Santander Consumer Bank pre-placed its Svensk Autofinans 1— the first Swedish securitization of 2012.

The European Central Bank published details of its latest extension to collateral eligibility requirements, which will allow U.S dollar, U.K. sterling and Japanese yen collateral to be used in its monetary operations.

The subordinated B-piece market has absorbed $1.6 billion in supply year-to-date, surpassing 2011's $1.5bn figure, according to Standard &Poor's.

The Royal Bank of Scotland said in a report today that the Spanish financial entity established to take over risky loans, but not RMBS, will begin operations on Nov. 19, under the name of Sareb.

Moody's Investors Service said today that it will rate the senior swap and the class A+ Notes totalling $943million equivalent, issued by the German state sponsored bank, KfW under the Promise Neo 2012- 1 transaction.

ABS East 2012, organized by Information Management Network (IMN), is on track to be a little bigger and more upbeat than last year’s conference.

Magnetar Capital LLC confirmed today that it has hired Carlos Mendez and Josh Eaton, both previously at Sandler O'Neill & Partners' structured finance group, to its fixed income group.

Moody's Investors Service published an "unsolicited" comment today, warning investors that it would not have assigned a 'Aaa' rating to the senior notes in the Royal Bank of Scotland's Isobel Finance No.1 PLC deal; Europe's first non-performing real estate loan portfolio CMBS.

Springleaf Financial is planning a RMBS structured with one senior note, four mezzanine notes, two subordinate notes, one residual note, and one trust certificate, according to a Standard & Poor's presale report.

Shellpoint Partners' RMBS structure will accept loans facilitated by loan brokers and correspondents.

Fairway Outdoor Advertising has a $257 million billboard, whole-business securitization deal in the works, according to Fitch Ratings.