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A deal from solar finance company Sunnova that was priced at the end of last week and a first time solar securitization from Hannon Armstrong, announced on Monday, are rekindling the market for solar ABS in the fourth quarter. -
Loan Ranger has dusted off his stetson because something happened at the Loan Market Association’s annual syndicated loan conference that he had never seen before in all his many years covering the loan market: public exercise that wasn’t dancing in Harry’s Bar at 2am after a drinks event.
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The demise of Wonga.com brought the payday lending industry back into the public consciousness. With socially minded investors scrambling to find assets, this industry seems ripe for intervention via social financing.
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The small, but noticeable, downward shift in investor appetite for new issue euro ABS bonds over the past few months has meant that bank syndicates and issuers have had to work a bit harder to cajole investors and get deals done.
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The role of rating agencies in contributing to the 2008 financial crisis should not be forgotten. Inflated ratings on securities that turned toxic played a major part in the build-up of the financial bubble that later burst with costly consequences.
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Over the weekend, Harris County in Texas voted in favour of issuing bonds to pay for flood defences, a year after Hurricane Harvey caused terrible damage in the Houston region. It is part of a wider tussle over who bears the risk of catastrophes — and the capital markets are at the forefront of the discussion.
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Commercial Credit Group sold a $268m equipment-backed ABS on Tuesday in what has been a healthy sub-sector of the securitization market in 2018.
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Neuberger Berman is preparing a CLO fund with a focus on mezzanine debt tranches. The private equity firm will pitch the UCITS fund to sophisticated investors and has already secured $77m of seed money.
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Concerns voiced over the growth of collateralised loan obligations (CLOs) shows that many commentators on both sides of the debate are still too blinded by the hangover of the 2008 crisis to appreciate the nuances of the next one.
