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.

Net losses, recovery rates and delinquencies for auto ABS took performance hits in January, according to S&P.

Jimmy John’s and Wingstop are on the menu in the latest round of whole-business securitizations.

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.

New Residential Investment started acquiring single-family rental properties in 2019, and now has enough holdings to complete its first securitization in the sector.

ABS issuers and investors are considering whether to use SOFR or Treasury rates as a pricing benchmark following the end of LIBOR reporting.

The ABS includes royalties for more than 200 songs that hit number one on the charts. However, none of the songs were disclosed in a rating report on the transaction, and only three artists were identified.

Hotwire Communications and Flexential are issuing their first ABS. The Hotwire deal is tied to fiber-to-the-home networks while two ABS from Flexential are linked to data centers.