Leeds Building Society plans to issue the next investor-placed U.K. RMBS; but issuance in this once dominant sector of securitizations continues to fall below recent years as banks find cheaper funding with the Bank of England’s funding for lending scheme.

Louisiana State Treasurer John N. Kennedy wants a special meeting of the State Bond Commission to reconsider the state's proposed refunding of $628 million of tobacco settlement revenue bonds.

LCM Asset Management priced a $418 million collateralized loan obligation, bringing issuance for the year to $40.6 billion.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren raised concerns about an $8.5 billion line of credi that the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines has provided Sallie Mae

DNA Alpha Limited is planning a $630 million aircraft pass through certificates deal. The certificates were rated by Moody’s Investors Service.

British Airways is prepping $929 million of aircraft pass-through certificates.

Solar ABS across the Atlantic remains unlit despite having a rapidly growing solar industry to support it, said panelists speaking at last week’s Information Management Network’s Global ABS renewable energy session.

Cantor Commercial Real Estate said it appointed Faisal Ashraf, former head of capital markets at Credit Suisse, as managing director and head of special situations, in the company’s real estate finance business team.

Deutsche Bank, Cantor Fitzgerald and UBS plan to issue a $905.6 million CMBS conduit transaction that is collateralized by 80 commercial mortgage loans that are secured by 137 properties.

Sonic Corp., the nation's largest chain of drive-in restaurants, plans to refinance $155 million of its $600 million 2011-1 securitization debt facility.

Prudential Investment Management is planning a $379 million collateralized loan obligation of floating-rate notes, according to a pre-sale from Standard & Poor's.

Flagstar Bancorp will pay $105 million to settle allegations it misrepresented the quality of loans backing securities insured by Assured Guaranty.