Standard & Poor’s has set aside $60 million to settle possible charges related to regulatory investigations of its ratings of commercial mortgage backed securities.

BlackRock managed an auction of $4.6 billion in U.S. mortgage-backed securities, many of them issued in 2006 and 2007, for a European Bank. Credit Suisse was among the major winners.

JP Morgan and Barclays are marketing $1.2 billion of commercial mortgage backed securities via the conduit JPMBB 2014-C25.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released a report Tuesday highlighting illegal servicing practices in the $1.2 trillion student lending market.

JPMorgan Chase Bank is in the market with a mortgage risk-sharing deal that is analogous to those issued by Fannie Mae under the label Connecticut Avenue Securities (CAS), according to a pre-sale report from Fitch Ratings.

Two Harbors will issue its third RMBS this year via the Agate Bay Mortgage Trust.

LeasePlan Nederland N.V. plans to sell €537 million of securities backed by Dutch auto leaseinstallment receivables and residual value cash flows.

RAIT Financial Trust expects to close a $219.4-million bond backed by commercial real estate loans on Oct. 29, according to a release from the publicly trade REIT.

Credit Suisse plans to issue $350 million in securities backed by a single commercial mortgage loan that is secured by the Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea-Makena, Hawaii, according to Morningstar.

Crestline Investors, an alternative investment manager, has partnered with Denali Capital, a specialist in broadly syndicated commercial loans, to expand a collateralized loan obligation platform.

Wells Fargo and RBS priced $937 million of commercial mortgage bonds at levels tighter than the last deal to print earlier this month.

Moody’s Corp. has acquired Lewtan Technologies, a leading provider of analytical tools and data for the global structured finance market.