mileage above 100,000; the highest-mileage car financed has 197,387.

That's only half as large as the lender's four previous deals, which ranged from $1.02 billion and $1.12 billion; company executives recently touted a shift toward more financing from deposits.

Over 80% of collateral for the $2 billion transaction consists of trucks, SUVs and crossovers; the deal is also the largest that the captive finance company has sponsored in the last three years.

Four tranches of rated notes totaling $591 million were issued, resulting in an advance rate of 92% vs 88% for the previous deal; pricing also improved.

Impac Mortgage Holdings' nonqualified mortgage origination volume increased 248% year-over-year in the third quarter as the company accumulates loans for a planned securitization next year.

Unlike Santander’s existing retail auto loan platform, Santander Retail Auto Lease Trust 2017-A is backed by prime quality collateral. The leases were originated by its Chrysler Capital division, through dealers of Fiat Chrysler vehicles.

For the first time in five years, MassMutual has a second securitization within a calendar year backed by loans and leases to large corporates, including federal government agencies.

The San Francisco firm is the latest U.S. lender to tighten credit standards amid concerns that consumers are shouldering too much debt.

The company increased the concentration of sub-550 Beacon score borrowers to more than 13%, and cut the share of prime 700-plus loans by more than two-thirds from its prior deal.

A mortgage on the marquee Caesars Palace Las Vegas is being used as collateral for $1.6 billion of mortgage bonds; proceeds will be used to repay existing indebtedness.

Residents' low incomes usually disqualify them for standard student loan refinancings, but SoFi and other lenders describe these borrowers as strong credits with high earnings potential who could offset some of the risks lurking in student loan pools.

The $300.3 million deal will include both senior and senior-surbordinate notes secured by both floating-rate and fixed-rate loans.

Similar to a transaction completed in December, the loans in the $127 million RCO 2917-INV1 were originated by Lima One Capital and Visio Financial.

The deal, DLL Securitization Trust 2017-A, is unusual in that it is backed almost entirely by agricultural equipment; other lessors such as CNH and John Deere securitize a mix of agricultural and construction equipment.

James Bennison, head of alternative capital markets at Arch Capital Group, says that a new insurance-linked security helps with regulatory capital requirements and provides information that can help the company to better manage risk.