Hawaii plans to sell $150 million in taxable bonds in November to fund low-interest loans targeting residents with poor credit or low income who want to install energy savings devices in their homes.

The auto loan market has a different track record and players than mortgages, setting the stage for a unique fight among prosecutors, lenders and dealers.

Auto loan lender Carmax has priced a $1 billion securitization, its third of 2014.

Newbold Advisors has promoted Amy Creason to senior director of capital markets.

Cronos Containers is preparing a $207 million marine cargo container lease securitization, according to Standard & Poor’s.

Observer Capital’s first acquisition includes business-to-business publications Asset Securitization Report, Leveraged Finance News, Private Placement Letter, American Banker and the Bond Buyer.

UBS and Deutsche Bank are in the market with a $350 million of bonds collateralized by of a single loan secured by Westfield Montgomery, a super-regional mall in Bethesda, Maryland.

Morgan Stanley plans to issue $256.5 million in bonds backed 291 residential mortgages that were all originated by First Republic Bank.

Ocwen Financial Corp. is ramping up a venture that involves purchasing single-family loans out of old private-label residential mortgage-backed securities.

Led by Barclays, the deal is backed by the rights to the intellectual property and film materials linked to a portfolio of movies and TV series. A passive interest in The Lord of the Rings trilogy is also in the mix.

Deutsche Bank and Cantor Fitzgerald have teamed up for a $1.2 billion securitization of 68 commercial mortgage loans secured by 86 properties.