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The State of the Auto Index and Vehicle Market in May 2024

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30 The auto industry continues to navigate through a complex landscape of challenges and opportunities as we step into May 2024. In a detailed analysis provided by Ankura Consulting Group, LLC, a prominent global expert...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Form SHL: Reports by US Issuers and Others on Foreign Ownership Due August 30, 2024

The U.S. Department of the Treasury requires U.S. issuers—including U.S.-domiciled investment funds1—to report foreign residents’ holdings of U.S. securities every five years on its Treasury International Capital (TIC) Form...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

The Pitch - June 2024

The Pitch newsletter is a monthly update of legal issues and news affecting or related to the music, film and television, fine arts, media, professional athletics, eSports, and gaming industries. The Pitch features a diverse...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Lasting Excellence June 2024 - Insurance Companies in NAV, CLOs and Rated Feeders: Where Are We Now

If you are confused about the current state of play of insurance companies investing in CLOs, rated feeder structures and other NAV based loans, we are here to help. Let’s start with the basics: the National Association of...more

Opportune LLP

Asset-Backed Security Guide for Oil and Gas Financing

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Leveraging oil and gas assets for capital has become a strategic imperative for independent producers grappling with limited traditional financing options and economic volatility. Asset-backed securities (ABS) in the oil and...more

Hogan Lovells

Securities Act Rule 192 – Conflicts of interest relating to certain securitizations

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On January 25, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission re-proposed a rule, previously presented in 2011, to prevent material conflicts of interest with an investor in an asset-backed securitisation transactions. ...more

Alston & Bird

New SEC Rule 192: Prohibition Against Conflicts of Interest in Certain Securitizations

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Our Finance Group summarizes the Securities and Exchange Commission’s finalized Rule 192 that prohibits conflicts of interest among participants in asset-backed securitizations. - The Dodd–Frank Act prohibits conflicts...more

Proskauer - Regulatory & Compliance

SEC Adopts New Rule Prohibiting Conflicts of Interest in Certain Securitizations

Following the financial crisis of 2007-2009 and Congressional investigations into the securitization market, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 prohibited securitization participants from...more

Dechert LLP

SEC Releases Final Rule 192 Relating to Conflicts of Interest in Securitization

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The SEC released the final Securities Act Rule 192 relating to conflicts of interest in asset-backed securities transactions on November 27, 2023. In this OnPoint, we summarize the provisions of the final Rule 192 and...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

Conflict Resolution: The SEC Adopts Final Rule 192 (Conflicts of Interest in Securitization Transactions)

Highlights- On November 27, 2023, the US Securities Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted final Securities Act Rule 192 (“Final Rule 192”) prohibiting certain conflicts of interest in securitization transactions....more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

SEC Adopts a Rule Prohibiting Conflicts of Interest in Certain Securitizations

On November 27, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) adopted Rule 192 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”), a rule that is designed to prohibit “material conflicts of interest” in...more

Mayer Brown

Proposed Rule 192: Conflicts of Interest in Asset-Backed Securitization

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) published proposed Rule 192 (Conflicts of Interest Relating to Certain Securitizations) on January 25, 2023 and closed the public comment period on March 27, 2023....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

SEC Grants Broker-Dealers Permanent Exemptive Relief From Rule 15c2-11 for Fixed-Income Securities Sold Under Rule 144A Safe...

On October 30, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued an order granting broker-dealers exemptive relief from Rule 15c2-11 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for fixed-income securities sold in...more

Dechert LLP

Two Months to Midnight for Securitizations: The Corporate Transparency Act Drops on January 1, 2024

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Corporate CLO issuers, regardless of whether they are organized onshore or offshore, should generally be exempt from Corporate Transparency Act reporting requirements, although onshore CLO co-issuers will likely be subject to...more

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Sweet Relief? SEC Exempts Fixed-Income Rule 144A Securities from Rule 15c2-11—But Questions Remain

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On October 30, 2023, after continued pressure from legislators and industry participants—and a recent lawsuit—the SEC issued an order providing relief for fixed-income securities sold pursuant to Rule 144A from the public...more

Dechert LLP

Why Are We So Calm?

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This is just a short note, with little actual utility, but it’s about something that’s really bothering me.  Why are we so calm?  What has anesthetized us?...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Structured Finance Industry Group Publishes ESG Best Practices for Auto ABS and RMBS Disclosures

In September 2023, the Structured Finance Association (SFA) published its ESG Best Practices for Auto Asset-Backed Securities (ABS) and Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities (RMBS) Disclosures. The industry-wide working...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Alternative Financing for Oil and Gas Producers: The Securitization of Oil and Gas Assets

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Oil and gas producers in Canada have historically relied predominately on reserve based lending arrangements from institutional credit providers for production and operating liquidity. Prolonged economic uncertainty,...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

Reg AB Related C&DI

Recently, the Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance provided additional guidance in the form of a new Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation (C&DI) as part of the Regulation AB...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Insurance Regulators’ Working Group Adopts Key Bond Definition, Providing Guidance for Equity-Based ABS

Culminating a four-year-long process, a key working group of insurance regulators has adopted new standards for determining whether an investment held by an insurance company should be characterized as a “bond” evidencing a...more

Dechert LLP

Welcome to the New Normal – Funny Times Revisited

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Several weeks ago, I wrote a commentary called Funny Times in which I bemoaned the complete lack of coherent data, making the process of predicting the course of interest rates, cap rates and transactional velocity over the...more

Dechert LLP

The CRE CLO Repurposed: Part II

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I wrote about the disconnect between our CRE CLO technology and the task at hand (finding acceptable lever in an expanding leverage desert) in my last commentary.  While the CRE CLO remains the best form of match-term,...more

A&O Shearman

Second Circuit Affirms Dismissal Of RMBS-Related Claims Based On Lack Of Prudential Standing, Applying Issue Preclusion

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On April 26, 2023, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the dismissal of two actions brought by issuers of collateralized debt obligations (“CDOs”) against the trustee and master servicer of...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

An Introduction to Aviation CLOs

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One of the reasons for a reduction in the number of aircraft asset-backed securitizations (ABS) coming to market in 2022 and 2023, is the time lag between the rapid increase in interest rates by central banks and the...more

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Fix the CRE CLO, Mr. Market:  Tear Down This Wall!

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CRE CLO technology is languishing in the toolbox.  A combination of high interest rates, a mispriced legacy book, an anxious investor base and no real need to refresh capital until borrowers start borrowing again is largely...more

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