Trepp said that it is one of the investors in Mercatus’ credit scoring platform for commercial projects in the energy industry.

Ally Financial plans to issue a $671.14 million securitization of dealer floorplan receivables dubbed Ally Master Owner Trust, Series 2014-1.

LCM Asset Management is marketing a $560 million collateralized loan obligation designed to comply with the Volcker Rule.

Scott Brown will be the firm’s next President beginning Feb. 3. He takes over the role from David J. Reilly, who remains Cornerstone’s Chief Executive Officer.

The $500 million deal called Exeter Automobile Receivables Trust 2014-1 has been assigned preliminary ratings by Standard & Poor’s.

Changes to Turkey’s covered bond legislation are supportive of the credit ratings on these instruments, according to Moody’s Investors Service.

Discover Financial Services plans to start offering loans that help college graduates consolidate and refinance their student debt sometime in 2014.

The deal dubbed Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust 2014-A adds $1.13 billion of prime auto loan-backed bonds to the pipeline.

The rising costs for banks to hold even low-risk, short-term loans — courtesy of Basel III — is a powerful incentive for them to offload their trade finance receivables into securitizations.

Goldman Sachs and Citigroup’s CMBS conduit GSMS 2014-GC18, priced bonds wide of guidance issued earlier this week.

Alcentra is marketing a €413.5 Million European collateralized loan obligation.

Market participants should weigh on Basel’s latest consultative document in order to strengthen safety and soundness in growing global securitization markets.