PHH Corp. is marketing its first lease term securitization of 2014, a $500 million transaction.

After an extremely slow start to the year, issuance of U.S. collateralized loan obligations is picking up speed.

U.K. lender Paragon plans to issue £350 million ($483 million) of bonds backed by first lien buy-to-let home loans.

Australia's Macquarie Bank plans to issue a $500 million auto lease securitization targeting U.S. investors, according a prospectus filed with Securities and Exchange Commission.

La Caisse Centrale Desjardins du Quebec plans to issue the first covered bonds under its recently set up legislative program. The securities will also be the first Canadian covered bonds to be issued this year.

Managers and arrangers of U.S. collateral loan obligations have struggled to satisfy the European Union’s risk retention requirement. However, the final draft rules published by the European Banking Authority include a new concession that may assist U.S. managers in accessing an investor base in the region.

Deutsche Bank is the lead manager on the first offering of securities backed by a portfolio of Property Assessed Clean Energy bonds issued by Western Riverside Council of Governments.

Greenfield Partners is shopping $460.2 million of commercial mortgage bonds, according to rating agency reports.

Volvo priced its $679-million equipment-loan deal and GreatAmerica Leasing priced its $423 million transaction.

In yet another roadblock for future deals, January cashflows reported by Blackstone’s inaugural securitization of single-family rentals fell short of expectations.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has tweaked its proposal for Regulation AG II to address consumer privacy concerns and requested public comment on the change

Dan Feshbach, founder and CEO of MeasureOne, thinks that disclosure of loan-level data can do for the student loan market what it did for mortgages.