Discover Bank plans to issue up to $500 million of class A, 5-year notes from its Discover Card Execution Note Trust.

The $1.5 billion benchmark deal will kick off the year in prime auto loan securitizations.

Eric Smith takes on the role of business development leader. He will develop new business opportunities, and work with clients in liquidity, valuation, capital, financing, servicing and investment.

The bid list for its second auction has been distributed to only of the most competitive firms based on the strength of their reverse inquiries.

Banks could end up holding more home loans on their balance sheets next year instead of selling them to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the result of fee increases that are designed to increase the role of private capital in the mortgage market.

First-time collateralized loan obligation managers entered the game in droves in 2013, and participants don’t expect the trend to slow down in 2014, even if risk-retention regulation on the horizon will make it more difficult for smaller firms to keep playing.

Underwriting may be getting sloppy, but the market for commerical mortgage bonds appears headed for anothe year of issuance growth and declining delinquencies.

Final rules implementing the Volcker Rule remove many obstacles to securitization compared with the initial version.

The trade group penned an emphatic comment letter against Finra's proposal to disseminate pricing data for asset-backeds. The main argument? Loss of liquidity.

How peer-to-peer lending could ripple through securitization of consumer and corporate debt.

There may not be much securitization of P2P loans — yet — online lenders are taking assets that might otherwise be used as collateral for asset-backed securities.

How peer-to-peer lending could ripple through securitization of consumer and corporate debt.