Morgan Stanley and Bank of America Merrill Lynch's latest commercial mortgage bond is backed by a pool with unusually low leverage relative to conduits issued so far this year, according to Kroll Bond Rating Agency.

Wells Fargo is marketing $988.4 million of securities backed by smaller commercial mortgage, but the collateral has many of the same features – namely credit barbelling, as many recent deals.

nvestors taking on exposure to actual losses on mortgages insured by Fannie Mae appear to be doing their homework.

Springleaf's proposed acquisition of Citi's OneMain Holdings is being delayed by the Justice Department, which appears focused on preserving competition at the local level — even as a raft of new subprime installment lenders are popping up on the Web

J.P. Morgan plans to securitize a pool of 457 residential mortgage loans with a balance of $344.9 million, according to Fitch Ratings.

NextGear plans to issue $433 million of fixed and floating-rate notes backed primarily by auto dealer floorplan receivables, according to Moody’s Investors Service.

Sallie Mae Bank is returning to the securitization market for the first time since Moody’s Investors Service and Fitch Ratings put billions of dollars of FFELP loans under review for possible downgrades

Fannie Mae’s latest offering of Connecticut Avenue Securities, its last of the year, is the first to offer exposure to actual losses on residential mortgages that it insures.

Volkswagen is returning to the securitization market for the first time since news broke that the automaker had rigged diesel vehicles to cheat emissions tests.

Robert Klein has left his role as lead portfolio manager for Prospect Capital Management’s CLO platform to oversee the structured products portfolios at CIFC Corp.

Progress Residential is back this year with a third securitization of single-family rental homes, according to Kroll Bond Rating Agency.