Competition for leveraged loans is tough, and that’s forcing some of the biggest buyers to tap new sources of financing.

The LSTA pointed to recent research reports noting that outsized exposure to certain troubled retail apparel and department stores has expanded for collateralized loan obligations.

Issuance volume of asset-backed securities for the year through March 24, 2017.

Global distressed debt fund manager King Street Capital Management is issuing its first collateralized debt obligation ever.

Implementation of the second phase of the common securitization platform had been projected for next year, but the anticipated time frame was delayed following "lessons learned" from the first phase.

Fannie Mae has obtained reinsurance for $510 million of credit losses on $20.4 billion of single-family residential mortgages through a pair of credit insurance risk transfer transactions.

GMAC is issuing its eighth asset-backed UK transaction in a £385.8 million (US$481.3 million) bond offering backed by individual and small-business vehicle lease contracts.

The lawsuit against the Commercial Finance Association also names Andrea Petro, the president of the organization, and her employer, Wells Fargo & Co., as defendants, according to the complaint that was filed in in federal court last month.

Fitch Ratings says the auto loan and lease sectors will continue to experience deteriorating credit performance throughout 2017, as defaults accelerate among subprime borrowers and used-car values in decline.

Servicing practices that unnecessarily increase what a borrower owes can contribute to delinquencies. But other misconduct, such as inaccurate credit reporting, can have more insidious effects on a borrower’s financial health.

Signs of growing weakness in the U.S. auto loan market are hurting the bottom line at one of the nation’s largest car lenders.

California is hoping investors will pony up for new bonds backed by the payments it receives under the 1998 Master Settlement with tobacco manufacturers.