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.
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The money manager is preparing to refinance a $400 million deal originally printed in March 2016 that is currently grandfathered from risk retention rules - without bringing the deal into compliance.
March 21
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A bill to allow captive insurance companies to be reinstated as members of the Federal Home Loan Bank System appears to be dividing the FHLB community.
March 21
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Fifth Third and First Republic are among the investors in the company’s $50 million equity round.
March 21
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The €413.5 million BlackRock European CLO V is the fourth euro-denominated CLO to launch this month, and asset manager's first since BlackRock Euro CLO IV priced in November.
March 20
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Octagon is refinancing a 2013-vintage CLO for the second time, while Anchorage is using the assets of a deal issued in 2012 (and later refinanced in 2016) for its first new-issue deal of 2018.
March 20
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Critics of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau have long sought to convert its leadership structure from a single director to a five-member commission. Here’s why the idea is dead on arrival.
March 20
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Issuance of Ginnie Mae securities backed by reverse mortgages rose above $1 billion for the second time in two years, according to the government agency's latest monthly report.
March 20
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DBRS has assigned a BBB rating to a single tranche of certificates issued in what may be the first-ever rated securitization of servicing fees left over after subcontracting payment collections.
March 20
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The legislation, signed Monday by Gov. Rick Scott, authorizes 60- to 90-day loans of up to $1,000. It makes Florida the first state to pass a law designed to blunt the impact of the CFPB’s payday lending rule.
March 19
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The $1.1 billion BENCHMARK 2018-B3 is backed by 45 loans secured by 89 properties contributed by Deutsche Bank (42.8%), JPMorgan Chase (35.3%) and Citibank (21.8%), according to rating agency presale reports.
March 19
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The gap between long and short reinvestment periods for U.S. collateralized loan obligations that reset rates has widened in 2018 as managers contend with different market signals, says Fitch.
March 19
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Medical residents are considered to be good credits but have less free cash flow than fully practicing doctors; the loans did not have a big impact on overall credit metrics of the $900 million deal.
March 19
