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Asset-Backed Investing Moves Mainstream

Asset-backed debt is having a moment. Pools of auto loans, credit-card receivables, and small-business loans (to name just a few of the many categories) can be packaged into securities known as ABS ...
Business Insider

Oportun Strengthens Debt Capital Structure With $485 Million Asset Backed Securitization and Corporate Debt Repayments

5.32% yield, 45 basis points lower than the prior October 2025 ABS transaction Fourth consecutive sub-6% ABS transaction Repaid $37.5 million of corporate debt during the fourth quarter SAN MATEO, ...
The Bond Buyer

Broker-dealer group plans to ask SEC to exclude munis from 'asset-backed security' definition

Michael Decker, senior vice president for research and public policy at the Bond Dealers of America. The Securities and Exchange Commission has asked for comments on whether the definition of ...

New Mountain Finance outlines $0.25 quarterly dividend target and $477M asset sale to drive portfolio diversification

Laura Holson, COO, highlighted a "flurry of deal activity at the end of 2025" and observed ongoing pressure to deploy private equity dry powder, with direct lending remaining "an attractive asset ...