There’s not much time left, but Newtek is prepping its first small business loan securitization of the year.

American Homes 4 Rent priced its third securitization transaction.

Navient priced its upsized $1 billion Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP) securitization.

Wells Fargo and Royal Bank of Scotland priced a $900 million CMBS conduit, WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-C25.

Investors are demanding higher spreads on risk-sharing deals issued by Fannie Mae under its Connecticut Avenue Series (CAS) label.

Retail real estate landlord, Spirit Realty Capital plans to issue $510 million of bonds backed by the triple- net lease receivables on 864 commercial real estate properties.

Dong Fang International Asset Management is marketing a $150 million container finance securitization, the issuer’s second deal ever.

Santander Consumer USA priced the senior notes from its fifth subprime auto loan securitization of the year several basis points tighter than its previous deal.

While risk retention will hit smaller managers hard, Oliver Wriedt of CIFC Asset Management, one of the biggest, thinks the potential for consolidation may be overstate.

The New York unit of Japanese securities firm Nomura Holdings may be three traders short after reportedly placing them on leave, but the firm is said to have muscled away a large auction held Tuesday.

The market for collateralized loan obligations hit an all-time high in 2014 — but the onset of a number of regulatory requirements, including the Volcker Rule, mean the good times may not last long.