After contracting sharply last year amid regulatory uncertainty and an economic slowdown, Brazil’s structured finance market now appears to be poised for a recovery.

Spreads in the primary market have tightened so much that equity holders are calling collateralized loan obligations issued as recently as 2011 in order to fund new deals more cheaply.

Strong payment structures and high credit enhancement levels will mitigate the impact of less conservative underwriting on subprime auto loan securitizations.

Investors are signing on to auto loan securitizations that allow sponsors to add new, and potentially riskier, loans to the pools of collateral at a later date

How long until looser underwriting affects the performance of auto securitizations?

Ratings agencies have received a number of proposals for private-label residential mortgage backed securities (RMBS) and they apparently do not like what they see.

Even though issuance of credit card asset-backed securities so far this year is running ahead of the first two months of 2012, outstanding volumes of deals keeps retreating.

Freddie Mac plans to issue its third multifamily CMBS this year; a $900 million deal that will be backed by mortgages with a 5-year term.

The “qualifying residential mortgage” rules that affect securitization may be a carbon copy of the CFPB “qualifying mortgage” standards.

Special Servicers of loans in CMBS deals today don’t necessarily hold a first loss position in these deals, according to a Fitch Ratings report.

Cabela’s Incorporated plans to sell $255 million private label credit card ABS deal via its Credit Card Master Note Trust, Series 2013-I.

Utility tariff bonds continue to price wide of other off the run ABS asset classes despite offering investors strong credit and strong fundamentals, according to Wells Fargo Securities.