Citigroup and Goldman Sachs are lead managers on the latest CMBS conduit to come to market that will offer $879 million of notes backed by 78 fixed-rate commercial mortgage loans.

U.K.-based investment manager Venn Partners is planning to establish a Dutch RMBS issuance platform to fund new mortgage lending.

Three deals backed by consumer debt add $1.8 billion to the primary securitization pipeline this week. Year-to-date, issuance stands at $28.5 billion, roughly $3.5 billion behind last year’s figure, according to Wells Fargo.

A $679-million equipment-loan deal from Volvo is rounding the bend, according to a pre-sale report from Standard & Poor’s.

Analysts at J.P. Morgan have adjust mid-year spread targets tighter for both legacy and new-issue CMBS ;they still expect that legacy CMBS can outperform new issues.

Ray Gatten is credited with developing the first peer-to-peer consumer loan securitization while at National Alliance Securities; Philip Toth is a veteran of the same firm. .

The strong growth in U.S. CLO issuance in 2013 didn’t do much to shake up Moody's manager league tables, in part because so many deals came from new entrants.

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RBC Capital Markets will underwrite the Series 2014-A notes backed by Federal Family Education Loan Program student loans.

U.S. collateralized loan obligations are likely to see their reinvestment periods extended this year as deals roll into new transactions after being called in full, according to Barclays.

The Euro short duration bond fund was launched today and will invest in short-dated fixed and floating-rate debt securities and debt obligations of investment grade corporate and sovereign issuers located within the Eurozone.

An increase in credit card purchases over the 4Q 2013 hasn’t led to a growth in account balances but that could soon change, said a Moody's Investors Service report.