A combination of loosened covenants, minimal call protections and aggressive, U.S.-style dry powder leveraging strategies have produced the most sponsor-friendly market for European leveraged loans since the financial crisis, according to a new report from U.S.-based Covenant Review.
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Bain Capital Credit is pursuing the first U.S. CLO refinancing this year that does not appear driven by risk-retention strategies.
February 15 -
Fannie Mae has priced its first resecuritization of multifamily mortgages on energy efficient buildings.
February 15 -
Ocwen has stepped away from the business of acquiring mortgage service portfolios - for now - so the special servicer is exploring new business lines as varied as mortgage originations to alternative lending under the direction of new non-executive chair Phyllis Caldwell. a former U.S. Treasury executive.
February 14
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The San Francisco company reported a $32 million loss during the fourth quarter, bringing its losses for the full year to $146 million. For the sake of comparison, Lending Club reported profits of $4.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2015.
February 14
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Trading volume of $56.6 billion in the fourth quarter was the second-highest level for the market since the first quarter of 2014. Loan prices selling near or above par also rose last fall.
February 14 -
Fannie Mae plans to sell nonperforming loans with $1.7 billion in unpaid principal balance.
February 14 -
The risk of disruption during a potential servicing transfer is worse for bonds backed by private student loans than for bonds backed by federally guaranteed student loans.
February 14 -
Royal Bank of Canada is securitizing its first U.S. dollar-denominated credit-card receivables portfolio of the year in an asset-backed transaction through the Golden Credit Card Trust.
February 13 -
J.P. Morgan is testing the market with another large offering of mortgage bonds backed by an unusual mix of collateral.
February 13 -
A new single-asset, single-borrower commercial mortgage securitization features one of the premier office complexes in San Franciscos South Financial district.
February 13
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray has managed to keep his job for more than two weeks into a Trump administration, despite repeated calls by House Republicans for him to be fired.
February 12
