In 2020, the SEC made a move to apply a disclosure rule that had been in effect for nearly 30 years to MBS and ABS. Industry participants have been able to delay enforcement of the rule while seeking changes to the disclosure requirements.
Music investment company Hipgnosis Song Management is set to issue an ABS tied to royalties on 980 songs. The deal received a slightly lower rating than similar ABS from other firms.
The SEC’s proposal on disclosure requirements and other standards for hedge funds, private equity funds and venture capital funds could have negative impacts for CLOs, SFA and others warn.
A subsidiary of Entergy Corp. is offering a $290.0 million securitization backed by system restoration charges on electric customers to help pay for recoveries from storms in southeast Texas in recent years.
A $732.6 million ABS tied to music royalties closed this week. Other esoteric ABS in the market include healthcare-related financing, shipping container leases and property tax liens.
The decision, in a case pitting the CFPB against a student loan securitization trust, opens up the defendants to enforcement actions brought under federal law.
Four firms are currently offering whole-business ABS. Two of the deals received ratings from both KBRA and S&P, though the rating services differed in their assessments.