Aura Group has closed the first two rounds of fundraising for its debut fund, while Castellan Asset Management seeks investors and Sirius Aviation Capital bags a $100 million investment. more

16/01/2020

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Ishka is now accepting submissions for its Deal of the Year Awards. The Ishka Deal of the Year Awards celebrate the best closed aircraft financings of 2019. The awards will be handed out at Ishka’s Dublin conference on the 17th and 18th June 2020. more

14/01/2020

in Capital Markets , Aircraft Finance Market

Ishka examines how tradeable e notes and anchor investors have helped leasing platforms achieve a record year for commercial aircraft ABS deals. more

08/01/2020

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Investors have placed at least $5.6 billion of equity into new aircraft leasing funds in 2019, according to Ishka research. more

06/01/2020

in Capital Markets

Unlevered equity returns on leased aircraft have fallen by around another 50 basis points across asset types over the past year, according to a survey of asset managers conducted by Ishka. more

16/12/2019

in Capital Markets

Airborne Capital has priced a $637 million ABS, Tailwind 2019-1 (Tailwind) which will be used to acquire a portfolio of 17 aircraft. Airborne is the servicer for the deal. more

10/12/2019

in Capital Markets , Aircraft Finance Market

Seraph, an asset manager and part of the Stellwagen Group, has priced a $726 million ABS, Raptor 2019-1, which will acquire 19 aircraft split between three widebodies and 16 narrowbodies. more

30/10/2019

in Capital Markets , Aircraft Finance Market

DAE has priced a $514.3 million ABS, Falcon 2019-1, which will acquire a portfolio of 23 leased aircraft split between 20 narrowbodies and three A330s. more

28/10/2019

in Lessors and Lease Rates , Capital Markets

Ishka summarises some of the key topics raised at its New York Investival last week. more

25/10/2019

in Capital Markets , Aircraft Finance Market

Despite airline bankruptcies, there appears to be plenty of investor confidence in the aircraft ABS market. more

18/10/2019

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Aviation Capital Group (ACG) has priced a second ABS, the $477 million MACH 1 USA. more

16/10/2019

in Capital Markets , Modelling and Forecasting

Carlyle Aviation Holdings Limited (Carlyle) has priced a $540.4 million aircraft securitisation, AASET 2019-2 Trust (AASET 2019‑2) split between three classes of notes. more

09/10/2019

in Capital Markets , Aircraft Finance Market

Airlines around the world raised $7.1 billion through 47 unsecured bond issuances in Q3 2019. more

04/10/2019

in Airline Profiles , Capital Markets

California aircraft lessor Wings Capital Partners (Wings) has kicked off a flurry of lessor aircraft ABS deals this autumn pricing its second ABS last week: the $678.08 million WAVE 2019-1. more

02/10/2019

in Capital Markets , Aircraft Finance Market

United Airlines (United) has broken its own record to price the tightest coupon to date for its recent enhanced equipment trust certificate (EETC) transaction. more

10/09/2019

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Aircraft lessor BOC Aviation has returned to the ABS market after a four-year absence for its second ABS - Silver Aircraft Leasing Limited. more

10/07/2019

in Lessors and Lease Rates , Aircraft Finance Market , Capital Markets

Aircraft lessor BBAM Aviation Services Limited (BBAM) is in the market with its third aircraft ABS, Horizon Aircraft Finance II. more

20/06/2019

in Capital Markets , Aircraft Finance Market

Three aircraft and engine leasing risk officers highlight their biggest concerns in the market today. more

30/05/2019

in Lessors and Lease Rates , Capital Markets

As fuel costs rise and airline bankruptcies have piled up in 2019, aviation financiers debate whether banks have become more sensitive to airline credit risk in the past year. more

20/05/2019

in Airline Profiles , Capital Markets , Aircraft Finance Market

Ireland-headquartered Goshawk Aviation conduct a roadshow for its debut aircraft ABS - the youngest aircraft ABS with tradable E-note to date. more

15/05/2019

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GECAS has closed its fifteenth asset-backed securitisation (ABS) backed by narrowbody leased aircraft - STARR 2019-1 and the second to involve a tradable equity note (E-note). more

12/05/2019

in Capital Markets , Aircraft Finance Market

US fund manager and leasing firm Castlelake has priced its sixth structured ABS financing, Castlelake Aircraft Structured Trust 2019-1 (CLAS 2019-1). more

17/04/2019

in Capital Markets , Aircraft Finance Market

Ishka summarises some of the key takeaways from the Ishka’s Investing in Aviation Finance Europe conference held last week in London. more

12/04/2019

in Regulatory and Accounting , Capital Markets , Aircraft Finance Market

Ishka examines two new aviation equity funds one launched by Aero Capital Solutions, which has closed at $200 million, and another, by PH Aviation Asia, which is still seeking investors. more

11/04/2019

in Capital Markets , Aircraft Finance Market

Ishka reviews some of the key market concerns raised by the public aircraft lessors including AerCap, Aircastle, ALC, and Fly including a potential slow-down in capital from China, Jet Airways’ and the tension of enforcing the Cape Town Convention in Brazil. more

08/04/2019

in Lessors and Lease Rates , Capital Markets , Aircraft Finance Market

South Korean equity investors are open to more aviation deals including aircraft ABS e-notes, according to aviation financiers and lessors speaking at Ishka’s Hong Kong Investival last week. more

01/04/2019

in Lessors and Lease Rates , Capital Markets , Aircraft Finance Market

Japan remained a centrepiece of discussion at Ishka’s Investival Asia in Hong Kong, with participants confident about aviation's continued appeal for Japanese investors, but uncertain about where recent tax reforms leave non-Japanese banks. more

29/03/2019

in Capital Markets , Aircraft Finance Market , Investor Education

Merx Aviation is in the market with a new $429.1 million aircraft securitisation, MAPS 2019-1 Limited which will refinance the 2014 RISE Ltd aircraft ABS transaction (RISE). more

18/02/2019

in Lessors and Lease Rates , Capital Markets , Aircraft Finance Market

Equity returns for leased aircraft continue to tighten. more

04/02/2019

in Capital Markets , Investor Education , Aircraft Finance Market

Aircraft leasing is a capital intensive business but how much of a role does a lessor's capital structure play in determining its competitiveness in the marketplace? more

22/01/2019

in Lessors and Lease Rates , Capital Markets

Capital markets have been very receptive of aircraft lessors in recent years. Ishka looks at the 2018 activity and considers the possible trajectory of lessors' capital markets issuance in the near future. more

10/01/2019

in Lessors and Lease Rates , Capital Markets

A wake has been scheduled for LIBOR, but is aviation ready for a new reference rate? more

02/01/2019

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Sirius Aviation Capital Holdings Limited, the Guernsey-based lessor launched by Ryanair’s ex-deputy CEO, Howard Millar, has delayed its IPO for the second time this month, while Ostrum Asset management launches a new aviation debt fund. more

07/12/2018

in Lessors and Lease Rates , Capital Markets

Ishka examines whether aviation finance, a notoriously carbon-intensive industry, could meet ESG (environmental, social, governance) criteria and attract ethical investors. more

29/11/2018

in Regulatory and Accounting , Capital Markets , Investor Education , Home

Vx Capital Partners, a leasing firm specialising in narrowbody freighter aircraft, has priced its debut securitisation, CARGO 2018-1, 100% backed by cargo aircraft. more

26/11/2018

in Capital Markets

An influx of capital penetrates the market for mid-life and older aircraft. more

12/11/2018

in Capital Markets , Aircraft Finance Market

Ishka examines Zephyrus Aviation Capital Limited's debut $336.6 million securitization, Zephyrus Capital Aviation Partners 2018-1 Ltd (Z-CAP 2018 -1). more

01/10/2018

in Capital Markets

Och-Ziff will manage the equity portion on GECAS’ START 2018-1 more

19/06/2018

in Lessors and Lease Rates , Capital Markets , Investor Education , Aircraft Finance Market

Castlelake has priced its fifth aircraft ABS while GECAS is in the market with its eleventh aircraft securitisation. more

08/06/2018

in Capital Markets

Cost of currency swaps is making senior debt uneconomic for Korean investors. more

31/05/2018

in Capital Markets , Aircraft Finance Market

Ishka reports from ISTAT’s Asia event in Singapore. more

11/05/2018

in Capital Markets , Investor Education , Aircraft Finance Market

Nordic Aviation Capital returns to the Schuldschein market with a $105 million issuance. more

19/04/2018

in Capital Markets , Aircraft Finance Market

A lack of hard information is keeping secondary investors away from a booming market. more

09/04/2018

in Capital Markets

Ishka reviews UAE aviation finance banks. more

04/04/2018

in Capital Markets

Ishka researches how Marsh's private insurance product is evolving to support Jolco financings and bond issuances. more

29/03/2018

in Capital Markets

British Airways returns with competitively priced EETC. more

27/03/2018

in Capital Markets

Aircraft lessor Avolon has priced it second ABS. more

22/03/2018

in Capital Markets

Aircraft lessor Avolon is in the market with a $768.4 million asset-backed securitisation backed by a portfolio of 41 mid-life aircraft. more

13/03/2018

in Capital Markets