After playing defense in 2022, investors appear to be willing to deploy capital even as the MBS and ABS markets face numerous headwinds. Attendance at this week’s SFVegas conference hit a record level.

S&P has assigned AAA ratings to the latest ABS from Octane Lending. The deal is stocked with loans on various powersports vehicles, such as ATVs.

Neighborly, which offers home services through 31 brands, is in the market with its third annual whole-business ABS. The offering differs in some ways from ABS previously issued by the firm.

Spreads on auto ABS issuance are tightening and issuers are upsizing deals amid strong demand.

Distributed Solar Development plans to issue its first securitization, which is backed by commercial and industrial photovoltaic systems and related customer agreements.

Concord’s music ABS includes royalties for more than one million songs from several top artists.

Analysts expect SoFi’s first consumer loan securitization of 2022 to perform “very well” from a credit quality perspective. The ABS is stocked with collateral seasoned for a longer than usual period.

The ABS tied to loans to developing and growth-stage companies is Horizon Technology Finance’s second such deal to date.

High impairments and low cure rates in consumer loan ABS aren’t a sign of similar underperformance in other sectors, according to dv01.

The new ABS includes loans from CleanFund Commercial PACE Capital, a lender that entered liquidation in July.