Wells Fargo reported that auto loans outstanding increased at an 8.5% rate on a year-over-year basis in Q2 2013 but auto loan abs issuance has not kept pace.

Standard & Poor’s reported today that August securitization issuance slowed to $1.4 billion ($1.87 billion).

Insurance companies have focused on higher yielding paper, within benchmark ABS asset classes in their 2013 new issue investments, according to a JP Morgan report.

Despite announcing that a deal would be ready in “weeks,” FeatherStone has yet to select a ratings agency to rate the deal, nor has the group selected a lead underwriter to lead the transaction.

Many banks in the auto lending business have been making investments that they hope will give them a more enduring edge; to the extent that bank are less likely to securitize these loans, this could impact securitization volume.

Total delinquencies in the Standard & Poor's Portuguese RMBS index decreased slightly in the second quarter of 2013, for the first time in 2 years.

Redwood Trust prepared to issue its 11th deal of the year that has been assigned preliminary ratings by both Kroll Bond Ratings Agency.

Moody’s Investors Service and Fitch Ratings have both given top marks to John Deere’s latest securitization of equipment installment sale contracts.

Rising interest rates slowed refinancing demand and whet homebuyers' appetites for adjustable-rate mortgages in July, according to Ellie Mae's monthly survey of mortgage loan applications.

Spreads on commercial mortgage backed securities have moved wider over the past two weeks on relatively light volume, according to research from J.P Morgan.

Octagon Credit Investors is planning a $376.50 million collateralized loan obligation, according to presale report by Standard & Poor’s.

John Deere is planning an $848.6 million securitization of agricultural and construction equipment loans, it second deal of the year.