Utility tariff bonds continue to price wide of other off the run ABS asset classes despite offering investors strong credit and strong fundamentals, according to Wells Fargo Securities.

Stafford Butts has joined Wells Fargo Securities as a managing director focused on structured products origination and execution for the European, Middle East, and Africa region.

Sallie Mae plans to issue the first private student loans backed ABS via its $1.1 billion SLM Private Education Loan Trust 2013-A (SLM 2013-A).

Wells Fargo and RBS plan to issue WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2013-C12, a $1.2 billion CMBS conduit transaction backed by 100 commercial mortgage loans secured by 138 properties.

Moody’s Investors Service said that certain proposals for residential-mortgage backed securities the agency has received would end up with ratings between ‘A1 (sf)’ and ‘A3 (sf).'

Hyundai is in the market with a $905.406 million auto lease securitization, its third to date, according to Standard & Poor’s.

3i Group plc has closed on a $500 million deal dubbed Jamestown CLO II; it is a refinancing of the $400 million Fraser Sullivan CLO V.

JP Morgan Chase Bank will issue a $1.2 billion CMBS conduit deal call, J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2013-C10.

Goldman Sachs plans to issue a $900 million CMBS deal secured by the fee interest in 1515 Broadway in Midtown Manhattan, N.Y.

This week, once again, the release of Federal Open Market Committee meeting minutes cast a pall over the mortgage-backed securities market.

Office Depot’s planned merger with Office Max announced on Wednesday, could lead to some store consolidation that would affect CMBS deal performance.

Volkswagen upsized its retail auto loan ABS by $250mn to $1.25bn and priced the deal Thursday afternoon to strong investor demand.