Will government-sponsored enterprise reform be affected by Republicans taking back control of the Senate? The first reactions from the industry and punditry indicate there are three possibilities: yes, no, and we can't be sure.

Milan-based Agos Ducato, a subsidiary of Credit Agricole, plans to issue securities backed by a €1.5 billion ($1.87 billion) portfolio of unsecured Italian consumer loan receivables.

New York's top banking regulator Benjamin Lawsky, who used his leverage to stiffen penalties against some of the world's largest financial institutions, will probably step down next year to take a job in the private sector.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch expects issuance of securities backed by auto loans to hold steady in 2015 at about $100 billion.

Everest Reinsurance priced a $500 million catastrophe bond Friday off of its Kilimanjaro Re platform.

Highland Capital Management, a Dallas-based investment management firm, hired CLO expert Felicia Smith as managing director. She was previously at Santander Consumer USA

Hawaii’s Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism sold $150 million of “green energy” bonds.

Chase sold an upsized $1.3 billion of three-year bonds backed by credit card receivables via its Chase Issuance Trust, according to a regulatory filing.

Morningstar thinks that there is a way to stop issuers of asset-backed securities from shopping around for the best ratings: compel them to publicly disclose the level of credit enhancement required by each rating agency for each tranche.

JP Morgan expects issuance of commercial mortgage bonds to continue to rise in 2015 to $105 billion, ahead heavy refinancing of existing deals.

Issuance of ABS, MBS and CMBS for the year through November 7, 2014.

Asset-backed deals that priced the two weeks ended November 7, 2014.