The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE)’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has formed a new working group with the goal to securitize solar PV assets and associated cash flows in the capital debt markets.

General Electric Capital Corp. priced $900 million of notes backed by credit card notes backed by credit card receivables on Tuesday afternoon, according to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing.

Container Applications is planning to sell $229 million of notes backed by container leases, according to a presale report published by Standard & Poor’s.

Single asset/single borrower deals continue to dominate the CMBS pipeline this week with another two deals, for a combined $1.43 billion planned this week.

Fifth Third Bank is in the market with $500 million of notes backed by prime retail auto loans, according to rating agency presale reports; it is the lender's first securitization since 2008.

Standard & Poor's preliminarily rates the $252m senior piece single-A.

The private student loan default rate remains higher than pre-recession levels despite decreasing year over year in 2013, according to Moody’s Investors Service.

Volvo plans to issue $662 million of notes backed by transportation equipment loans and leases according to a presale report published by Moody's Investors Service.

Rialto Capital is prepping a $213.6 million deal backed largely by non-performing commercial mortgage loans, according to pre-sales from Kroll Bond Ratings and Moody's Investors Service.

Greater use of credit bureaus by Russian originators is a credit positive for securitizations in that country.

The catalysts were changes in the models used by Fitch, adverse selection in older mortgage pools, and the sovereign crisis in Europe.

General Electric Capital Corp. is planning to issue $757 million of notes backed by credit card receivables, according to a presale report published today by Fitch Ratings.