Kroll has assigned a preliminary ‘AAA’ rating to a single, $134 million tranche with a stated maturity of May 2029 to be issued by PFS Tax Lien Trust 2014-1.

The young business of large-scale single-family rental companies is profiting from the housing bust in more ways than one.

The deal, which is rated by Standard & Poor's, will offer £242.53 of notes backed by higher-risk U.K. mortgages.

The deal, Nelnet Student Loan Trust 2014-3, is backed entirely by Federal Family Education Loan Program loans, including approximately 21.3% of rehabilitated loans

The issuer priced the deal, Volkswagen Auto Loan Enhanced Trust 2014-1, on Wednesday in line with initial guidance, according to a pricing term sheet.

The Federal Reserve’s two-year deadline extension for banks to conform their collateralized loan obligation to the Volcker Rule apparently will not port over to the new owners of the notes prior to July 2017.

The $94 million deal has a significantly higher REO exposure than the last five non-performing loan transactions rated by Kroll Bonds Rating.

With COMM 2014-CCRE17, the volume of CMBS deal marketing this week hits $4.3 billion.

Despite potential regulatory hurdles and dire reports on the decreasing quality of underlying assets in collateralized loan obligations, structured credit experts said they see almost no letup in investor demand for CLOs in the foreseeable future.

At an IMN conference, Tom Finke laid into a recent article in Fortune likening CLOs to both CDOs and troublemaking legacy RMBS. His message is CLO pros have to be better self-advocates.

Bankers, mortgage lenders and real estate brokerage firms are expected to win some relief soon from a provision of the qualified mortgage (QM) rule that restricts fees paid to affiliates.