Prime credit card ABS performance registered positive gains across the board in August, but retail card ABS didn’t fare as well, according to the latest monthly index results from Fitch Ratings.

The issuance of U.S. commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) has totaled $56 billion so far this year, handily beating the $48 billion place in all 2012.

Sallie Mae is working on the first student loan securitization in nearly a month.

View year-to-date issuance through Sept. 27for ABS, MBS and CMBS.

View the year-to-date manager rankings through Sept. 27 for the different ABS sectors, including real estate, credit cards and autos.

The August delinquency rate for US commercial real estate loans in CMBS dropped for the third straight month

Student and auto lending surged in the 12-month period ended in July, according to an Equifax report.

Limited investment opportunities in European securitizations mean investors face concentrations risks, that could drive them into other markets for relief, according to a Barclays report .

Collateralized loan obligation manager CVC Credit Partners has added four new professionals in the U.S. and Europe.

There’s a lot to like about Freddie Mac’s Structured Agency Credit Risk notes, which provide investors with exposure to the risk of defaults on conforming mortgages.

The U.S. market for collateralized loan obligations would shrink by 75% if proposed risk-retention rules are implemented, according to the Loan Syndication and Trading Association.

FINRA’s plan to disseminate pricing on after-market transactions in asset-backed securities through TRACE should transform the market.