Mercedes Benz Bank plans to issue €800 million in securities backed by German loan receivables for cars, vans, trucks, and buses.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has adopted a rule requiring more disclosure about the quality of loans in asset-backed securities.

Ally Financial priced its latest subprime auto loan securitization, Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust 2014-3, wider that the levels seen in Americredit’s Aug. 22 print.

California Republic Bank plans to issue its third prime auto loan securitization of the year, according to deal documents.

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.