U.K. lenders Paragon Mortgages and Precise priced over £500 million of senior securities backed by residential mortgages last week.

Gateway One Lending & Finance is preparing its first prime auto loan securitization, according to rating agency a presale reports.

Citigroup agreed to pay $7 billion to settle government claims relating to RMBS and collateralized debt obligations that it issued, structured or underwrote between 2003 and 2008.

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Wyndham Worldwide priced itsupsized $350 million securitization backed by timeshare receivables. The deal was originally sized at $250 million.

Jefferies Group is preparing another collateralized loan obligation backed entirely by revolving lines of credit and delayed draw loans.

Cantor Fitzgerald nabbed two bankers from Royal Bank of Scotland’s U.S. offices.

IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG plans to issue a rare deal backed by equipment lease receivables from small and medium-sized German entities.

AXA Investment Managers has appointed Deborah Shire as head of structured finance.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch priced bonds backed by a mortgage on the Intercontinental New York Times Square, a 36-story, 607-room full-service luxury hotel in New York City.

Social Finance has been talking up the fact that it bagged a rating from Standard & Poor's for its second securitization of peer-to-peer loans.