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.

American Residential Properties may have to pay up for its inaugural single family home rental securitization if the widening trend, as evidenced in the latest Invitation Homes pricing, persists.

Trade association the Structured Finance Industry Group has released its first Green Paper, as part of its 3.0 RMBS initiative to revive the market for mortgage bonds

Two collateralized loan obligations totaling $887 million from KKR Financial Advisors and Saranac Advisory Ltd. have joined the new issue pipeline.

Banks and other investors are once again lending CLO managers money to purchase collateral before these deals close.

Brookfield Real Estate Financial Partners (BREF) is preparing a $1.0 billion single-asset commercial mortgage securitization, according to Standard & Poor’s.

Navient Credit Finance Corporation, Blue Ridge Funding and VL Funding are providing collateral for a new student loan securitization totaling $263 million.

Rhode Island's tobacco bond refinancing has been put on hold by by Citigroup after Oppenheimer challenged the deal in court.