Rhode Island is looking to refinance some $600 million of tobacco settlement bonds that it issued in 2002 and 2007.

Ford Motor Credit has priced its second auto lease securitization of the year, according to a regulatory filing.

SolarCity priced $201 million of solar asset backed notes, the company announced today.

The Securities and Exchange Commission sent McGraw Hill, the parent company of Standard & Poor’s, a notice that it may seek enforcement action with respect to the ratings of six commercial mortgage backed securities transactions issued in 2011.

Entergy Louisiana will service a $242.8 million securitization of storm recovery charges. The bonds will be issued to recover costs incurred by the Louisiana utility for repair of facilities damaged by hurricanes.

CarFinance Capital is readying its second subprime auto loan securitization of the year, according to a presale report published by Kroll Bond Rating Agency.

Morgan Stanley and Bank of America Merrill Lynch plan to issue $911 million of securities backed by 67 mortgage loans on 72 multifamily and commercial real estate properties.

Deutsche Bank has priced a $1.29 billion commercial mortgage securitization, according to a regulatory filing.

Managers of CLOs minted since the financial crisis are quickly increasing second-lien loan holdings to replace their shrinking bond exposure; Moody's sees no credit impact.

European collateralized loan obligations underperformed other types of securitization in the region in the first half of 2014, but Barclays expects CLOs to catch up on some of the ground they lost.

Ex-Jefferies & Co. Managing Director Jesse Litvak was sentenced to two years in prison for lying to customers about mortgage-backed securities.