Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are likely to remain key participants in the mortgage market as the private label securities market struggles to revive.

Five new originators of Russian RMBS debuted last year; players say the issuer stable will keep growing.

Lease securitization has the potential to plug a yawning financing gap for non-U.S. airlines.

After contracting sharply last year amid regulatory uncertainty and an economic slowdown, Brazil’s structured finance market now appears to be poised for a recovery.

Spreads in the primary market have tightened so much that equity holders are calling collateralized loan obligations issued as recently as 2011 in order to fund new deals more cheaply.

Strong payment structures and high credit enhancement levels will mitigate the impact of less conservative underwriting on subprime auto loan securitizations.

Investors are signing on to auto loan securitizations that allow sponsors to add new, and potentially riskier, loans to the pools of collateral at a later date

How long until looser underwriting affects the performance of auto securitizations?

Ratings agencies have received a number of proposals for private-label residential mortgage backed securities (RMBS) and they apparently do not like what they see.

Even though issuance of credit card asset-backed securities so far this year is running ahead of the first two months of 2012, outstanding volumes of deals keeps retreating.

Freddie Mac plans to issue its third multifamily CMBS this year; a $900 million deal that will be backed by mortgages with a 5-year term.