Discover plans to issue $500 million of securities backed by credit card receivables from its credit card trust.

Capital Automotive plans a $475 million securitization of leases on auto dealerships.

Citigroup has hired Garo Torossian as European head of distribution for RMBS, a newly created role at the bank.

Silverleaf Finance is making its annual trip to the securitization market with a $150.8 million deal backed by timeshare loans.

Demand for Toyota’s senior bonds backed by prime, fixed rate auto loan receivables increased the offering size by over $86 million to $865 million, according to a deal document.

In another sign of strong demand by investors for nonperforming residential mortgages, the asset class is edging closer to more rated, public securitizations — a rarity in this largely opaque market.

Timothy Yanoti, Fannie Mae’s former head of securitization, has been named president and a board member of American Financial Resources, an independent mortgage originator.

Aegon priced €1.3 billion ($1.6B) in bonds backed by Dutch residential mortgages and ABN AMRO’s announced plans to issue additional securities from its Dolphin RMBS master trust.

Deutsche Bank and Credit Agricole sold £750 million ($1.26 billion) of bonds backed by the Westfield shopping center at the tighter end of initial price guidance, according to a person familiar with the deal.

Moody's Investor Service is concerned that loan docs today don’t do enough to prohibit borrowers from taking on Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) loans and put structures at risk of becoming over levered.

Toyota plans to issue $1 billion in securities backed by auto loan receivables bringing the auto related primary pipeline to over $2.6 billion this week.

Citigroup’s upcoming $842.0 million CMBS conduit has exposure to all the major property types, with three that represent more than 10.0% of the pool balance: office (35.6%), retail (26.3%) and student housing (16.2%).