MBS mostly lagged in both rallies and sell-offs in the week ended Feb. 8 amid concerns about increased originator supply and convexity-related selling.

Morgan Stanley announced a reshuffling of roles for managing directors in the banks securitized products group. The changes will help the bank develop its new issue securitization franchise.

Fitch Ratings took a swipe at its peers, saying some recent Mexican equipment lease securitizations they rated ‘AAA’ merit no more than a single ‘A’ rating.

CarMax Business Services LLC priced its first issue of 2013, an upsized $1.04 billion prime auto asset-backed securities deal called CarMax Auto Owner Trust 2013-1.

Morgan Stanley Investment Management's new Global Mortgage Securities Fund will invest in mortgages and securitized debt instruments issued by government agencies and private institutions, the bank said this week.

Sallie Mae priced its $1.2 billion securitization of Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP) loans, SLM 2013-1.

Morgan Stanley is arranging a $500 million collateralized loan obligation for Sankaty Advisors,

Discover Bank priced the two series of note issuance from its credit card master trust, 2013-1 and 2013-2.

Peter Albano is joining Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. as head of taxable fixed-income sales, overseeing mortgage-backed securities as well as high-grade corporate credits and institutional emerging markets.

Goldman Sachs plans to issue a $500million single-borrower CMBS backed by Kings Plaza Mall in Brooklyn.

Discover Bank is planning to issue $1 billion from is credit card master trust over two series of note issuance, 2013-1 and 2013-2.