While the issuance of overall auto-related ABS is running behind 2012’s year-to-date figure, the sub-prime sector is actually ahead of the same time frame last year

Santander Consumer USA broke the lull in ABS primary market issuance with plans for a $891.14 million subprime auto loan securitization.

Nomura Corporate Funding is issuing a $440.081 million jumbo residential mortgage-backed securitization.

Freddie Mac plans to issue a $1.37 billion multifamily CMBS, its eleventh deal this year.

A large number of commercial mortgage backed securities (CMBS) are maturing this quarter in the region of Europe, the Middle East and Africa, but only a few are expected to actually repay,

Wells Fargo plans to issue a $1.4 billion commerical mortgage-backed conduit transaction called Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2013-LC12.

An influx of capital from catastrophe bonds and other non-traditional forms of reinsurance is pushing overall rates down, despite higher losses.

The issuance of credit card securitizations might get a boost later this year, according to Standard & Poor’s.

Santander Consumer Bank plans to issue a €600 million securitization backed by auto loan receivables called SC Germany Auto 2013-2 UG.

the analysts at Bank of America Merrill Lynch have revised down their structured-finance issuance forecast in Europe for 2013

Moody’s Investors Service said today that it expected European commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) to suffer further interest shortfalls, at least among the non-senior tranches.

The widening in structured finance spreads is not yet a cause for credit concerns, according to a weekly outlook by Standard & Poor’s.