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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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Qander Consumer Finance, owned by hedge fund Chenavari, has announced a new transaction from its Aurorus consumer ABS shelf, with arrangers ABN Amro and Deutsche Bank helping to place the deal. -
Environmental, social and governance investors have been patting themselves on the back this year because their funds have tended to outperform during the coronavirus crisis. But a San Francisco hedge fund believes they are doing a poor job of shielding investors from the general risk of the stockmarket and more quantitative methods would improve the outcome.
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Aegon Asset Management named Russell Morrison as the new global chief investment officer for its $188bn fixed income investment platform as part of its effort to form a global, unified management board.
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Banca Generali has used a non-profit securitization structure to channel more funds to SMEs, offering a model which be rolled out across Italy and further afield. Funds from Italian regions have anchored the riskiest 10% of the new deal, with a central government guarantee wrapping the senior 90%, which can be sold to investors.
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BPER Banca, Banco di Sardegna and Cassa di Risparmio di Bra are shifting a €343.4m non-performing loan portfolio, backed by a mix of soured secured and unsecured loans made mostly to corporate borrowers.
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Residential solar finance company Mosaic’s foray into the recently reopened asset-backed securitization market was well received by investors, reaping a multiple-times oversubscribed order book, in part thanks to data that shows the pandemic having a limited impact on solar loans.
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Ares Management Corporation has agreed to extend a covenant waiver on its securitization financing for Non-Standard Finance (NSF) after initially giving the lender until June 29 to find alternative funding.
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FICO on Monday released a new scoring tool to help lenders gauge the resilience of consumers in an economic downturn, though sources say it could take up to six months from the end of government support programs before the data can be usable as current data is obscured by a range of debt forbearance policies.
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Intu Properties, the UK shopping centre owner, is set for collapse as it looks to call in administrators following failed discussions with lenders around debt standstills. Some fear the effects could ripple across the struggling retail sector.
