American Realty Capital announced the senior management hires of Donald MacKinnon and Nicholas Radesca joined its debt capital markets and corporate finance team.

Avolon plans to partner with Wells Fargo, to form a new joint-venture aircraft leasing business called Avolon Capital Partners Limited.

WE’RE HEARING there’s no easy way to get a high rating on an REO-to-rental securitization. But a strong sponsor helps.

Frequent issuer Credit Suisse Asset Management is planning a $747.5 million CLO; there's also a $474.9 million offering from Western Asset Management, which hasn’t come to market since the financial crisis.

Moody's Investors Service put the ratings of some $20 billion of tobacco settlement revenue bonds under review, saying an agreement over disputed payments could reduce cash flows.

Capital One issued a $750 million credit card asset backed securitization deal.

Wells Fargo and the Royal Bank of Scotland are marketing a $1.44 billion commercial mortgage backed securitization.

Servicers need to pay more attention to changes in home prices and how they relate to delinquency rates.

Extended Stay plans to issue a $2.5 billion single-borrower CMBS deal that is being managed by JP Morgan, Deutsche Bank and Citigroup.

Until the SEC spells out the impact of the Volcker Rule on asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) conduits, the volume of paper outstanding is likely to remain flat or drop slightly, according to a recent report by Standard & Poor’s.

Nelnet is prepping a $438 million student loan securitization, its first of the year.