Facing costs incurred by this winter’s mega-snow, Boston’s MBTA might consider catastrophe bonds as a hedge against future damage.

Commercial mortgage-backed securities servicers have held on to real-estate owned properties for longer than usual, which could lead to a reversal in the declines in liquidations seen recently, according to a Fitch Ratings study.

Houston's Galleria Mall showed among the property securing a second commercial mortgage securitization in as many weeks.

Nomura Holdings and Angel Oak Capital have a deal that may help revive the part of the market that went bust during the crisis. Their success could encourage more banks to dip their toes back into riskier mortgages.

Fannie Mae is looking to broaden its investor base. The agency said it had listed all of it risk-sharing deals on the Irish Stock Exchange and will continue doing so with future transactions.

Banks are marketing $2.8 billion of bonds backed by three mortgages used to finance the purchase of industrial property portfolio from the Blackstone Group by Global Logistics Properties and GIC PTE.

Ocwen Financial Corp. agreed to sell another $25 billion of mortgage servicing rights to Nationstar Mortgage Holdings.

First City Financial plans to securitize a much smaller pool of non performing commercial real estate loans in its third securitization.

Capital One is marketing $500 million of three-year notes backed by credit card receivables, according to Fitch Ratings.

Ocwen Financial is fighting back against a group of large bondholders that have accused the Atlanta mortgage servicer of improper servicing practices and an alleged breach of trust.

The Federal Reserve clarifies that foreign banks can hold CLOs that don't comply with the Volcker Rule.

Issuance volume of asset-backed securities for the year through March 20, 2015.