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Nov. 1, 2016

PeerIQ Releases Monthly Industry Update

PeerIQ has released its monthly marketplace lending update for October; focus of the report is on the 2017 forecast for marketplace lending securitizations; PeerIQ forecasts 47% year-over-year growth ($11.3 billion) in new ABS issuance with 52% growth in new originations for its base case estimate; sees high demand continuing for securitized products however institutional investors will likely be more interested in shorter duration loans to manage interest rate risk as US rates are expected to rise; PeerIQ reports continued support from rating agencies with high ratings; expects leading securitization issuers in 2017 to be SoFi, Avant and Marlette. Source

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Dec. 1, 2016

PeerIQ and TransUnion Partner to Provide More Transparency to Marketplace Lending

Today, PeerIQ announced a partnership with information solutions provider TransUnion. PeerIQ is known for its data and analytics capabilities in...

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Jan. 13, 2017

Follow Up Friday: PeerIQ’s Fourth Quarter Securitization Report

PeerIQ released its fourth quarter "Marketplace Lending Securitization Tracker" this week; marketplace lending accounted for $2.4 billion of the securitization market in the fourth quarter; data from the fourth quarter report shows securitization investments as an increasingly important source of capital for marketplace lending platforms; in 2016 70% of loans were invested in through securitizations. Source

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Jan. 30, 2017

SoFi’s New Securitization

PeerIQ analyzes SoFi's new securitization, SCLP 2017-1; SoFi's unsecured consumer loans securitization portfolio was priced on January 20; the securitization was oversubscribed resulting in final collateralized loans of $655 million; the securitization is now the industry's largest securitization portfolio issuance; it included two rated tranches from DBRS and Kroll; tranche A included loans valued at $504 million with an A rating from both DBRS and Kroll; tranche B included loans valued at $60 million with a BBB rating from both DBRS and Kroll. Source

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Feb. 6, 2017

A Review of PeerIQ’s Weekly Industry Update

The focus of the weekly update centered around how the Trump administration will try to ease the regulatory environment for banks and an explanation of the risk retention rule that recently went into effect; banks welcomed the executive orders signed by Trump, the regulatory burden has been high and cost of capital has continued to rise to meet the demands of Dodd-Frank; as of December 24, 2016 all asset types are required to adhere to a 5% risk retention requirement or skin in the game; this is meant to align investor interests with sponsor interests and make the securitization deal safer; PeerIQ goes into a detailed explanation and helps to provide answers to some of the questions surrounding the rule's implementation. Source

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Nov. 21, 2016

PeerIQ’s Perspective on Fintech Regulation

PeerIQ's weekly newsletter provides insight from a week in Washington, D.C. beginning with the SEC's Fintech Forum on Monday, November 14; Ram Ahluwalia participated as a panelist providing an industry perspective on the "Capital Formation" panel; newsletter also provides details on potential terms from the OCC in their fintech charter and highlights three bills affecting fintech; PeerIQ also discusses the effect of capital and liquidity rules on asset-backed securities from banks. Source

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Jan. 10, 2017

Chart of the Week: MPL Securitization Issuance by Originator

PeerIQ has released its fourth quarter "Marketplace Lending Securitization Tracker" with details on the marketplace lending securitization market; the chart below shows the marketplace lending securitization issuance for the top 10 originators; SoFi leads the list with $6.85 billion in securitized loans, followed by Prosper and Avant. Source

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Jan. 23, 2017

A Review of PeerIQ’s Weekly Industry Update

This week's PeerIQ industry update mentions SoFi's securitization deal, solar lender Mosaic's signal to the market of their first ABS deal and a detailed explanation about trigger breaches; SoFi has announced plans to issue a $477 million unsecured consumer loan securitization; the market was very happy to hear news from Mosaic as this is the first solar deal since early 2016, though the size of the deal has yet to be determined; the trigger breaches seen in MPL ABS deals have hurt the securitization market and caused the cost of capital to rise among lenders; PeerIQ breaks down the current deals that have breached and what it means for the overall MPL ABS market. Source

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Feb. 1, 2017

Freedom Financial Adds New Data Access from PeerIQ

PeerIQ and Freedom Financial Network have signed an agreement that will allow new data access for Freedom Financial Asset Management and its clients; Freedom Financial Asset Management is a marketplace lending platform offering consumer loans; the data access will include PeerIQ's full suite of tools which will also be available to the platform's institutional investors; Freedom Financial Asset Management will also utilize PeerIQ's fair valuation services which launched last year. Source

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Feb. 13, 2017

PeerIQ’s Weekly Update Outlines Important Regulatory Developments and New Industry Association

The Online Lending Policy Institute has been formed to provide research and education on fintech and marketplace lending; Federal Reserve Governor Daniel Tarullo has resigned which is favorable for financial services deregulation as Tarullo was a driving force for higher capital standards; the PeerIQ weekly update also provides more details on President Donald Trump's executive order regarding financial services deregulation. Source

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