A initiative unveiled at the United Nations Climate Summit in New York this week could encourage more issuance of catastrophe bonds.

Commercial real estate lender Walker & Dunlop has expanded its recently added three originators to its conduit and high yield lending joint venture with Fortress Investment Group.

The restructuring proposal of Bradford & Bingley's Aire Valley RMBS master trust has prompted mixed reaction from two rating agencies.

RCI Banque, the financing arm for Renault Nissan Alliance, hired BNP Paribas, Societe General and HSBC to manage a €644 million ($820M) securitization of French auto loans.

Volkswagen Leasing upsized a German auto lease securitization to €1 billion ($1.28B) from €723 million, and priced the deal this week.

Mortgages that do need meet new ability-to-repay rules are likely to be securitized only sporadically, according to participants at the ABS East conference.

Kabbage will offer online personal loans starting this week as it expands its product lineup and tries to compete head-on with the likes of Lending Club and Prosper Marketplace.

J.P. Morgan has launched a $483.5 million offering of residential mortgage-backed securities.

The Federal Reserve has made big losers out of ABS and RMBS structures because it doesn’t consider them liquid high quality assets under liquidity coverage ratio rules implemented on Sept. 3, 2014.

In an audience poll of ABS East 2014 attendees at the Tuesday morning institutional investor general session, 55% expect the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates next year.

The latest single-asset commercial mortgage securitization to hit the market is backed exclusively by extended-stay hotels, according to a presale report published by Standard & Poor’s