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May 1, 2013

Past Issues

Cover Story

CLO Revival

Deal economics are improving, trumping regulatory challenges and a shortage of collateral

U.S. CLO Managers March to Europe

The first three European CLOs to price since the financial crisis were structured to ease investor worries, and their successively tighter spreads suggest that’s happening.

ABS

S&P Sounds Alarm on Cov-Lite Loans in CLOs

A debate over using loans with weak covenants as collateral and other buzz from Information Management Network's Second Annual CLO Conference.

Unseen Risks in Seasoned Private SLABS

Deals issued pre-crisis are past their most perilous years but structural flaws could still prove hazardous for investors.

Demand Rising for Private Student Loan Backed Securities

Until recently private student loans were the laggards in the recovery of the U.S. securitization market, but demand is picking up.

When Will Solar ABS Finally Catch Fire?

There’s been plenty of talk about using securitization to finance solar energy, but to date, no deals; the Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laborator wants to jumpstart the process.

MBS

SFIG's Membership Swells

The Structured Finance Industry Group's membership keeps growing.

Searching for the New Normal in U.S. Private Label RMBS

As new deal volume in the private label RMBS market continues to ramp up, so do questions from investors about how these deals will evolve over time.

Global

Ratings Disagreements Head to Mexico

Controversy over the Mexican equipment lease sector

S&P: Despite Severe Stress, European Defaults Negligible

Given the distress that European structured finance deals are under, they have performed astonishingly well according to one key metric: defaults.

More U.K. Funding for Lending Means Less Placed Securitization

Thanks to the expansion of the Bank of England’s Funding for Lending Scheme by one year, to January 2015, there will likely be few securitization deals placed with investors in the foreseeable future, according to Barclays analysts.

ABS Totals

ABS Totals

View year-to-date issuance through May 17 for ABS, MBS and CMBS.

ABS Manager Rankings

ABS Manager Rankings

View the year-to-date manager rankings through May 17 for the different ABS sectors, including real estate, credit cards and autos

Scorecards

Scorecards

View the Scorecard deals featured in ASR's Scorecard database that priced in the two weeks ended May 17.

Mortgage Refi Data

Mortgage Refi Data

See results from the Mortgage Bankers Association's Refinance and Purchase Indexes for the week ended May 8 as well as the weekly mortgage rates surveyed by Freddie Mac for the week ended May 9.