President Trump and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray appear locked in a game of chicken over his continued leadership of the agency

Napier Park to issue 1st CLO of year; Moody's expects CLO refi activity to remain strong; S&P puts gobal corporate default tally for 2017 at 30, including 23 in the U.S.

Goldman Sachs is marketing a $465 million of commercial mortgage bonds backed a portfolio of 10 office properties in Houston, Texas.

Online consumer lender Avant continues to boost quality of its underwriting, and this is helping to reduce its funding costs.

Renovate America launches $268 million of bonds backed by Property Clean Energy Assessements; Calibur Home Loans returns with non-prime RMBS, and three more collateralized loan obligations refinance.

A $26 million settlement by Santander Consumer is shining a light on the hard-to-measure problem of auto dealer fraud, while also raising questions about the adequacy of lenders' efforts to combat bad behavior

Caliber Home Loans’ next non-prime mortgage securitization is nearly twice as large as its previous deal, completed in December.

Charles Citro joined the Morningstar Credit Ratings this week as managing director for commercial mortgage-backed securities ratings and analytics

Issuance volume of asset-backed securities for the year through April 21, 2017.

Student loans are showing signs of growing too fast, perhaps the only market flashing a warning even as the economic recovery grows older, Citigroup Chief Financial Officer John Gerspach said

Dell and Ascentium launched a pair of equipment lease securitizations; NextGear readies notes backed by auto dealer inventory financing; Consumer Portfolio Services closes on auto ABS.

Ocwen Financial and its subsidiaries faced a slew of accusations from federal and state regulators on Thursday, which raised questions about whether the firm could survive.