Issuance of ABS tied to marine container leases set sail in August, with the sector producing more volume in recent weeks than all of 2018 and 2019 combined.

The bull market in debt offerings by mortgage-related vendors continues. The latest participant: ICE, which is buying Ellie Mae for a stunning $11 billion.

The Federal Reserve’s lending program is credited with helping the MBS and ABS sector even though investor demand is falling short of expectations.

The underlying pool includes prime unsecured consumer loans from Lend-ingClub that were selected using machine learning.

The debt market has been a welcoming place for all sorts of issuers of late. The latest participant: MGIC Investment Corp.

Investors continue their attraction to mortgage-related offerings, debt or otherwise. The latest firm to saddle up to the capital markets bar: Mr. Cooper.

With rates at rock bottom, LendingTree is selling $500 million worth of short-term corporate paper. Not bad for a loan broker.

Rating services are requiring higher credit enhancement levels and taking negative actions on outstanding deals due to problems stemming from the coronavirus. Fitch finalized new criteria for residential MBS late last week.

The bulk of loans from the July 6 Term ABS Loan Facility have gone to investors in legacy commercial MBS.

Mortgage industry vendors seem to have no trouble tapping the capital markets these days. The latest example: Fidelity National Financial.