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 sharp decline in refinance and restructuring activity helped drive issuance of U.S. CLO sharply lower in the first quarter. Volume was up, however, in CRE deals. (Includes two data charts.)

The Structured Finance Association is evaluating the most popular corporate ESG frameworks to see how they could be applied in the securitization industry.