The American Bankers Association announced Wednesday that it will drop its request for emergency relief in pending litigation over the Volcker Rule, but declined to stop the suit entirely

Issuance of “Green Bonds” in the debt capital markets is likely to get a boost from the growing support by investment banks of the so-called “Green Bond Principles”.

The latest regulatory fix to the Volcker Rule has left collateralized loan obligations out in the cold, but banks and money managers continue to push for an exemption for these instruments as well.

The deal is Ally Financial’s fifth public transaction under the Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust program since 2008, all of which have been issued since the start of 2013.

Federal regulators released an interim final regulation late Tuesday that should fix a problem with the Volcker Rule that would have caused banks to take writedowns on Trups CDOs; the fix does not include CLOs, however.

Fannie Mae priced its second offering of Connecticut Avenue risk-sharing notes at spreads that were significantly tighter than those of its inaugural issue in October of last year.

A growing number of defeased loans as well as the transfer of loans to special servicing led Standard & Poor’s to increase Rating Agency Confirmations in 2013.

Household indebtedness as a share of disposable income — the debt-to-income ratio — has continued to fall in Europe since 2009-2010, according to a report Wednesday by Moody’s Investors Service.

DriveTime Automotive Group is planning a $267.75 million subprime auto loan securitization, DT Auto Owner Trust 2014-1, according to a presale report from Kroll Bond Rating Agency.

Discover Bank priced $800 million of class A, five-year notes from its Discover Card Execution Note Trust. The deal was upsized from $500 million.

Fannie Mae is marketing its second offering of notes designed to offload some of the risk of default on mortgages that it insures to private investors.