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.

Alterna Tax Asset Group plans to issue $101 million of securities backed by property tax lien certificates from municipalities within the states of Florida, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey and New York.

Decisions about how to apply U.S. swaps trading rules abroad should be based less on fears of risk to the financial system and more on considerations of market integrity, according to attorney Timothy Karpoff.

UK interest only mortgages are repaying at a similar rate to amortizing loans, according to Moody's Investor Service.

Citigroup plans to issue non-conforming, U.K. residential mortgage backed securities in a deal that is backed both by buy-to-let mortgages and non-conforming purchase loans.

The Mississippi Higher Education Assistance Corp. (MHEAC) has priced its $397 million student loan securitization, offering two classes of Series 2014 notes, according to an offering document.

Silver Bay is up next in the single family rental securitization pipeline with a $312 million deal backed by 3,089 rental properties.

For its third securitization, SolarCity plans to issue $201 million of securities backed by solar assets.