Joseph Cioffi was interviewed by Structured Credit Investor, "Testing Times: MPL Platforms Addressing Coronavirus Impact."
Distance – the space between – defines our present in so many respects, but that’s not what will lead to success in any market. We have distance from each other, distance from our normal life of just days ago and distance from a future without COVID-19. But that distance has underscored the interconnection of people and markets and their actions like nothing has before. Sure, we knew we were all...
Expectations are high for marketplace lending in 2020 but, more than any other lending sector, there are legal questions on the horizon that are likely to have an impact going forward. A Market on the Rise Marketplace lending deals have been steadily climbing since FinSight started tracking data in 2013. There was a jump from 2018 to 2019 with the number of tracked deals going from 37 in 2018 to...
ABS Issuances, by the Numbers Ten securitizations totaling $3.6 billion closed in Q1 2019, down 14% versus a year ago. PeerIQ attributed this decrease to “market volatility,” but noted this still represents the fourth-highest issuance in any quarter. Average deal size decreased to $366 million in Q1 2019, down from $0.6 billion the previous year. SoFi led the way with three deals totaling $1.5...
ABS Issuances, by the Numbers Seven securitizations totaling $4.3 billion closed in Q1 2018, up 34% versus a year ago and representing the second-highest issuance in any quarter (after Q4 2017). Q1 issuances comprised $2.1 billion in student loan ABS, more than double Q1 2017 and the highest ever quarterly issuance of student deals. Total ABS issuance is expected to climb to $18 billion in 2018,...
There is no doubt marketplace lending, by offering speed and flexibility not historically seen in traditional banking, has done its part to foster the “do it yourself” (DIY) era. At its core, the DIY mindset starts with a question – why pay someone to do a job or share your profits or glory, when you can do it on your own? And ideas come to fruition through the vast amount of information now...
Familiarity might breed contempt, but it seems nothing brings out the detractors like success. After a meteoric rise, marketplace lending has had its share of challenges and scrutiny, but the future should still be bright for such an industry on the forward edge of technology and consumer needs. Yet marketplace lending seems to be ending 2017 under an unwarranted attack from regulators and...
