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.

Morgan Stanley and Bank of America Merrill Lynch issued a $1.13 billion conduit, series 2013-C8 on Tuesday afternoon.

U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff ruled that Flagstar Bancorp violated agreements with Assured Guaranty Municipal to follow its own underwriting guidelines; he ordered Flagstar to pay Assured $90 million.

Kroll Bond Ratings said it expects the first rated securitization of commercial property assessed clean energy (PACE) loans in 2013.

Avis Budget Group plans to sell $400 million of securities backed by auto leases, according to ratings agency presale reports.

IPFS Financing Corp. plans to issue a $400 million securitization that is backed by insurance premium finance loans.

Banks are marketing a $539 million collateralized loan obligation for LCM Asset Management and $513 million deal for Golub Capital, according to presale reports from Standard & Poor’s.

The Justice Department is suing credit rating agency Standard & Poor's for allegedly ignoring their own standards and rating mortgage investments much higher than they should have been in years leading up to the financial crisis.

Springleaf Financial plans to launch its first securitization of personal consumer loans, Asset-Backed Notes Series 2013-A.