The Rhode Island bank has entered into an agreement to acquire JMP Group, which focuses on the health care, technology, financial services and real estate sectors.

World Omni Financial Corp. is returning to the auto-loan ABS market with a jumbo transaction backed by collateral of higher credit quality than other similar deals.

The agency’s enforcement action against Better Future Forward says the nonprofit’s income-share agreements — an alternative education finance product — must follow the Truth in Lending Act just like other forms of student loans.

Single-family home construction also increased across communities of all sizes, but notably in outlying metro areas.

The government bond insurer allowed lenders to become “eIssuers” a little over a year ago, and the move contributed to a large surge in electronic notes this year.

Low pool concentrations of loans on properties located in Ida's path, plus robust property insurance are expected to rein in impacts and insulate noteholders.

About 400,000 plans are scheduled to drop out in September based on the limits afforded by the CARES Act.

From the interest rates on the underlying vehicle leases to the benchmark and hedges on the notes issued from the trust, the deal has no Libor exposure.

The 30-year average has remained below 3% for two months.

Known as MOHELA 2021-3, the trust will issue a mix of fixed- and floating-rate notes from a capital structure with three tranches, or note classes.

The extension in the number of days investors are locked out of the process comes amid a broader push by the Biden administration to boost access to affordable housing.

The White House and the Federal Housing Finance Agency announced steps to help nonprofits and public agencies buy foreclosed properties, among other initiatives, as part of a plan to boost supply over the next three years.