The qualified residential mortgage rule that determines which privately issued mortgages are subject to risk retention has been on the regulatory backburner for months and may even be repealed.

Securitizations of REO single family homes that have been converted to rentals could come as early as next year, Dash Robinson, managing director at Wells Fargo Securities.

The U.K. Financial Services Authority relaxed bank capital requirements for loans granted under the Bank of England's, Funding for Lending Scheme, which could lead to more bank lending, according a Standard & Poor's sector update published today.

U.S. Federal student loans, which include FFLEP and Direct loans, spiked to 13% according to data reported by the U.S. Department of Education last Friday; but the hike in defaults won't impact student loan ABS tied to this collateral.

RBS Securities filed a registration with the SEC for a $931 million CMBS deal called WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2012-C9.

Dealogic, the data analytics provider, reported that global non triple-A rated securitization volume has increased 27% from the same period in 2011 and marks the highest year-to-date volume since 2007.

Barclays Capital yesterday filed an investor prospectus on its first SEC registered, Reg AB compliant, U.S. credit card receivable platform called Dryrock Issuance Trust.

Moody's Investor Service said today in an "unsolicited" comment that the JP Morgan Chase CMBS conduit, Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2012-C8, lacks sufficient credit enhancement throughout most of the deal's capital structure.

Fannie Mae’s $22.3 billion in year-to-date multifamily issuance through the third quarter suggests 2012’s total will easily top 2011’s, according to a capital markets executive.

Plans for issuance of a new type of mortgage security from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the so-called "risk sharing" bond , could become a casualty of the Oct. 12 changes to how the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission defines "commodity pools".

Guy Carpenter appointed Peter Barr to the position of senior vice president of its regional reinsurance market team.