Bank of America is one of the world’s leading financial institutions, serving individual consumers, small and middle-market businesses and large corporations with a full range of banking, investing, asset management and other financial and risk management products and services. The company provides unmatched convenience in the United States, serving approximately 47 million consumer and small business relationships with approximately 4,400 retail financial centers, approximately 16,100 ATMs, and award-winning digital banking with approximately 36 million active users, including 25 million mobile users. Bank of America is a global leader in wealth management, corporate and investment banking and trading across a broad range of asset classes, serving corporations, governments, institutions and individuals around the world. Bank of America offers industry-leading support to approximately 3 million small business owners through a suite of innovative, easy-to-use online products and services. The company serves clients through operations across the United States, its territories and more than 35 countries. Bank of America Corporation stock (NYSE: BAC) is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

Citi, the leading global bank, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions. Citi provides consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management. Additional information may be found at www.citigroup.com or www.citi.com

Credit Suisse AG is one of the world's leading financial services providers and is part of the Credit Suisse group of companies (referred to here as 'Credit Suisse'). Our strategy builds on Credit Suisse's core strengths: its position as a leading wealth manager, its specialist investment banking capabilities and its strong presence in our home market of Switzerland. We seek to follow a balanced approach to wealth management, aiming to capitalize on both the large pool of wealth within mature markets as well as the significant growth in wealth in Asia Pacific and other emerging markets, while also serving key developed markets with an emphasis on Switzerland. Credit Suisse employs approximately 46‘370 people. The registered shares (CSGN) of Credit Suisse AG's parent company, Credit Suisse Group AG, are listed in Switzerland and, in the form of American Depositary Shares (CS), in New York. Further information about Credit Suisse can be found at www.credit-suisse.com.

Deutsche Bank is a leading global investment bank offering unparalleled financial services throughout the world. The Bank’s Structured Finance group is a fully integrated, global unit providing global securitization services from teams based in New York and London. Combining an ability to commit capital with an integrated approach to the debt and equity needs of issuers and investors, the group provides a full range of securitization products and services to financial institutions, pension and asset management funds, corporations and government entities. Deutsche Bank offers banking and origination, new issue syndicate, secondary trading, analytics and illiquid asset trading in one fully integrated securitization platform. From flow asset markets such as credit cards and auto loans, to less-traditional assets, Deutsche Bank's innovative approach to its business is evidenced across all asset classes. Trust and Agency Services, a part of the Global Transaction Banking business, is one of the largest providers of trust, agency and administrative services to the capital markets globally. The team has earned a reputation for handling the most complex and innovative securitizations in the market, and operates ‘at arm’s length’ from all investment banking and lending businesses in the Deutsche Bank group. Most recently, Global Capital named Deutsche Bank ‘Best Securitization Trustee’ in 2016.

JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) is one of the oldest financial institutions in the United States.  With a history dating back over 200 years, here's where we stand today: We are a leading global financial services firm with assets of $2.6 trillion. We operate in more than 60 countries. We have over 240,000 employees. We serve millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world's most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients. We are a leader in investment banking, financial services for consumers and small businesses, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management. Our stock is a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

RBC Capital Markets is recognized by the most significant corporations, institutional investors, asset managers, private equity firms, and governments around the globe as an innovative, trusted partner with an in-depth expertise in capital markets, banking, and finance. We are well-established in the largest, most mature capital markets across North America, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region, which collectively encompass more than 75% of global investment banking activity each year.

We are part of Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), a leading, diversified provider of financial services and one of the strongest banks globally. Founded in 1864, RBC is the 10th largest bank worldwide and the 5th in North America, as measured by market capitalization. RBC is among a small group of highly rated global banks and is recognized time and time again for its financial strength, market leadership and philanthropic work.

In business for over 150 years, S&P Global Ratings, a division of S&P Global Inc. (NYSE: SPGI), is a leading provider of credit ratings. Our ratings are essential to driving growth, providing transparency and helping educate market participants so they can make decisions with confidence. With more than 1.1 million credit ratings outstanding on government, corporate, financial sector and structured finance entities and securities, approximately 1,500 credit analysts and a presence in 28 countries, we offer a unique combination of global coverage and local insight. We provide our opinions and research about relative credit risk; market participants gain information to help support the growth of transparent, liquid debt markets worldwide. Learn more at spglobal.com/ratings.

Wells Fargo Securities delivers a comprehensive set of capital markets products and services to customers, including originating and distributing public debt and equity, hedging interest rates, commodity and equity risks, advising on mergers and acquisitions, and originating structured lending facilities and municipal bonds. The institutional broker dealer is comprised of nearly 5,000 team members in more than 40 offices across the United States, Europe and Asia. Wells Fargo is the premier provider of corporate trust services to the capital markets, serving the needs of investors, bondholders, and lenders. We offer trustee, agency, fiduciary, escrow, and other financial services to private corporations and government entities globally. We can administer a wide array of assets and types of programs, including ABS, RMBS, CMBS, CLO securities and their underlying collateral, lease, fund services, Delaware statutory trusts, and various warehouse and conduit programs. https://www.wellsfargo.com/com/securities
 
 
Wells Fargo Securities is the trade name for the capital markets and investment banking services of Wells Fargo & Company and its subsidiaries, including Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, a member of NYSE, FINRA, NFA and SIPC, Wells Fargo Prime Services, LLC, a member of FINRA, NFA and SIPC and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association. Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and Wells Fargo Prime Services, LLC are distinct entities from affiliated banks and thrifts. 
 
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Barclays is a transatlantic consumer, corporate and investment bank offering products and services across personal, corporate and investment banking, credit cards and wealth management, with a strong presence in our two home markets of the UK and the US.

With over 325 years of history and expertise in banking, Barclays operates in over 40 countries and employs approximately 85,000 people. Barclays moves, lends, invests and protects money for customers and clients worldwide.

For further information about Barclays Investment Bank, please visit our website barclays.com/ib

BNP Paribas is a leading bank in Europe with an international reach. It has a presence in 75 countries, with more than 189,000 employees, including more than 146,000 in Europe. The Group has key positions in its three main activities: Domestic Markets and International Financial Services (whose retail-banking networks and financial services are covered by Retail Banking & Services) and Corporate & Institutional Banking, which serves two client franchises: corporate clients and institutional investors. The Group helps all its clients (individuals, community associations, entrepreneurs, SMEs, corporates and institutional clients) to realize their projects through solutions spanning financing, investment, savings and protection insurance. In Europe, the Group has four domestic markets (Belgium, France, Italy and Luxembourg) and BNP Paribas Personal Finance is the leader in consumer lending. BNP Paribas is rolling out its integrated retail-banking model in Mediterranean countries, in Turkey, in Eastern Europe and a large network in the western part of the United States. In its Corporate & Institutional Banking and International Financial Services activities, BNP Paribas also enjoys top positions in Europe, a strong presence in the Americas as well as a solid and fast-growing business in Asia-Pacific.

DBRS is an independent, privately held, globally recognized credit ratings agency with offices in Toronto, New York, Chicago, London and Frankfurt. We strive to differentiate ourselves from competitors through a more pragmatic rather than mechanistic approach, in-depth research and unequalled mandate execution.

Founded in 1976, we are a rapidly growing, international ratings agency with deep roots in Canada. Our four decades' experience and strong track record provide the foundation for us to seek out new opportunities and to make targeted investments that align with our core ratings operations. We do not seek to achieve scale in all markets, but when we choose to enter a new market, we strive to become a leading player known for trusted ratings, opinions and products.

Our approach and our size as the world's fourth-largest ratings agency allow us to be nimble enough to respond to customers' needs in their local markets but large enough to provide the necessary expertise and resources they require. We build meaningful relationships, which contribute to a convincing value proposition for investors and issuers to choose us as a globally accepted alternative to other ratings agencies.
 
 

FICO (NYSE: FICO) powers decisions that help people and businesses around the world prosper. Founded in 1956 and based in Silicon Valley, the company is a pioneer in the use of predictive analytics and data science to improve operational decisions. FICO holds more than 180 US and foreign patents on technologies that increase profitability, customer satisfaction and growth for businesses in financial services, telecommunications, health care, retail and many other industries. Using FICO solutions, businesses in more than 100 countries do everything from protecting 2.6 billion payment cards from fraud, to helping people get credit, to ensuring that millions of airplanes and rental cars are in the right place at the right time.
Learn more at http://www.fico.com

Fitch Ratings is a leading provider of credit ratings, commentary and research. Dedicated to providing value beyond the rating through independent and prospective credit opinions, Fitch Ratings offers global perspectives shaped by strong local market experience and credit market expertise. The additional context, perspective and insights we provide help investors to make important credit judgments with confidence.
Fitch Group is a global leader in financial information services with operations in more than 30 countries. Fitch Group is comprised of: Fitch Ratings, a global leader in credit ratings and research; Fitch Solutions, a leading provider of credit market data, analytical tools and risk services; BMI Research, an independent provider of country risk and industry analysis specializing in emerging and frontier markets; and Fitch Learning, a preeminent training and professional development firm. With dual headquarters in London and New York, Fitch Group is owned by Hearst.
For additional information, please visit fitchratings.com. 

Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) is a full service global rating agency whose mission is to set a standard of excellence by providing users of our ratings with transparent, responsive and timely analysis. KBRA offers market participants with an alternative solution by delivering in-depth research as well as the tools needed to make informed investment decisions. With over 300 employees globally across the United States and Europe, KBRA is headquartered in  New York with additional offices in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Dublin, Ireland.  The experienced and extensive team expands across the Structured Finance, Public Finance, Financial Institutions, Project Finance, Insurance and Corporate markets collectively publishing over 10,000 ratings.
 

Mizuho Americas is a leading financial institution comprising several legal entities, which together offer clients corporate and investment banking, financing, securities, treasury services, asset management, research and more. With professionals in offices throughout the US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil and Chile, Mizuho’s operations in the Americas connect a broad client base of major corporations, financial institutions and public sector groups to local markets and a vast global network. Learn more at mizuhoamericas.com.

Mizuho Americas is an integral part of the Japan-based Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: MFG). Mizuho Financial Group is one of the largest financial institutions in the world, offering comprehensive financial and strategic services including private banking and venture capital through its subsidiaries. The group has over 900 offices and 60,000 employees worldwide in nearly 40 countries throughout the Americas, EMEA, and Asia. As of December 31, 2017, its total assets were $1.8 trillion. Learn more about Mizuho Financial Group at www.mizuho-fg.com.

Moody's is an essential component of the global capital markets, providing credit ratings, research, tools and analysis that contribute to transparent and integrated financial markets. Moody's Corporation (NYSE: MCO) is the parent company of Moody's Investors Service, which provides credit ratings and research covering debt instruments and securities, and Moody's Analytics, which offers leading-edge software, advisory services and research for credit and economic analysis and financial risk management. Both organizations are supported by Moody's Shared Services.

Morningstar Credit Ratings, LLC is a nationally recognized statistical rating organization (NRSRO) that has earned a reputation for innovation and excellence. Our goal is to help institutional investors identify and understand credit risk. Our analytical approach stresses transparency of the ratings process, strong fundamental credit analysis, and comprehensive investor-focused reporting that provides a concise Morningstar perspective on credit risk.

Our ratings business currently covers commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS), residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS), agency credit risk transfer securities (CRT), single-family rental securities (SFR), asset-backed securities (ABS), collateralized loan obligations (CLO), corporate and financial institution ratings and real estate investment trusts (REIT).

Our Mission
Morningstar’s mission is to create great products that help investors. We accomplish this by providing unbiased and trustworthy credit ratings and credit risk analysis.

How We Help Investors
Morningstar’s credit analysis helps investors make better-informed investment decisions. Our analysis is based on a thorough understanding of critical risk factors which allows our analysts to develop clear and concise opinions that focus investors on the credit risks that truly matter.

What We Provide Investors
Our knowledgeable analytical staff, investor relations team, and business development staff provides investors and issuers with comprehensive credit analysis, unprecedented responsiveness, and the highest level of customer service. We also provide investors with access to research and analytical services, data, and technology solutions.

Morningstar Credit Ratings, LLC is a subsidiary of Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: MORN), a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia.

Nomura is an Asia-headquartered financial services group with an integrated global network spanning over 30 countries. By connecting markets East & West, Nomura services the needs of individuals, institutions, corporates and governments through its four business divisions: Retail, Asset Management, and Wholesale (Global Markets and Investment Banking), and Merchant Banking. Founded in 1925, the firm is built on a tradition of disciplined entrepreneurship, serving clients with creative solutions and considered thought leadership. For further information about Nomura, visit www.nomura.com
 

At the core of Societe Generale’s universal banking business model, the Corporate & Investment Bank is a well-diversified and leading player with more than 12,000 professionals and a commercial offer in 37 countries with extensive European coverage and representative offices in Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas and the Asia-Pacific region.
 
Supporting its clients across various sectors, the Corporate & Investment Bank offers bespoke financial solutions combining innovation, advisory services and high execution quality in four areas of expertise: investment banking, financing, market activities and investor services.
 
For Corporates, Financial Institutions, Sovereigns and the Public Sector: providing strategic advice (M&A, debt, capital structure, and asset & liability management), as well as providing capital market access to finance projects and providing hedging solutions especially in foreign exchange and rate.
 
For Investors: offering reliable and sound investment opportunities and risk management solutions through its integrated global markets platform delivering seamless access to markets (equity, rates, credit, currencies, commodities and derivatives), as well as advice and solid financial engineering, quality of execution and forward-looking research across asset classes.
 
For more information, visit www.cib.societegenerale.com.
 

BMO Capital Markets is a leading, full-service North American-based financial services provider offering corporate, institutional and government clients access to a complete range of products and services. These include equity and debt underwriting, corporate lending and project financing, merger and acquisitions advisory services, securitization, treasury management, market risk management, debt and equity research and institutional sales and trading.  With approximately 2,500 professionals in 30 locations around the world, including 16 offices in North America, BMO Capital Markets works proactively with clients to provide innovative and integrated financial solutions.
 
BMO Capital Markets is a member of BMO Financial Group (NYSE, TSX: BMO), one of the largest diversified financial services providers in North America with US$579 billion total assets and over 45,000 employees as at April 30, 2018. For more information, visit www.bmocm.com/.
 

With 225 years of legal experience, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP serves a diverse client base, including many of the world's leading financial institutions and corporations. From its five offices in the U.S. and Europe, Cadwalader offers innovative legal insight in antitrust, banking and finance, corporate governance, employee benefits and executive compensation, environmental law, financial regulation, financial restructuring, health care, intellectual property, litigation, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, private wealth, real estate, securitization, structured finance, tax and white collar defense.

The Capital One Financial Institutions Group develops innovative credit and financial solutions to clients in the financial sector, including asset managers, commercial and consumer finance companies and captive finance affiliates. We provide financing for a range of asset classes, from asset-based lending and factoring to secured business credit, leveraged lending, residential mortgage finance and more.

Our financing team offers industry expertise, leveraging the resources of a top 10 U.S. bank and the deep understanding of micro and macro industry trends, to help clients stay ahead of the game. We can help you make smarter decisions through advanced analytics, with access to data made possible by our extensive global financial operations, lending and investments.

Our capabilities extend beyond lending, to provide a full range of customized banking, treasury management and corporate card services to help alternative lenders manage their cash, credit, liquidity and other assets more efficiently and effectively. And our specialists have the experience and skill to structure tailored solutions for securitization, equity underwriting and corporate bond offerings. We can also leverage the capital markets to structure financing and hedging solutions through public finance, derivatives, foreign exchange and loan syndications.

Capital One offers a combination of seasoned expertise, the balance sheet strength of a top 10 U.S. bank and a commitment to offering the financing solution that’s right for our clients’ needs.

Banking products and services are offered by Capital One, N.A., Member FDIC. Securities products and services are offered through Capital One Securities, Inc., a non-bank affiliate of Capital One, N.A., and Capital One Bank (USA), N.A., a wholly owned subsidiary of Capital One Financial Corporation and member of FINRA/SIPC. Securities products and services offered or recommended are not insured by the FDIC, not bank guaranteed, not a deposit or obligation of Capital One, and may lose value.

Clifford Chance US LLP is a full-service firm with a global platform that allows it to combine top-quality US expertise with leading practices across jurisdictions worldwide, including key financial centers. Working from offices in New York and Washington, DC, our lawyers focus on the core areas of commercial activity, including capital markets; corporate and M&A; banking and finance; real estate; tax, pensions and employment; and litigation and dispute resolution.
 
Our US Structured Finance Group comprises more than 30 attorneys who specialize in structured finance, securitization, real estate and structured funds. The team earns top recognition for its ability to deliver cutting-edge solutions, and our collaborative approach ensures that we always put clients first. The team was recently recognized as RMBS Law Firm of the Year by GlobalCapital. Being fully integrated with Clifford Chance's International Structured Debt Group, as well as our Global Funds Group, the US team is uniquely positioned to provide superior legal and business counsel, where and when our clients need it.  
 

Through a network of securitization specialists encompassing more than 40 countries, Deloitte, in the U.S. and globally through the member firms of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited, has one of the largest groups of dedicated accounting, advisory and technology professionals in the world. Deloitte's specialists have the industry experience and know-how to serve clients throughout the securitization life cycle from origination, pooling, and capital raising to servicing, reporting, and operations support. Deloitte appreciates that securitization is a highly complex and intricate process which affects all parts of your business. Our interdisciplinary approach in addressing the complexities of these subjects enables us to offer tailored services that apply to the specific conditions for, and directions of, each client. Working closely with you, and your other advisors, we are able to gain an understanding of your needs and your objectives from both a structural and business perspective. Deloitte is then able to help you shape the most appropriate innovation solutions to help address the administration, accounting, compliance, and surveillance demands of today's market. Understanding our clients' needs and responding to them quickly, with consistent, knowledgeable advice and strategic ideas is the cornerstone of our client service philosophy. It has made Deloitte a leading global provider of accounting related services to the securitization industry.

About Deloitte
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eOriginal guarantees trusted transactions of digital financial assets for all parties from the borrower to the secondary market. We do this by creating a ‘digital original’ document with all the legal and enforcement rights of a paper contract combined with the capital and operational efficiency of digitization. Our proven network provides certainty in how these digital assets are created and maintained, delivering the confidence, visibility and compliance lenders and buyers need. As a pioneer in the space, major financial institutions, leading law firms and credit ratings agencies have validated and rely on eOriginal as a trusted partner for Digital Transaction Management.

Fannie Mae serves the people who house America. Our mission is to provide access to reliable, affordable mortgage financing in all markets at all times.

Fannie Mae is a leader in providing housing finance for homebuyers and renters in the United States. We serve the people who house America. Together with our partners, we make sure that homeowners, homebuyers, and renters across the country have access to affordable financing opportunities.

Fannie Mae aspires to be America's most valued housing partner. We provide our customers with products and tools they need to enable mortgage lending in the 21st century. We provide technology and risk tools to help our customers advance their businesses. We listen to and support our customers to make the mortgage process more efficient and effective.

We continually work to improve the way we operate because we want to make the housing finance system safer and more effective for our company, our customers, homeowners, homebuyers, renters, and for America.

The KPMG LLP's Securitization Practice provides services across the full securitization life cycle from pre-issuance to post closing services including: deal execution, portfolio compliance, tax reporting and compliance, regulatory compliance and reporting, accounting and valuation services. 

KPMG has in-depth knowledge across all primary securitization  RMBS, CMBS, ABS and CLO asset classes.

Our practice has over 25 years of experience serving a wide array of clients including the largest investment banks, GSEs and issuers in the securitization market. 

KPMG’s Securitization Practice stands ready to deliver enhanced services to meet your securitization needs. 

 

Our lawyers are recognized leaders in global structured finance, working from offices in the United States, London, Asia, and the Middle East. Our clients, both issuers and underwriters, are among the most highly respected global financial services institutions. Simply put, our practice has no borders.
 
We are key players in the structured markets and have been since their inception. We understand the evolution of structures because we were involved in many of the industry’s key firsts. And we are on top of the quickly changing regulatory landscape.

Over the last five years, our lawyers have represented issuers and underwriters in more asset-backed securities/mortgage-backed securities offerings than any other law firm in the United States, according to Asset-Backed Alert.

With more than 4,000 people in 15 offices around the world, TD Securities provides a wide range of capital market products and services to corporate, government and institutional clients who choose us for our knowledge, innovation and experience in the following key areas of finance:

Our services include the underwriting and distribution of new debt and equity issues, providing advice on strategic acquisitions and divestitures, and executing daily trading and investment needs.

With our history of delivering results, we’ve developed considerable strengths, including recognized trading expertise and street-level market intelligence that we use to consistently create value for our clients.

Allen & Overy's U.S. asset-backed securities team has significant experience advising on and structuring a broad range of securitization transactions across the full range of asset classes including: collateralized loan obligations (CLOs), automobile loans and leases, dealer floor-plan receivables, credit card and other consumer finance receivables, equipment, mutual fund fees, litigation settlement fees, distressed assets, trade receivables, commercial real estate and residential mortgages.

We offer our clients the leading global capital markets practice and access to specialists across North and South America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia, combined with deep knowledge of the domestic market.

The Aon Transaction Solutions team has been leading the creation and advancement of Transaction Liability Insurance since the market’s inception. Comprised of former tax and M&A  attorneys and other senior M&A leaders, we bring a depth of knowledge and passion for developing tailored solutions to your complex M&A and financing deal risks that is unparalleled in the insurance industry.

Our tax team includes experts recognized across the industry for experience in developing innovative, cost-effective tax insurance solutions for reducing or eliminating tax risk, for example as a means to mitigate the impact of cash sweeps to tax equity in Solar ABS deals. With 7 former practicing tax lawyers in the US and the UK, we provide a unique solution within the insurance industry in terms of our focus on Tax Insurance as an area of specialty and our knowledge with the product dating back to its earliest use. Aon Transaction Solutions also is the leading broker of representations and warranties insurance for M&A transactions.

Arch Capital Group Ltd. (Arch Capital or ACGL) is a Bermuda-based public company offering insurance, reinsurance and mortgage insurance worldwide, with operations in such locations as Bermuda, the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia and South Africa.  ACGL was launched in 2001 to meet demands in global markets. Our business is divided across three platforms: Insurance, Reinsurance and Mortgage operations.  The combination of our risk-focused underwriting platform, our experienced management team and our strong capital base, have enabled us to establish a prominent presence worldwide. 

ACGL has a focus on specialty lines and, through the Arch MI platform, is a market leader in the mortgage insurance space.  Arch MI is dedicated to providing risk management and risk financing products to the MI sector worldwide and our group of dedicated MI and reinsurance professionals understand the unique requirements and challenges of markets around the globe. Our market-specific knowledge and expertise enable Arch MI to provide creative and commercially-viable solutions for our clients through both insurance and non-insurance products. Superior analytics and risk assessment, combined with outstanding client service, are at the forefront of all our activities.”

Black Knight, (NYSE:BKI), is a leading provider of integrated technology, services and data that facilitate and automate many of the business processes across the mortgage lifecycle. Black Knight’s offerings include a comprehensive and highly accurate mortgage performance database as well as a leading mortgage behavioral model used to value CRT deals as well as all types of mortgage pools, securities, and MSRs. Black Knight delivers best-in-class technology, services and insight with a relentless commitment to excellence, innovation, integrity and leadership to effectively support the trading, risk, research, and compliance functions within the capital markets.

BNY Mellon is the premier provider of corporate trust services to the debt capital markets, providing customized and market-driven solutions to investors, bondholders and lenders. As of March 31, 2018, BNY Mellon Corporate Trust served as trustee and/or paying agent on more than 53,000 debt-related issues globally. The corporate trust business utilizes its global footprint and expertise to deliver a full range of issuer and related investor services including trustee, paying agency, fiduciary, escrow, and other financial services. The business administers a wide array of assets and types of programs to multinational corporations, financial institutions, governments and their agencies, and the banking, securities, and insurance industries.

To learn more about BNY Mellon Corporate Trust, please visit our website. Members of the media, contact Chris Fox (christopher.fox@bnymellon.com)

A leading international law firm with 16 offices located in major financial centers around the world, Cleary Gottlieb has been a leader for more than 70 years in providing the highest quality legal services to clients around the globe.  Our renowned structured finance team represents issuers, underwriters, asset managers, industry associations, and other market participants in a broad-based finance and securitization practice that most prominently features CLO transactions, esoteric securitizations and asset-based lending transactions, agency mortgage securitizations, fixed income derivatives, repackagings, and other structured credit and structured finance products. 
 
Cleary has been a groundbreaker in structured finance for decades, having pioneered many of the key products used widely in today’s structured finance markets, including development of the first: CMO, CBO,  agency REMIC, interest rate swap, and currency swap. We have had a continuous CLO market presence over a 20-year period, including serving as counsel in more than $100 billion in CLO transactions over the last five years. We have also have advised on the large majority of agency mortgage-backed securities transactions for more than two decades.  In addition, we provide sophisticated compliance advice on the impact of U.S. and EU risk retention, the Volcker Rule and other regulatory initiatives, and continue to play a leadership role with industry associations on issues of major concern to the structured finance market.

We deliver deep legal expertise and practical commercial judgment for high-stakes matters in sectors with the greatest complexities, intricacies and regulatory demands.

Dechert is organized by practice area, not geography.  Our 27 offices around the globe are seamlessly integrated.

This approach allows us to deliver a team responsive to unique project requirements and provide the resources needed to complete work with speed-to-market execution. Our lawyers understand the current marketplace, as well as rapidly evolving commercial and regulatory challenges, making us a preeminent full-service advisor.

We are a global, mobile workforce of diverse skills and areas of expertise. We use a project management approach to our workflow, enabling us to quickly adapt to changing client needs, maximize technology, drive efficiency and deliver value to our clients.

Dentons is the world's largest law firm, and we have been at the forefront of securitization and structured finance for more than three decades.  Our US Capital Markets practice represents virtually every banking and financial institution that is active in the financing, purchase and securitization of financial assets. We also represent every type of market participant, including issuers, underwriters, investors, liquidity providers, lenders, conduits, trustees, servicers and originators in the US and beyond. We have traditionally ranked in the top one or two law firms for issuer and underwriter securitization engagements in the US, and remain a market leader. For over 30 years, we have helped issuers and underwriters develop the cutting-edge structures of the day. Currently, we are one of the leading firms involved in the finance and securitization of non-performing and re-performing mortgage loans, single family residential rental properties, buy-to-rent mortgage loans, triple net lease commercial real estate, servicing advance receivables and excess servicing fee receivables, as well as the resurgence of residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBSs). We are also known for energy efficiency finance, equipment and lease securitization and finance, whole company securitizations, student loan securitizations and trade receivables finance and securitization, among others. For more information, visit us at dentons.com.

EY is a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory
services. The insights and quality services we deliver help build trust and confidence in the capital markets and in economies the world over. We develop outstanding leaders who team to deliver on our promises to all of our stakeholders. In so doing, we play a critical role in building a better working world for our people, for our clients and for our communities.
 
EY refers to the global organization, and may refer to one or more, of
the member firms of Ernst & Young Global Limited, each of which is a
separate legal entity. Ernst & Young Global Limited, a UK company limited by guarantee, does not provide services to clients. For more information about our organization, please visit ey.com.
 
EY is a leader in serving the global financial services marketplace
Nearly 51,000 EY financial services professionals around the world provide integrated assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services to our asset management, banking, capital markets and insurance clients. In the Americas, EY is the only public accounting organization with a separate business unit dedicated to the financial services marketplace. Created in 2000, the Americas Financial Services Organization today includes more than 11,000 professionals at member firms in over 50 locations throughout the US, the Caribbean and Latin America.
 
EY professionals in our financial services practices worldwide align with key global industry groups, including EY’s Global Wealth & Asset Management Center, Global Banking & Capital Markets Center, Global Insurance Center and Global Private Equity Center, which act as hubs for sharing industry-focused knowledge on current and emerging trends and regulations in order to help our clients address key issues. Our practitioners span many disciplines and provide a well-rounded understanding of business issues and challenges, as well as integrated services to our clients.
 
With a global presence and industry-focused advice, EY’s financial services professionals provide high-quality assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services, including operations, process improvement, risk and technology, to financial services companies worldwide.
 

GreensLedge is a leading independent investment bank that provides tailored advice and solutions to a diverse client base including corporations and financial sponsors worldwide.  From our offices in New York, London, Tokyo and Seoul our team of over 40 professionals serve a wide range of clients looking for advice on and assistance with their most important strategic issues.  We provide a full array of investment banking services including securitization, public and private debt and equity financing, fund raising, recapitalization, financing restructuring, mergers, acquisitions, corporate valuations, expert financial opinions and corollary analysis and advisory services. 

Hunton Andrews Kurth is a global law firm of more than 1,000 lawyers handling transactional, litigation and regulatory matters for clients in a myriad of industries including energy, financial services, real estate, retail and consumer products and technology. Areas of practice focus include capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property, P3, public finance and infrastructure, and privacy and cybersecurity. With offices across the United States and in Europe, the Middle East and Asia, we’re aligned with our clients’ businesses and committed to delivering exceptional service. Visit HuntonAK.com and follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube.
 

Katten is a full-service law firm with more than 600 attorneys in locations across the United States and in London and Shanghai. Clients seeking sophisticated, high-value legal services turn to Katten for counsel locally, nationally and internationally. The firm’s core areas of practice include corporate, financial services, insolvency and restructuring, litigation, real estate, environmental and workplace safety, commercial finance, intellectual property, structured finance and securitization, and trusts and estates. Katten represents public and private companies in numerous industries, including a third of the Fortune 100, as well as a number of government and nonprofit organizations and individuals. For more information, visit www.kattenlaw.com.

Lowenstein Sandler is a national law firm with approximately 300 lawyers working from five offices in New York, Palo Alto, New Jersey, Utah and Washington, D.C. We represent clients in virtually every sector of the global economy, with particular strength in the areas of technology, life sciences, and the financial management and fund industries that fuel economic growth.

We have built a reputation for pursuing every matter with creativity and passion. Our industry knowledge, entrepreneurial drive, and proven commitment to our communities deliver a different and better law firm experience to our clients. We focus on building long-standing relationships and anticipating our clients’ needs, rather than responding to them. Working side-by-side with our clients, we serve not only as lawyers, but as trusted advisors. 

Macquarie (MQG) is a diversified financial group providing clients with asset management and finance, banking, advisory and risk and capital solutions across debt, equity and commodities. Operating globally with offices in many of the world's major financial centers, Macquarie promotes innovation and entrepreneurial drive within a strong risk management framework, contributing to the organization’s 48-year record of unbroken profitability.
 
Commodities and Global Markets (CGM) provides clients with an integrated, end-to-end offering across global markets including equities, fixed income, foreign exchange, commodities and credit.  The platform covers more than 25 markets and over 160 products, and has evolved over more than three decades to provide clients with access to markets, financing, financial hedging and physical execution.
 
The Credit Markets Division (CMD) was established within CGM in 2008, and is focused providing funding, capital and structuring solutions to originators and investors creating and investing in credit assets. The division’s experience lies in the residential mortgage, consumer loan, student loan, small business, green energy, and receivables spaces, in both performing and non-performing debt.

Comprising the top tier international law firm, Maples and Calder, and leading specialised fiduciary and fund services provider, MaplesFS, the Maples group provides clients with a comprehensive offering of fund, fiduciary, private client and legal services. The group distinguishes itself by the highest quality of work and an innovative approach and commitment to tailored client service. With more than 1700 staff worldwide, the Maples group has offices within key jurisdictions across the Americas, Europe, Asia and the Middle East and its global network ensures clients gain immediate access to expert advice and bespoke support, within time zones that are convenient to their needs.

Mariana’s founding team is an elite group of industry veterans who have spent their careers in credit research, portfolio management, and building bespoke solutions for credit professionals. We pride ourselves on our deep bench of technical skills and experience with credit investment solutions. The Mariana Systems board has a combined experience of over 60 years with designing, building and supporting Credit Portfolio Analytic Solutions. Our team is comprised of the top talent in software development and design - with a speciality in credit systems management.

Mayer Brown is a distinctively global law firm – uniquely positioned to advise the world's leading companies and financial institutions on their most complex deals and disputes. Our firm serves many of the world’s industry and financial services leaders, including a significant portion of the world’s largest banks and investment banks, as well as many Fortune 100, FTSE 100, CAC 40, DAX, Hang Seng and Nikkei index companies.
 
Mayer Brown is widely acknowledged as having one of the premier securitisation practices in the world. We bring innovation to the global securitisation market and have a reputation for developing new technology and structuring innovative solutions. With more than 100 structured finance lawyers in offices across Europe, the Americas and Asia, we have one of the largest structured finance practices in the world –  and with that size comes the knowledge, experience and workforce to tackle transactions of any scale in almost any jurisdiction. We are regularly engaged on global projects that require multi-jurisdictional teams that few other firms can offer.

Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP is a leading international law firm that provides innovative legal services to clients around the world. Founded in New York over 150 years ago, Milbank has offices in Beijing, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Munich, São Paulo, Seoul, Singapore, Tokyo and Washington, DC. Milbank’s lawyers collaborate across practices and offices to help the world’s leading commercial, financial and industrial enterprises, as well as institutions, individuals and governments, achieve their strategic objectives. Milbank has been at the forefront of the CDO market since its inception in the late 1980s and particularly the CLO market in the late 1990s, and our attorneys in New York, Los Angeles and London regularly represent market-leading arrangers, issuers, derivatives counterparties and collateral managers on CLO and CDO transactions. With partners in New York, Los Angeles and London focused on our CLO practice, and with support of the firm's US, UK and German tax partners as well as our regulatory, bankruptcy and litigation attorneys, we have worked on hundreds of CLO and CDO transactions - including many ground-breaking transactions. With a strong emphasis on innovation, our attorneys are adept at the full range of products offered in the CLO market. We bring to our clients a useful perspective and familiarity with market and regulatory developments and alternatives in the CLO arena with our extensive experience with diverse asset classes - from broadly syndicated and middle-market loans to asset-backed securities, distressed debt and distressed asset-backed securities - and our involvement on transactions utilizing innovative liability structures, including commercial paper tranches and conduits and liquidity facilities. With our deep bench, extensive experience and multi-disciplinary approach, we are ideally suited to advise on all aspects of CLO and CDO transactions, whether structuring new transactions today or working with our clients through difficult periods of market disruption.

We are an independent provider of research-driven insights and tools for institutional investors.  We have deep expertise in the areas of risk and performance measurement that is based on more than 40 years of academic research, real-world experience and collaboration with our clients.

Our broad product line supports clients’ needs across all major asset classes and provides them with a consistent way of looking at risk and performance from front to middle office.  We have a highly flexible business model that enables clients to select the individual products and services they need and integrate them into their own investment processes and methodologies.

Asset owners use our research, data, indexes and multi-asset class risk management tools to determine whether the managers they hire are delivering appropriate risk-adjusted returns.

Chief investment officers use our extensive, high-quality data to develop and test investment strategies.  They also use our models and performance attribution tools to understand the drivers of return in their portfolios.

Active managers rely on our factor models, data and portfolio construction and optimization tools to build portfolios and keep them aligned with their investment objectives.

Passive managers use our index data, equity factor models and optimizer to construct their index funds and ETFs.

Chief risk officers choose our risk management systems to understand, monitor and control risk in the portfolios they are safeguarding.

Natixis is the international corporate and investment banking, asset management, insurance and financial services arm of Groupe BPCE, the 2nd-largest banking group in France with 31 million clients spread over two retail banking networks, Banque Populaire and Caisse d’Epargne.
With more than 21,000 employees, Natixis has a number of areas of expertise that are organized into four main business lines: Asset & Wealth Management, Corporate & Investment Banking, Insurance and Specialized Financial Services.
A global player, Natixis has its own client base of companies, financial institutions and institutional investors as well as the client base of individuals, professionals and small and medium-size businesses of Groupe BPCE’s banking networks.

Paul Hastings provides innovative legal solutions to many of the world’s top financial institutions and Fortune 500 companies in markets across Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the United States.

We offer a complete portfolio of services to support our clients’ complex, often mission-critical needs—from structuring first-of-their-kind transactions to resolving complicated disputes to providing the savvy legal counsel that keeps business moving forward.

Since the firm’s founding in 1951, Paul Hastings has grown steadily and strategically along with our clients and the markets we serve. We established successful practices in key U.S. and European cities, creating a broad network of professionals to support our clients’ ambitions. In addition, we were one of the first U.S. law firms to establish a presence in Asia, and today we continue to be a leader in the region. Over the past decade, we have significantly expanded our global network of lawyers to assist our clients in financial centers around the world, including the emerging markets of Latin America.

Today we serve our clients’ local and international business needs from offices in Atlanta, Beijing, Brussels, Century City, Chicago, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Milan, New York, Orange County, Palo Alto, Paris, San Diego, San Francisco, São Paulo, Seoul, Shanghai, Tokyo, and Washington, D.C.

Drawing on the firm’s dynamic, collaborative, and entrepreneurial culture, our lawyers work across practices, offices, and borders to provide innovative, seamless legal counsel—where and when our clients need us.
 

Headquartered in Philadelphia, Radian connects lenders, homebuyers, investors, and loan servicers using a suite of private mortgage insurance and related risk management products and services. We help promote and preserve the tradition of homeownership while protecting lenders from default-related losses on residential first mortgages. Our commitment to homeownership is built on a foundation of evaluating credit risk; we help clients and investors expertly and prudently manage risk in any market condition. Radian Group Inc. is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol RDN.

RiskSpan provides a data, modeling, and analytics Platform and Services to the finance industry - including the commercial banking, insurance, and capital markets sub-segments.

Our flagship data/modeling/forecasting/valuation software, the RiskSpan Edge Platform, is a cloud-based system for hosting loan and fixed-income securities data, performing historical and predictive analytics/forecasting, and generating explanatory reports and data visualizations.

The software platform hosts a variety of application modules that are responsive to the business needs of our customers.

Data, Modeling, Analytics Leaders For over a decade, RiskSpan has been the data management, model development, and model validation vendor-of-choice for large banking, insurance, and capital markets participants. RiskSpan has leveraged its experience with large global banking institutions to adopt its Platform and Services to the mid-sized and small commercial banking and insurance sectors.

Loan Data and Securities Data Experts Our scalable platform streamlines loan data management by fusing large volumes of disparate datasets. We enable analysts and business leaders with powerful predictive analytics to make informed data-driven decisions.

As market experts in loan and securities data management and predictive modeling, we transform your unmanageable data into profitable business assets. Our team understands enterprise data governance, helping you achieve new heights of analysis and reporting while cutting costs, minimizing processing time, and increasing returns on your investments.

RSM US LLP is the leading provider of audit, tax and consulting services focused on the middle market. We have a well-established practice catering specifically to the specialty finance industry and have helped clients complete securitizations involving a wide variety of asset types. RSM offers a full suite of securitization services, including accounting and auditing, tax planning and optimization strategies, agreed-upon procedures for asset portfolios, compliance services, process re-engineering, system implementation and pre- and post-transaction due diligence services.

Seward & Kissel, founded in 1890, is a leading U.S. law firm with an international reputation for excellence. We have offices in New York City and Washington, D.C.

Our practice primarily focuses on corporate and litigation work for clients seeking legal expertise in the financial services, corporate finance and capital markets areas. The Firm is particularly well known for its representation of major commercial banks, investment banking firms, investment advisers and related investment funds (including mutual funds and hedge funds), broker-dealers, institutional investors and transportation companies (particularly in the shipping area).

For more than 30 years, Skadden’s Structured Finance Group has worked with clients to develop many of the key innovations in securitization and structured derivatives markets. Our practice encompasses credit card receivable, personal loan, auto loan and lease, and residential and commercial mortgage loan securitizations; solar energy finance transactions; whole-company securitizations; collateralized loan obligations; insurance-related securitizations; commercial paper programs; credit derivatives; and principal finance. We have pioneered a range of first-of-their-kind securitizations, from the first securitizations of movie syndication revenues and small business loans to the first securitizations using master trust structures and CDO structures. Through the use of structured finance techniques, more recently, we also have led the way in developing rated personal loan securitizations, many of the recent innovations in whole company securitizations and the equity market for solar securitizations.

T-REX is a leading enterprise software solutions provider for the complex financing of esoteric asset-backed securities (ABS) and energy project finance.

T-REX equips market practitioners with the software platform and managed services needed to analyze, assess, and accurately price the risk associated with issuing and investing in esoteric ABS and other asset classes.  We address the needs of the entire investment lifecycle, from asset owners and issuers to investment banks, ratings agencies, accounting firms, trustees and custodians, all the way through to the end investors.

By eliminating manual processes and automating workflow, T-REX enhances efficiency, transparency, collaboration, and security across the entire investment lifecycle.  For more information, visit www.trexgroup.com.

Thomson Reuters LPC is the premier global provider of information on the syndicated loan and high yield bond markets. Our first-to-the-market news and comprehensive real-time and historic data help you stay informed about market trends and facilitate trading and investment decisions.
With field offices around the world, we are the one source for comprehensive coverage of the global syndicated loan markets worldwide.
Our publications, online news, interactive databases, analysis and valuation services are used daily by banks, asset managers, law firms, regulators, corporations and others to drive valuation, syndication, trading, and research and portfolio management activities.

Our global corporate trust team offers expert guidance and flexible solutions to private and public companies, government and tax-exempt entities, and financial institutions. In a world of complex financial transactions, it is important to find a financially sound and reliable partner who understands and responds to your needs. Our structured finance and CDO professionals are dedicated to supporting your growing business.

Our experience spans a variety of asset classes and our core services include: Account bank and backup servicer Collateral and calculation agent Custodian   Loan agency services Middle and back office outsourcing Trustee and paying agent  Securities and tax administrator Document custodian and verification agent  
To learn more about how you can leverage the expertise and financial strength of U.S. Bank, visit us at usbank.com/corporatetrust or contact:

Ed Kachinski
212.951.8548
edward.kachinski@usbank.com

Michael Zak
651.466.5070
michael.zak@usbank.com
 

Virtus Partners, LLC is a premier provider of alternative investment administration services and operations outsourcing. Our Managed Services solution delivers front, middle and back office services including Fund Administration, Loan Agency and Trade Settlements, which can be customized and tailored to meet all of the individual needs of our clients.

Virtus Partners LLC is headquartered in Houston, Texas and was founded in 2005. Currently it has 300+ employees, across six offices in the U.S. and Europe, and has over $350BN in assets under administration for more than 100 global financial institutions. For more information, please visit: www.virtusllc.com.

For more than 160 years, Winston & Strawn LLP has served as a trusted adviser and advocate for clients across virtually every industry. In that time, through careful growth and thoughtful fiscal management, we have built a law practice with tremendous breadth and a global reach. We are proud of the many accolades we have received over the years—a tribute to our lawyers’ creativity, flexibility, depth of experience, and commitment. The most meaningful accolade to us, though, is the continued trust and confidence of our clients.

Andrew Davidson & Co., Inc. is the leading provider of risk analytics and consulting for residential loans and MBS. We develop and license prepayment and credit models as well as risk measurement tools that are the benchmark analytics used by top mortgage and commercial banks, insurers, credit unions, broker-dealers and money management firms. With our unique blend of investment expertise and cutting edge quantitative methods, we produce highly advanced models and the most innovative solutions to mortgage investment challenges.

With more than 1,000 lawyers practicing in 13 offices around the globe, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP serves clients across 40 distinct practice areas. The combined firm, which draws upon the legacies of both Arnold & Porter and Kaye Scholer, brings together 100 years of renowned regulatory expertise and sophisticated transactional and litigation practitioners. The firm’s Corporate and Finance Practice Group includes more than 70 lawyers focused primarily on finance transactions covering a broad range of areas, including structured finance and derivatives, syndicated and leveraged finance, aviation and transportation finance, project development and finance, and sovereign finance, as well as the related areas of investment management, real estate finance and restructuring. The firm also has a strong Financial Services Practice Group experienced at providing financial institution clients with comprehensive regulatory, litigation, legislative, and transactional services; the group is well-versed in applicable financial services regulatory laws of the US, the UK, Germany, and the European Union, as well as the views of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and the Financial Stability Board.

The firm has a robust structured finance practice covering a broad range of areas, including public and private ABS, RMBS and residential mortgage warehousing, CMBS, marketplace loan securitization, operating asset securitization (aircraft and rail), CLOs and corporate structured credit, commercial paper conduits, esoteric asset securitization, trade receivables securitization, structured asset funds, distressed asset sales, whole business securitization, warehouse facilities, and derivatives. Our lawyers advise in all aspects of securitization, including structuring, negotiating, and documenting transactions, forming multi-seller conduits and special purpose vehicles, obtaining ratings, representing providers of liquidity and credit enhancement, and representing issuers, trustees, underwriters, and investors.

Arthur Cox has been at the forefront of developments in the Irish legal profession for almost 100 years. We are a group of legal professionals who believe in providing sound judgement, in-depth knowledge and new solutions through genuine client partnerships. Because of our integrated approach across practice groups, we excel at advising on transactions which require advice in a number of finance and other areas of law, and maintain a significant edge in the international debt capital markets. Glenn Butt is a specialist debt capital markets partner within the Capital Markets Group, and holds a wide range of expertise and experience. We also have a specialist business dedicated to advising clients on the listing of debt securities on the Irish Stock Exchange, led by Helen Berrill.

Christiana Trust is a Division of WSFS Bank and a wholly owned subsidiary of WSFS Financial Corporation, founded in 1832. Christiana provides a wide range of trust, directed trust, asset management and agency services in Delaware and Nevada. Christiana's mission is to provide a high level of personal service, responsive and flexible decision making by a knowledgeable team of professionals whose objective is to facilitate and implement each client's transaction efficiently and effectively.

Citadel SPV provides a comprehensive array of entity formation, governance, administration, accounting and investor reporting services to the global capital markets. We take pride in our unique capacities for specialized services in complex financing structures including securitization, project finance and alternative or special situations finance. Citadel SPV leverages more than 25 years of market experience to deliver consultative solutions for complex financing structures, including customized structural alternatives, a complete array of independent director and officer services, sophisticated program management solutions and customized accounting and investor reporting solutions. Headquartered in New York, Citadel SPV offers its clients a comprehensive network of global service delivery locations, either directly or via our partner network including, Delaware, Texas, Cayman, United Kingdom, Ireland, Jersey, Isle of Man, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Switzerland, Singapore and Japan.

At ClearStructure Financial Technology, we offer cloud-based systems for the buy-side market. Our Sentry solution suite helps simplify your investment management while delivering total transparency.

Our portfolio management system, Sentry PM™, is a front-to-back office system which tracks all types of investments from idea to trade to management and administration. Sentry's robust yet flexible functionality includes compliance, a comprehensive data warehouse, performance & attribution, NAV calculator, auto reconciliation, reporting and much more. Our modular approach ensures you only take the features you need, and can add functionality as required. Sentry PM handles multiple asset types and fund structures including Hedge Funds, Direct Lending, SMAs and CLOs. Sentry solutions are used by top financial institutions around the world for their management needs. For more information visit: www.clearstructure.com.

Cortland Capital Market Services LLC (“Cortland”) is a member of the Alter Domus Group.
Cortland offers issuers and investors in credit and real estate assets a comprehensive suite of asset and portfolio solutions including fund administration, agency services, securitization services, and CLO Collateral Administration. 
 
Alter Domus is a fully integrated fund and corporate services provider, dedicated to international private equity & infrastructure houses, real estate firms, private debt managers, multinationals, capital markets issuers and private clients.
 
For more information on Alter Domus, please visit: www.alterdomus.com  or on Cortland: www.cortlandglobal.com
 

The DealVector network connects fixed income professionals directly to authenticated, non-public holders of specific assets quickly and securely for the first time, enabling a more transparent and efficient market. With more than $2T in deal value, 1100+ firms, and over 780,000 deals loaded on its award-winning platform, DealVector provides an online global asset registry and communications platform for the $100 trillion fixed income market, empowering issuers, investors, advisors and brokers to efficiently address governance and restructuring issues, improve market surveillance, conduct price discovery, and source illiquid assets. For more information, visit www.dealvector.com.

With our extensive international platform and vast cross-border experience, our Structured Finance and Securitization team delivers integrated advice and support across a range of transactions in numerous jurisdictions.
 
We have substantial experience in a wide array of ABS in both the US and Europe that includes US and European CLOs, Asset-Backed Commercial Paper programs, CMBS, RMBS as well as securitization of esoteric assets such as renewable energy and energy efficiency assets, tobacco fees, small business loans, ships, IP and aircraft, and whole business securitizations and project finance securitizations. We are one of the leading firms in the United States in the rapidly developing area of solar securitization.
 
Our team includes not only practitioners with years of hands-on experience in these diverse transactions, but also thought leaders who are known in the industry for their creative problem-solving and their entrepreneurial track record in designing and executing new programs.
 
The team is supported by our leading corporate, regulatory and tax teams and works together with DLA Piper’s real estate, litigation, bankruptcy, IP licensing, franchising, insurance and renewable energy lawyers around the globe.
 
To learn more, visit www.dlapiper.com.

The Empirasign ABS/MBS Trade Database is the largest real-time database of all secondary market data for the Structured Products market. We index BWIC price talk and trade color in addition to dealer benchmark runs (bids, offers, and markets) for the ABS/MBS/CMBS sectors in the US and Eurozone. All our data is client-contributed in unstructured form. We clean, normalize, and cross-validate this data in house. Our clients consist of both front and middle-office professionals for both the sell side and buy side. We also license data to evaluation pricing, audit and CRM firms. Empirasign is available via a web application or on-demand API.

Equiant is a Scottsdale, Arizona-based receivables servicer with an active managed portfolio that exceeds $1.5 billion and includes more than 200,000 individual consumer loans. Over the past 28 years, Equiant has serviced more than 1.5 million loans accounts. Its array of products and services includes outsourcing for servicing loan and other interest bearing receivables, Platform as a Service (PaaS) receivables technology, point of sale merchant processing, delinquency control, document custody (including digital), and analytic reporting. To learn more about Equiant’s technology solutions for servicing loan and other receivables as well as document custody, call Peter Moody, senior vice president of sales and client relations, at (480) 636-4888.
 

Together, Appleby and Estera provide the complete suite of Cayman legal, fiduciary and corporate services to CLOs. Our combined team enjoys the privileged position of being one of the most experienced Cayman providers in this market and accordingly we are well versed and experienced with all developments and innovations related to warehouse and issuance structures.
 
Our highly regarded team represents over a third of the US CLO market and together we have worked with all of the major underwriters and premier collateral managers. Our clients praise us on our collaborative approach and our responsive service.
 

FINSIGHT is the technology company behind 3 leading platforms in US ABS:
 
1) Finsight.com: a free new issue pricing deal database for US ABS
 
2) Deal Roadshow: the leading electronic roadshow platform in US ABS. Used by the industry’s leading issuers and investment banks, Deal Roadshow provides real-time visibility into the syndication process and is more accessible, secure, user-friendly and more cost-effective than alternative platforms.

3) 17g5.com: a fully-equipped, secure, and cost effective SEC Rule 17g-5 compliant data room. Built by structured product industry veterans, it adheres to traditional workflows while providing state-of-the-art web technologies that streamline the creation, management, and auditing of your SEC Rule 17g-5 data room.

To save thousands on your next transaction, contact support@finsight.com or call 1-888-997 6610.
 

Grant Thornton International Ltd
Grant Thornton LLP is the U.S. member firm of Grant Thornton International (GTIL), a leading global organization of member firms providing audit, tax and advisory services for more than 90 years. Collectively, GTIL member firms are comprised of 50,000 people in 700+ offices in over 130 countries worldwide.

About Advisory
Grant Thornton LLP’s Advisory Services professionals are progressive thinkers who create, protect and transform value today so our clients have the opportunity to thrive tomorrow. While business goals and strategies evolve, our services can support you wherever you are — whether you’re looking at a transaction to propel you forward, focusing on developing and implementing the right controls to mitigate risk, or advancing your company’s finance and technology infrastructure to match your aspirations. Learn more about how we help our clients at www.grantthornton.com
 

Intex is the industry’s leading provider of cashflow models and analytics, with over 40,000 ABS, CMBS, RMBS and CLO deals modeled from around the globe.  Intex is relied upon by hundreds of arrangers, investors, issuers and others for complete, accurate and timely cashflow models used in trading, portfolio management and risk management applications.  Intex's applications include INTEXcalc for single-security and portfolio analysis and cashflow stress-testing, the INTEX Subroutine API for system builders, and INTEX DealMaker for structuring new deals.  Intex is an independent, objective and privately-held company with offices in Massachusetts, London and Shanghai.  Visit our website at www.intex.com.

Established in 1825 in Dublin, Ireland and with offices in Cork, London, New York, Palo Alto and San Francisco, more than 670 people work across Matheson’s six offices, including 86 partners and tax principals and over 440 legal and tax professionals. Matheson services the legal needs of internationally focused companies and financial institutions doing business in and from Ireland. Our clients include over half of the world’s 50 largest banks, 7 of the world’s 10 largest asset managers, 7 of the top 10 global technology brands and we have advised the majority of the Fortune 100.

MBSData is a leading provider of RMBS mortgage backed securities data and analytics to the structured finance marketplace. MBSData's product offerings have already brought a higher level of availability and transparency to these marketplace participants. We service a variety of clients including investors, rating agencies, researchers, modelers, mortgage consultants and other service providers. MBSData web based platform empowers clients with the ability to perform monthly surveillance and track historical deal and loan level performance on RMBS. This platform integrates our cutting edge technology, our industry fastest and best in class monthly remittance update cycle with the MBSData full suite of detailed datasets and custom built analytics. MBSData is changing the course and providing a better direction for the MBS industry. We believe in maintaining the highest data quality standards and are committed to delivering innovative and personalized services. With a combination of data quantity, data quality, technology and cost, MBSData has created the best value proposition in the industry.

Founded in 1997, NetRoadshow is the trusted name in providing U.S. Securities & Exchange Comission (SEC) compliant online solutions for the global investment banking community. 

NetRoadshow began working closely with the SEC in early 1996 to gain permission to provide electronic roadshows under strict guidelines. In July of 1997, NetRoadshow was the first to recieve permission from the SEC, in the form of an SEC 'No-Action' Letter, to provide electronic roadshows over the internet. We continue to work closely with the SEC to provide compliant tools and services to meet the needs of the global investment banking community.

Our proprietary online roadshows, data room services, and secure document distribution system, along with our world class 24x7 Client Services team, provide our clients with cost effective and timely solutions which add value to the entire investor community. 

NetRoadshow's solutions give immediate value to the buy-side community with instant access to transaction information, and the ability to store and retrieve relevant deal information.

NetRoadshow also provides superior insights to both banking teams and issuers through real time analytics of investor behavior, helping guide the marketing of a transaction.

NetRoadshow has offices in New York, Atlanta, San Francisco, London and  Hong Kong.

The SALT Lending platform is a great option if you want or need to make real-world expenditures, but don’t want to lose the potential gains from your digital currency holdings. SALT works to solve a major problem of blockchain assets – illiquidity. By opening up this entirely new form of loans, SALT brings more liquidity to the market. The platform is open to all tiers of borrowers looking to take advantage of this groundbreaking service further bringing together the worlds of crypto and traditional finance.

Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP is a market-leading, multidisciplinary law firm serving the financial services industry from offices in New York, Washington, D.C. and London. Our Structured Finance & Derivatives Group handles a variety of complex structured products, including CLO transactions. We advise a wide range of market participants, including investment managers, issuers, purchasers and sellers of assets, underwriters, placement agents, borrowers and investors. We have extensive expertise structuring, negotiating and drafting all types of structured finance transactions in connection with asset-backed securities offerings and structured financing transactions.

Sidley Austin LLP, with more than 1,700 lawyers and 17 offices on four continents, has been a pioneer in global finance for 30 years. Today, our lawyers are actively engaged on behalf of our clients in forging new strategies and approaches to address the challenges facing the global financial markets and in helping our clients understand and manage the increasingly complex legal and regulatory landscape. Our work includes not only advising on new securitization and structured finance transactions, but also handling securitization restructuring and workouts.

Sky Road provides automation and machine learning based decision support portfolio management solutions for Asset Managers. Powered by Sky Road software and our innovative AI lab, our fully customizable managed service solutions give asset management firms the automation, insights and intelligence they need to drive alpha and operational efficiency. Clients consist of leading fixed income alternative asset management firms who trade multi-strategy portfolios in structured credit, loans, CLO and distressed debt.

SmartRoom is a next-generation virtual data room that doesn’t compromise between functionality and security. Built from the ground up, every feature has been thoughtfully designed to deliver greater efficiency and maximum security for file sharing and collaboration during strategic events.  Appeasing both end-users and IT departments, SmartRoom facilitates success for the entire organization and all parties involved.  SmartRoom been used for due diligence for over 10,000 transactions totaling $1 trillion+ in value for the world’s leading companies and financial Institutions. 

Founded in 2011, Solve is a New York-based financial technology firm and a leading provider of real-time observable market data and aggregation across multiple Fixed Income asset classes including all Structured Products (ABS, MBS, CLOs,etc.), Syndicated Bank Loans, Corporates, and Municipals). SolveQuotes by Solve Advisors was developed to improve price transparency and efficiency in illiquid markets through “smart” parsing and data aggregation of unstructured messages.

SolveQuotes normalizes and organizes observable market data in real-time within a user-friendly interface allowing users to utilize their data more efficiently and effectively. Overlaying parsed data with our contributed Solve data increases price transparency helping with idea generation (trends, dislocation, Rel Val), better trade execution, and ultimately increased profitability.

Solve’s product umbrella includes:

-Parsing: Advanced proprietary real-time message parsing that extracts bids/offers, yield, size, BWIC Px Talk, Covers, and dealer inventories. SolveQuotes’ language recognition algorithms don’t depend on templates and can pick up pricing from regular interactions.  

-Market Data: Real-time observable market data contributed by both Buy and Sell-side clients that supplements your parsed pricing data to increase price transparency. Our Structured Products coverage includes +2mm quotes daily and 100,000 Cusips daily.

-Workflow Tools: BWIC and Inventory automation, matchers, security and price alerts, portfolio management, comparable securities, and collaboration features all help improve day to day management and increase productivity.

-Middle/Back-Office: Streamlines the month-end process by parsing and aggregating marks from broker statements and identifying exceptions.

-Real-Time Composite Pricing for Syndicated Bank Loans: A distilled, real-time price computed algorithmically based on observable market data from various providers and other factors such as time decay, quote strength, etc. for quick price discovery and actionable insight for better trade execution.

-Custom Solutions: Solve’s experienced technology team partners with clients to understand their needs and develop custom software and analytics accordingly. Solve’s proprietary message-oriented middleware platform can be licensed to facilitate inter-process communication or enterprise applications.

Solve’s clients range from Front Office (traders, portfolio managers, research, and sales), to Middle/Back Office, IPV, Risk, Valuations, Product Control, Finance, Compliance, Audit/Accounting, rating agencies, as well as ATS and OMS systems.

For more information, visit www.solveadvisors.com or call (646) 699-5041.

Join the Solve team at our booth at ABS East to discuss your data needs, learn more about Solve Advisors, and receive a demo or trial.

Stifel Financial Corp. is a diversified financial services holding company that conducts its banking, securities, and financial services business through several wholly owned subsidiaries. Stifel’s broker-dealer clients are served in the United States through Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated; Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc.; Miller Buckfire & Co., LLC; and Century Securities Associates, Inc. and in the United Kingdom and Europe through Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited.  Stifel Bank & Trust offers a full range of consumer and commercial lending solutions. Stifel Trust Company, N.A. and 1919 Investment Counsel & Trust Company offer trust and related services.  The Company’s broker-dealer affiliates provide securities brokerage, investment banking, trading, investment advisory, and related financial services to individual investors, professional money managers, businesses, and municipalities since the firm was established in 1890.

Stifel Financial Corp. was formed as a holding company in July 1983 and is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "SF."

Description: Trepp, LLC, founded in 1979, is a leading provider of data, analytics, and technology solutions to the global securities and investment management industries. Trepp specifically serves three key sectors: structured finance, commercial real estate, and banking to help market participants meet their objectives for surveillance, credit risk management, and investment performance. TreppCLO sets a new standard in data integrity, reporting transparency and analytical sophistication. In a single, integrated web-platform, TreppCLO provides users with a solution unlike anything in the CLO market today. Trepp is wholly owned by Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT).

Walkers and Walkers Fiduciary Services support asset managers, arranging banks, sponsors and investors on all aspects of their structured transactions through one integrated legal and fiduciary business.

We have been active in the securitisation and structured products market for a number of years in the Cayman Islands and Ireland, and so can offer clients depth of experience working on all types of CLOs and CDOs, including broadly syndicated and middle market CLOs, commercial real estate structures, TruPS, CBOs and aircraft securitisations.

Our legal team is recognised as a leader by clients, peers and partners in the legal, financial and asset management industries. Our directors are experienced, well-informed and financially sophisticated, many with onshore experience in the sectors they support, enabling us to provide a meaningful contribution and a sure hand when important decisions need to be taken.

FICO powers decisions that help people and businesses around the world prosper. Founded in 1956 and based in Silicon Valley, the company is a pioneer in the use of predictive analytics and data science to improve decisions. FICO holds more than 180 US and foreign patents on technologies that increase profitability, customer satisfaction, and growth for businesses in financial services, telecommunications, health care, retail, and many other industries. FICO introduced analytic solutions such as credit scoring that have made credit more widely available, not just in the United States but around the world.  The world's top banks rely on FICO Scoring solutions to accelerate growth, control risk, boost profits and meet regulatory and competitive demands.  Learn more at www.fico.com.

GlobalCapital is a leading news, opinion and data service for people and institutions using and working in the international capital markets. It provides you with clearly-voiced, lively coverage of key markets based on the comments of those who work in them, together with a wealth of transaction data and archive material.  Whether you wish to pick up the pulse of your market, to research in detail an issuer, intermediary or asset class in a particular sector, or to check out how your institution is performing relative to its peers, our service is for you.

GlobalCapital descends directly from EuroWeek (“the voice of the markets”), which has been covering new issues in primary markets for 26 years.  Joining the platform are also several key capital markets publications from the Euromoney Institutional Investor Group: Asiamoney, Total Securitization and Derivatives Week.  GlobalCapital also sees the introduction of a brand new service on the internationalisation of the RMB.

The combination of these elements on state-of-the-art new web technology provides a device-neutral, flexible global news and data service where relevant related articles and data are a click away.

GlobalCapital.com delivers daily services dedicated to the following key market sectors: FIG/Bank Finance including Covered Bonds, Corporate Bonds, Syndicated Loans, Equity, Leveraged Finance, Sovereign and Supranational and Agency Bonds (SSA), SRI/Green Bonds, Global Emerging Markets, Securitization, Asia Pacific Markets, Derivatives, and Offshore RMB. The service comes with sector specific priced deals data sets, league tables, deal pipelines and people moves.

Debtwire ABS delivers up-to-the minute news and analysis across the US RMBS, ABS and CMBS markets and provides insight into opportunistic situations in the structured finance market. In addition to our unparalleled editorial coverage, subscribers have access to a bid list library alongside primary insurance and commercial real estate (CRE) databases. With an ever evolving market, Debtwire ABS tracks and reports on faulty legacy loans as well as emerging asset classes such as marketplace lending.

The ICLG series provides current and practical comparative legal information on a range of practice areas.

Our comprehensive guides follow a question and answer format to ensure thorough coverage of each topic within different legal systems worldwide.

Each guide draws together the collective expertise of our contributors to provide a valuable and convenient resource, updated annually.

The ICLG series provides a practical insight for general counsel, government agencies and private practice lawyers keeping them abreast of law and policy globally.

Investing.com is a global financial portal and internet brand composed of 28 editions in 21 languages and mobile apps for Android and iOS that provide news, analysis, streaming quotes and charts, technical data and financial tools about the global financial markets. Each edition covers a broad variety of local and global financial vehicles including Stocks, Bonds, Commodities, Currencies, Interest Rates, Futures and Options. Founded in 2007, Investing.com has a growing readership worldwide and is now a leading global financial portal committed to constantly launching innovative features and sections to ensure an optimal one-stop source for its readers.

The Securitisation & Structured Finance Handbook offers a detailed insight into the securitisation and structured finance sector, with debates and analyses from worldwide experts on the future direction of the markets. The Handbook is a valuable reference point for anyone wishing to further expand their knowledge on this exciting financial sector. For more information, visit http://www.capital-markets-intelligence.com/securitisation-structured-finance-handbook-2019/