U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff ruled that Flagstar Bancorp violated agreements with Assured Guaranty Municipal to follow its own underwriting guidelines; he ordered Flagstar to pay Assured $90 million.

Kroll Bond Ratings said it expects the first rated securitization of commercial property assessed clean energy (PACE) loans in 2013.

Avis Budget Group plans to sell $400 million of securities backed by auto leases, according to ratings agency presale reports.

IPFS Financing Corp. plans to issue a $400 million securitization that is backed by insurance premium finance loans.

Banks are marketing a $539 million collateralized loan obligation for LCM Asset Management and $513 million deal for Golub Capital, according to presale reports from Standard & Poor’s.

The Justice Department is suing credit rating agency Standard & Poor's for allegedly ignoring their own standards and rating mortgage investments much higher than they should have been in years leading up to the financial crisis.

Springleaf Financial plans to launch its first securitization of personal consumer loans, Asset-Backed Notes Series 2013-A.

Spreads on subprime auto ABS and the subordinated tranches of prime auto ABS continued to outperform in January.

The securitization investor class of 2013 is likely to be the most geographically diverse group since before the onset of the financial crisis.

Sallie Mae plans to issue a $1.2 billion securitization of Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP) loans.

FTN Financial announced that Sylvia Holt Williams and Grady Mosay joined the bank’s capital markets sales team.

Investors no longer feel limited to their own country for securitization investment opportunities; they are becoming comfortable with the risks and rewards of investing in and owning a global book.