Prolonged trade settlement times are a thorn in the side of the leveraged loan market, but there are some recent signs of improvement.

Issuance volume of asset backed securities for the year through March 13, 2015.

Asset backed securities that priced in the two weeks ended March 13.

Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., renewed his push Thursday to allow bankruptcy judges to cram down private student loan debt, introducing a bill on the issue with 12 other Democrats.

Two more subprime auto loan securitizations are being shopped this week by Prestige Financial Services and United Auto Credit Corp., according to rating agency reports.

Macquarie Bank priced U.S. $350 million of securities backed by Australian auto loans and leases via its SMART ABS Series 2015-1US Trust, according to a regulatory filing.

The two prevalent forms of private-label RMBS representation and warranty frameworks that became popular following the financial crisis do a good job of detecting defective loans, according to Moody's Investor Service.

Nelnet is in the market with $722 million securitization of federally guaranteed student loans.

Ford Motor Credit is marketing a $1.6 billion securitization of prime retail auto loan.

Wyndham Worldwide is prepping a $250 million securitization of timeshare loans, according to Fitch Ratings.

California is the next state planning to refinance bonds backed by settlement payments from cigarette manufacturers.