Groupe Banque Populaire, Caisse D’Epargne's €50 billion ($68.5 billion) RMBS program with a 10-year revolving period is the second French deal backed by mortgage securities to be issued this year, according to Standard & Poor’s.

Some of the first defaults have emerged on commercial mortgages securitized since the financial crisis, and they are primarily loans on multifamily properties, according to Fitch Ratings.

Exeter Finance Corp. and Westlake Services are planning to issue a total of $775 million of securities backed by subprime auto loans, according to rating agency presale reports.

View Thomson Reuters data on issuance for the year-to-date through May 16 for ABS, MBS and CMBS.

View the deals featured in ASR's Scorecard database that priced in the two weeks ended May 16.

Sprint Corporation plans to securitize its wireless service accounts receivables.

Invitation Homes is back with a second securitization of single family rental homes, according to a presale report published today by Kroll Bond Rating Agency.

The deal, A-Best 9, is backed by auto loan contracts underwritten to private borrowers for both new and used cars.

Fannie Mae is preparing its third offering of notes transferring the risk of default on mortgages that it insures.

NY Green Bank is looking to partner with private sector participants to create a warehouse for energy efficient loans.

Kevin Alexander, Emmanuel Lefort and Hank Sandlass, all veterans at Natixis, have been promoted to senior positions on the bank's fixed income and global structured solutions team.

Collateralized loan obligations have two years to become compliant with the Volcker Rule or lose their biggest investors – banks -- but some CLO managers aren’t wasting any time. They are not only divesting any bonds backing these deals, they are also eliminating the ability to invest in bonds in the future.