Securitization

The captive finance arm of General Motors has been pulling back on leasing, but it still expects to be negatively impacted by falling used car prices for the remainder of the year.

A bipartisan coalition of AGs and officials representing 25 states sent a letter to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos today urging the department to reject what they said was a campaign to dismantle state oversight of the industry.

The second liens, which accompany CMBS first mortgages, range in size from $500,000 to $5 million, a segment of the market that is not well served by either banks or debt funds.

The company, formerly known as Colony American, completed three previous transactions, the last one in 2016, before rules requiring sponsors to keep “skin in the game” of their deals took effect.

The U.S. Second Circuit ruled that Momentive Performance Materials should use what's known a a "market rates" formula to determine the appropriate payout for a series of replacement notes issued to bondholders.

Veros is based in California but recently expanded on the East Coast, resulting in a dip in credit performance; Kroll capped its rating in the senior notes of the $165 million deal at single A.

After issuing only a single prime auto lease securitization in 2016, Ford Motor Credit's trust has returned to its traditional twice-annual schedule it followed from 2010-2015.

Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust has just 3.3% of the pool comprised of manufacturer subsidized loans, down from 9.9% in Ally's prior CARAT deal in July 2016.

With online retailers beginning to challenge the dominance of brick-and-mortar grocery stores, CRE loans to strip mails anchored by them look riskier.

While some tackle the problem by offering their own consolidation loans, Sallie Mae is developing products with extended terms that reduce borrowers' monthly payments in an effort to discourage borrowers from refinancing in the first place.

Fitch and KBRA have slightly lower estimates for cumulative net losses for 2017-3, allowing the marketplace lender to offer slightly lower credit enhancement on the senior notes; concerns remain about poorly performing legacy loans.

Navient has suspended stock buybacks to buy and expand a debt-refinancing firm that faces stiff competition from fintechs, and some shareholders aren’t happy.

Coping with merging two securitization platforms and the integration of GE Capital's former fleet lease and management business, the Canadian lessor has seen 30-plus and 60-plus delinquencies more than triple.

Many of the prime jumbo loans backing the transaction, JP Morgan 2017-4, were contributed by originators with limited history in that product, according to DBRS.

The transaction, Bellemeade Re 2017-2, appears to be similar to programs that Fannie and Freddie use to offload the risk of losses on residential mortgages they insure to capital markets investors.

The latest deal features slightly higher exposure to Florida, where Renew has not been operating as long as it has in California.

In a surprise move, the Supreme Court will decide whether Amex may bar merchants from steering customers to less expensive card networks. The card issuer will have to prove the consumer gain from its practices outweighs the merchant pain.

The investment firm recently obtained an $800 million mortgage from Goldman Sachs that was used to refinance $753.1 million of debt on 138 Marriott and Hilton-branded hotels acquired between 2007 and 2015.

More than 90% of the collateral for Ford Credit Canada's CAN$614M transaction is popular light-duty trucks that have propelled the automaker's leading 15.5% domestic market share.

The $369.38 billion offering brings total issuance under the Long Island Power Authority's current authorization to $4.5 billion. It is funded by an additional restructuring charge levied on residential customers.