For investors in 2026, auto lenders’ management strategies as well as the qualities of individual auto asset-backed securitization transactions are among the main considerations. An auto lender’s ability to navigate economic cycles is key, as well as the lender’s reasoning around risk appetite, Laura Mayfield, senior portfolio manager for securitized products at Fort Washington Investment Advisors, told Auto Finance News. The firm focuses on auto investments in the subprime tranche. “We underwrite the company that is financing that vehicle purchase, [and] we […]







