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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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Fintech platform Pagaya priced a $900m fully pre-funded securitization, its largest ever deal as well as one of the biggest transactions seen in the sector. The transaction was 2.75 to 3 times oversubscribed, according to the company. -
Equipment issuers have been finding securitizations to be an attractive financing method recently, as deal structures have grown more borrower-friendly. Features that have pushed issuers away in the past, such as restrictions on pre-payments and substitution of assets, have been removed or toned down in recent deals, panellists said at the IMN Equipment Finance conference.
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Bad debt investors are knocking on the doors of French banks, anticipating a rise in defaulted loans as the Covid-19 crisis worsens. But France is unlikely to see much NPL securitization due to a lack of pressure from regulators.
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This week 35 investors with $8.5tr of assets — many of them UK and Nordic pension funds — launched the Net Zero Investment Framework, a primer for investors wanting to decarbonise their portfolios. Faith Ward, chair of the Institutional Investors’ Group on Climate Change, answers some key questions for GlobalCapital about why the Framework is important and how it will be implemented.
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The Senate Banking Committee approved the nomination of Gary Gensler as chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission and Rohit Chopra as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, allowing the two picks by US president Joe Biden to advance to the Senate floor. The restoration of consumer protection initiatives removed under the Trump administration is expected to follow a successful confirmation by Chopra.
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A Florida-based asset manager is issuing a PACE securitization under the HERO platform — a well-known name used by the now-bankrupt issuer Renovate America. This dual structure, where the originator and sponsor are two different entities, is not uncommon in ABS, but when it is used for securitizing PACE, it is often a symptom of instability and the distress the market faces, sources say.
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Loanpal, Solar Mosaic and Sunrun have all returned to the securitization market in the span of two weeks, ramping up first quarter volumes to over $1bn for the first time ever. Sources expect solar loan origination and demand to significantly increase in 2021 as the asset class provides a clear cut way to fulfill investors’ ESG criteria.
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The railcar securitization market has comfortably exceeded last year’s issuance volume already with the addition of Napier Park, a New York based alternative asset management platform. Bolstered by strong investor appetite for yieldy paper, railcar ABS deals will continue to be well subscribed and in high demand, sources say.
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Lawyers for struggling supply chain finance firm Greensill argued in court that over 50,000 jobs could be at risk from its collapse, precipitated by the withdrawal of credit insurance. But experts in the sector with knowledge of Greensill’s exposures argue that even Sanjeev Gupta’s Liberty Alliance empire could come out ahead.
