The earthquake that struck Napa County, CA will not have any material impact on the ratings of RMBS 2.0 transactions, according to Fitch Ratings.

Moody’s Investors Service plans changes to its methodology for rating securities backed by the debt of start up companies that could result in downgrades of up to two notches on outstanding transactions.

The National Association of Federal Credit Unions strongly supports the National Credit Union Administration’s proposed rule on asset securitizations for credit unions.

Barclays analysts estimate that $620 million of securitized commercial mortgages are exposed to Sunday’s 6.0 magnitude Napa Valley, California earthquake.

Standard & Poor's plans to revise its ratings methodology for U.S. securitizations of mortgage servicer advance receivables.

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.