New Residential Mortgage priced a $504 million pool of mostly re-performing residential mortgages.

International bank regulators finalized changes Thursday that will greatly diminish the role of external ratings agencies in weighting the risk of securitized assets in capital requirements.

Wendy Cohn, managing director of Fitch Ratings, and Patricia Evans, vice president of Wilmington Trust will co-chair the Structured Finance Industry Group’s “Women in Securitization" Initiative.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch is marketing $615 million of commercial mortgage bonds backed entirely by extended stay hotels and select service properties.

Ally Bank priced another $1 billion of securities backed by auto loans that, while still prime quality, have weaker credit metrics than its previous securitization, in September.

Allianz Global Investors is marketing a $413 million collateralized loan obligation, according to Fitch Ratings.

Educational Services of America is marketing $302 million of securities backed entirely by rehabilitated Federal Family Education Loan Program Stafford, PLUS, SLS and consolidation student loans.

Fannie Mae’s latest risk sharing transaction taps a new source of private capital: reinsurers.

Morgan Stanley and Bank of America Merrill Lynch priced $1.3 billion of commercial mortgage backed securities issued from MSBAM 2014-C19 conduit.

California Republic Bank priced $325 million of bonds backed by prime auto loans, its fourth securitization of the year, according to a regulatory filing.

First National plans to issue a$90mn tax lien securitization backed by a pool of tax liens on real estate properties in Florida, Illinois and South Carolina, according to Kroll Bond Rating.