U.S. life insurance companies substantially increased their holdings of collateralized loan obligations between 2011 and 2013, according to Fitch Ratings.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch has increased its forecast for issuance of bonds backed by airplane and railcar leases and timeshare loans and other non-traditional asset classes for 2014 by $5 billion to $20 billion.

On Wednesday the Securitization and Exchange Commission will consider whether to adopt rules revising the disclosure, reporting and offering process for all things asset-backed.

View Thomson Reuters data on issuance for the year to date through August 22.

Volkswagen Financial Services plans to issue a securitization backed by U.K. auto loans, according to Standard & Poor’s.

Regulatory hurdles, stability of counterparties, the re and warranties framework, exogenous variables, and technical factors all pose challenges to nonagency RMBS, according to Morningstar.

Ally Financial plans to issue $750 million of securities backed by retail auto loans, according to a deal document.

Bank of America Corp. will pay $16.65 billion to end federal and state probes into mortgage bond sales, the Justice Department said.

Ford Motor Credit priced some $1 billion of notes backed by dealer inventory financing, according to a regulatory filing.

RBC Capital Markets is the lead underwriter on John Deere’s latest $1 billion securitization of equipment loans and leases.

AmeriCredit priced $1 billion of securities backed by subprime retail auto loans at pricing spreads that were mostly wide of the issuer’s previous deal.