Investors plan bigger increases in their holdings of esoteric ABS than securities backed by consumer or ercial assets over the next 12 months, according to a survey of conducted by DBRS.

Over $1.4 billion of notes backed by consumer assets cleared the pipeline on Wednesday, including $223 million of auto ABS from California Republic Bank, $993 million of student loan ABS from Sallie Mae $255 million of credit card ABS from Cabela's.

Springleaf Finance upsized its first consumer loan securitization of the year to $592 million from $368 million, according to an Interactive Data report.

Sallie Mae has upsized its latest offerings of student loan backed securities, by $248.7million to $992.3 million, according to a regulatory filing.

Consumer Portfolio Services priced $180 million of bonds backed by subprime auto loans, its first securitization of 2014.

Morgan Stanley and Bank of America Merrill Lynch plan to issue a $933 billion commercial mortgage backed securitization dubbed MSBAM 2014-C15.

Revisions to Solvency II, while more securitization friendly, still reduce the appeal of asset backed securities to European insurers, according to Standard & Poor’s.

Securitizations of Spanish SME loans are facing trouble on two fronts: rising corporate insolvencies and new legislation on debt refinancing and restructuring.

Cabela’s plans a $300 million securitization of private-label credit card receivables.

Ford Motor Credit priced its first auto lease securitization of the year. Barclays, Deutsche Bank and RBS are joint bookrunners on the deal.

Redwood Trust is prepping its first residential mortgage-backed security of 2014, a $347.3 million deal, according to a presale from Fitch Ratings.

French retailer Vivarte is one of most widely held credits among European collateralized loan obligations, but its debt restructuring will hit older deals harder than newer one.