The Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley and Citigroup led BHMS 2014-ATLS Mortgage Trust priced $1.0 billion of securities backed by a single loan secured by the Atlantis Resort hotel in Paradise Island, Bahamas.

The resurgence of subprime auto lending has stoked fears about poor underwriting and drawn parallels to the subprime mortgage debacle , but a group of economists at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York say there is no reason to panic.

Two whole business securitization deals totaling $550 million priced at attractive levels despite the recent widening experienced by other asset classes this week.

Macquarie Equipment Finance plans to issue $285.7 million in securities backed by commercial leases on various types of information technology, medical, and business-use equipment.

Deutsche Bank and Cantor Fitzgerald priced $1.1 billion commercial mortgage backed securities several basis points wide of initial guidance.

South Carolina Student Loan Corp. priced the $501 million SCSLC 2014-1 transaction that is backed by student loans guaranteed by the U.S. under the Federal Family Education Loan Program.

Moody's Investors Service is proposing to update its U.S. prime residential mortgage-backed securities ratings approach to take into account additional criteria relevant to seasoned loans, including an evaluation of representations and warranties.

Analysts at Bank Of America Merrill Lynch said in a report this week that macro economic events coupled with deteriorating underwriting standards in CMBS and a heavy issuance calendar has led to more tiering in CMBS pricing in recent weeks.

Honda Motor Co. priced $1 billion in securities backed by new and used Honda and Acura automobile, light truck and utility vehicle loans, according to a deal document.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency provided its first specifics Tuesday on how it intends to create a single security for mortgage-backed securities guaranteed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Fitch Ratings plans to look more closely at the representations and warranties, documentation and performance history of re-performing loan pools and some seasoned performing pools from secondary market sources.