A bankruptcy court judge sunk investors' hopes in their latest lawsuit against Lehman Brothers, which they claim broke contracts in junk mortgage-backed securities sold during the bubble years.

New York's banking regulator has issued subpoenas to TD Bank and Santander over possible consumer abuses in the banks' subprime auto lending divisions.

The American Bankruptcy Institute’s Commission to Study the Reform of Chapter 11 includes a number of proposals that could reduce recoveries for senior creditors, including collateralized loan obligations.

Deutsche Bank and Cantor Fitzgerald priced $824.8 million of commercial mortgage backed securities issued from the COMM 2014 - CCRE21 conduit.

New Residential Mortgage priced a $504 million pool of mostly re-performing residential mortgages.

International bank regulators finalized changes Thursday that will greatly diminish the role of external ratings agencies in weighting the risk of securitized assets in capital requirements.

Wendy Cohn, managing director of Fitch Ratings, and Patricia Evans, vice president of Wilmington Trust will co-chair the Structured Finance Industry Group’s “Women in Securitization" Initiative.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch is marketing $615 million of commercial mortgage bonds backed entirely by extended stay hotels and select service properties.

Ally Bank priced another $1 billion of securities backed by auto loans that, while still prime quality, have weaker credit metrics than its previous securitization, in September.

Allianz Global Investors is marketing a $413 million collateralized loan obligation, according to Fitch Ratings.

Educational Services of America is marketing $302 million of securities backed entirely by rehabilitated Federal Family Education Loan Program Stafford, PLUS, SLS and consolidation student loans.