SFIG’s High Quality Securitization Task Force will respond to recent initiatives that seek to define “qualifying securitizations,” in Europe as outlined in the European Banking Authority's paper on simple standard and transparent securitization.

Specialty lender Oxford Finance is preparing a collateralized loan obligation backed exclusively by loans to life science and healthcare companies, according to Kroll Bond Rating Agency.

Banque Populaire plans to issue €90.2 million ($112 million) of securities backed by fixed-rate French residential mortgages that finance both purchases and home improvements

The Indiana Secondary Market for Education Loans is marketing $152.5 million of loans backed by federally guaranteed student loans, according to Fitch Ratings.

Synchrony Bank, which up until June 2014 was known as GE Capital Retail bank, plans to issue $590 million in bonds backed by credit card receivables under a renamed master trust.

The next “green” securitization is likely to be from the Warehouse for Energy Efficiency Loans (WHEEL) program.

American Express plans to issue bonds backed by credit card receivables from its master trust.

Will government-sponsored enterprise reform be affected by Republicans taking back control of the Senate? The first reactions from the industry and punditry indicate there are three possibilities: yes, no, and we can't be sure.

Milan-based Agos Ducato, a subsidiary of Credit Agricole, plans to issue securities backed by a €1.5 billion ($1.87 billion) portfolio of unsecured Italian consumer loan receivables.

New York's top banking regulator Benjamin Lawsky, who used his leverage to stiffen penalties against some of the world's largest financial institutions, will probably step down next year to take a job in the private sector.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch expects issuance of securities backed by auto loans to hold steady in 2015 at about $100 billion.