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.

Chase is readying another $500 million securitization of credit card receivables off of its Chase Issuance Trust, according to a regulatory filing,

Ladder Capital is securitizing a $450 million five-year commercial mortgage loan that is backed a San Francisco multifamily complex.

Citigroup and Cantor Fitzgerald have teamed up for a large-loan commercial mortgage securitization, according to Kroll Bond Rating Agency.

J.G. Wentworth plans to issue $203 million of securities backed by structured settlement receivables in its third transaction of 2014.

Fannie Mae is in the market with its fifth offering of Connecticut Avenue risk sharing notes.

Presale reports are out on the first jumbo securitization for FirstKey Mortgage LLC, a new player in the market linked to Cerberus, an investor in pre-downturn jumbo securities market participants such as ResCap.

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro is trying to restart the debate over the future of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

?TAL International is readying a $266 million container lease securitization, its third of the year.

The boost in issuance over the coming two months is expected to bring conduit gross issuance to about $58 billion and single-asset/borrower gross issuance to about $33 billion, according to a Bank of America Merrill Lynch report.

CIT is preparing a $750 million securitization of small-ticket equipment leases, according to Standard & Poor’s.