Interest rates on Federal Direct Subsidized Loans today doubled to 6.8% from 3.4%; but the higher rates won’t have too much of an impact on securitization deals backed by these loans.

Investors at an S&P roundtable said that differences among mortgage-backeds in the caliber of their rep and warranty providers has't translated into differences in deal pricings.

Fitch Ratings today released its analysis of GSE historical mortgage loan-level credit performance data to help investors looking into the upcoming “credit-sensitive” securitization proposals by Freddie Mac.

Improving liquidity in the broader financial markets failed to stem the widening in spreads on asset-backed securities last week, according to J.P. Morgan.

Guggenheim Securities is marketing $350 million of aircraft lease backed securitties according to a Standard and Poor's.

Credit Suisse plans to securitize the residual interest on a legacy private student loan ABS in its latest deal called Credit Suisse ABS Repackaging Trust 2013-A (2013-A).

View year-to-date issuance for ABS, MBS and CMBS.

View the year-to-date manager rankings for the different ABS sectors, including real estate, credit cards and autos.

Ongoing litigation may clarify on the responsibilities of trustees in residential mortgage backed securities, but market participants aren't waiting around to find out.

Roughly in step with other markets, structured finance pricing and issuance in June was governed by questions of how quickly the Federal Reserve would rein in its asset-buying spree.

Why Sen. Al Franken’s (D-Min.) efforts at ratings agency reform are obstructed by a wall of denial.

Delayed draw features, which allow CLO managers to avoid paying noteholders until deals are invested, have gained momentum.