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 ...

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 ...

Mortgage-Backed Securities (MBS) have become the most attractive they've been relative to corporate bonds since the Global Financial Crisis. Widening spreads, Fed rate cuts, and increased demand from ...

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 ...