A rebound in mortgage refinancing activity this month should be an influence in February and March MBS prepayments, though the day count will be the primary driver.

Ally Financial priced its first non-prime public transaction structured with a novel revolving structure, to good investor appetite.

More non-traditional CMBS deals are expected to hit the market said industry sources at on day two of the Commercial Real Estate Finance Council’s annual industry conference in Miami.

Fitch Ratings projected on Thursday that structured finance issuance in Europe would, in the aggregate, stay flat in 2013 from 2012.

General Motors priced an upsized, $1 billion subprime auto loan securitization

Ally Financial Inc. upsized its subprime auto deal, Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust 2013-1, to $1.56 billion from $940 million.

The Term Asset-backed securities Lending Facility has turned a profit of $173 million, so far.

Hertz Corp. plans to launch a $750 million securitization backed by its rental fleet vehicles, according to a presale published yesterday by Moody's Investors Service.

Talk of a return European CMBS was among the many positive points the CMBS industry looked at as the Commercial Real Estate Finance Council kicked off its annual industry conference in Miami on Monday.try conference in Miami on a positive note. The event saw its attendance grow to over 1300 and the agenda this year reflects the successful year the CMBS market had in 2012.

Diamond Resorts is prepping a $93.56 timeshare securitization, according to a presale report published by Standard & Poor’s.

Moody's Investors Service rated the EUR1 billion ($1.3bn)securitization of tariff deficit in the Spanish power industry.

Flagstar Bancorp was sued Friday by MBIA over $165 million in losses related to two securitizations that Flagstar sponsored and MBIA insured in 2006 and 2007.