Two more collateralized loan obligations hit the new issue pipeline this week, despite uncertainty about the impact of the Volcker Rule on this market.

The series 2014-T1 and series 2014-T2 notes will offer notes ranging from ‘AAA’ to ‘BBB’, according to a Standard & Poor’s presale report.

Nine CMBS deals have exposure to the 33 underperforming stores JCPenney plans to close beginning this year.

Standard & Poor's expects a modest increase in the issuance of European securitizations sold to investors this year from 2013.

The American Bankers Association announced Wednesday that it will drop its request for emergency relief in pending litigation over the Volcker Rule, but declined to stop the suit entirely

Issuance of “Green Bonds” in the debt capital markets is likely to get a boost from the growing support by investment banks of the so-called “Green Bond Principles”.

The latest regulatory fix to the Volcker Rule has left collateralized loan obligations out in the cold, but banks and money managers continue to push for an exemption for these instruments as well.

The deal is Ally Financial’s fifth public transaction under the Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust program since 2008, all of which have been issued since the start of 2013.

Federal regulators released an interim final regulation late Tuesday that should fix a problem with the Volcker Rule that would have caused banks to take writedowns on Trups CDOs; the fix does not include CLOs, however.

Fannie Mae priced its second offering of Connecticut Avenue risk-sharing notes at spreads that were significantly tighter than those of its inaugural issue in October of last year.

A growing number of defeased loans as well as the transfer of loans to special servicing led Standard & Poor’s to increase Rating Agency Confirmations in 2013.