Participants on a panel at the ASF’s 2013 conference said the major stumbling block remains uncertainty about what would happen to covered bondholders in the event of a troubled issuing bank going into receivership.

In marked contrast to recent years, speakers at the first major panel of the day sounded some fairly upbeat notes.

Spreads on collateralized loan obligations CLO spreads may have tightened quite a bit over the last two years, but they still have a long way to go, according to panelists at the American Securization Forum’s annual meeting.

In the keynote address of the American Securitization Forums 2013 conference, Thomas Curry, comptroller of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, stressed the progress that the housing market has made.

The true-up mechanism structured in utility tariff ABS deals has helped deals with exposure to hurricane Sandy, weather the storm said Fitch Ratings.

Nationstar Mortgage said it is developing a programmatic Term ABS issuance program to finance current and future acquisitions of Agency and non-Agency servicing advance assets.

Citi’s new service allow structured finance investors to access the bank’s secure investor reporting website to view notices online in real-time.

First Investors Financial Services issued its $187 million subprime auto lease deal in a private placement transaction, the company said today.

Direct Capital Corp. is planning a $163 million securitization of equipment loans and leases, according to a presale report published by Standard & Poor's.

Kroll Bond Rating Agency is looking to broaden its ratings into credit card asset backed securities.

Markit today released series 6 of CMBX, the synthetic indices based on a static portfolio of US commercial mortgage-backed securities.

San Bernardino County announced on Thursday that it decided against a controversial proposal that would have allowed the county to seize underwater loans held in private-label MBS trusts using its power of eminent domain.