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January's ABS data center deals see tenant numbers drop but demand remains strong
Deals including some commercial mortgages expected to follow
Deal was priced 6bp tighter than most recent iteration of the asset class
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Retroactive commercial property owned clean energy (C-PACE) transactions gained traction through the pandemic, with building owners tapping C-PACE to get cash out of their properties and opportunistic investors taking money out of existing deals to redeploy capital at higher returns. This dynamic is expected to continue throughout the year, said panelists at IMN’s Solar & PACE Investing conference.
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Greece has overtaken Italy as the biggest source of non-performing-loan ABS issuance in Europe, with banks stepping up issuance with a slew of transactions in 2021 as Italian institutions wind down their post-financial crisis backlog of bad debt.
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As inflation indicators across the globe begin to point to a period of sustained growth, equity investors have fretted over where to put their money instead of tech stocks, whose valuations have reached gargantuan multiples. There is a compelling argument to be made for rotating into Greece, specifically its banks, which will have to finance a new wave of economic growth.
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Vauxhall Finance, the UK auto lender owned through a subsidiary held jointly by BNP Paribas and Banque PSA Finance, intends to sell a £300m auto ABS. The latest deal contains an increased percentage of “balloon payment” contracts and used cars compared with previous deals.
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SKY Aero Management is preparing a $663m aircraft securitization backed by a pool of highly liquid aircraft less than two years old. The third aviation deal of the year, SLAM 2021-1 enters the market as US passenger levels experienced sustained growth in May, driven by a return of leisure travel and a slight bump in business travel.
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Encina priced its inaugural public securitization, an ABS backed by mid and large ticket sized equipment loans, taking advantage of the extremely low funding costs and tight spreads.
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Trade receivable securitization has seen a surge in activity on the back of the recovery of the global markets, as suppliers seek to take advantage of the reopening US and European economies. Major banks have been taking up market share left by the collapsed supply chain finance firm Greensill, two sources said.
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More details about the financing structure Daimler will use after its trucks and buses business is spun-off and listed are emerging. The demerger will create two separate capital markets operations out of a company that has been Europe’s second largest corporate bond issuer of the past decade.
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The Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) has released its hotly anticipated report on European securitization. But market participants are calling it a missed opportunity, pointing out that it fails to address recommendations made by the High Level Forum on the Capital Markets Union to develop the market.