Over time the asset class is likely to become the second-biggest contributor to the growth of securitization markets in the US, according to Deutsche Bank.

Vichara Technologies is collaborating with Markit to allow mutual clients to access Markit’s pricing service within Vichara’s platform.

A couple of new tobacco regulations – one on e-cigarettes and another on menthol cigarettes -- could impact consumption levels, the main driver of revenue for tobacco securitization bonds.

Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation priced a securitization of retail auto loans deal that began marketing earlier this week.

Wells Fargo expects U.S. issuance of collateralized loan obligations to moderate in 2014, to $60 billion, partly as the result of regulations that make it less attractive to manage or own these securities

SolarCity’s securitization has opened up the market for significant activity over the next 3 to 4 months.

The Aventura Mall located in Aventura, Fl. backs a $1.2 billion CMBS planned for Turnberry Retail Holding and Simon Property Group.

The Dutch State Treasury will begin selling from its $11.6 billion portfolio of U.S. non-agency RMBS held in the state's Illiquid Assets Back-up Facility.

Consumer Portfolio Services plans to issue its fourth term securitization backed by subprime auto loan receivables in 2013.

Interest rates may be headed higher, but for now, investors are still pretty hungry for yield. That makes some of the more esoteric corners of the asset-backed market pretty attractive. In our cover story, Felipe Ossa looks at one of these, the equity portion of securitizations of guaranteed student loans. The so-called residual interest in older FFELP securitizations are throwing off cash, making them attractive to some seasoned investors. Sallie Mae, one of the biggest holders of resids, went so far as to securitize, or resecuritize, a bundle of them. But this was probably just an exercise to establish a market price. For now, most of the activity is in the secondary market, where other players, including Nelnet, are buying up resids.

Concern is mounting among investors and analysts that Nationstar, Ocwen Financial and Walter Investment are getting so big so quickly that they are becoming too difficult to manage.