A buoyant primary market in securitizations in the auto sector could fuel a 47% annual growth in issuance in 2012, said Standard & Poor’s.

Two equipment trust deals from Macquarie Equipment Finance and General Electric Capital Corp. will add $257.6 million and $714.6mln respectively to the ABS primary pipeline this week.

Shellpoint Partners LLC today filed a shelf registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission to issue private label residential mortgage-backed securities.

Texas-based loans used as collateral in seasoned RMBS have a high weighted average coupon (WAC) given its housing market's stability.

S&P said that due to overlaps in exposure, synthetic collateralized debt obligations in Europe were at a heightened risk of synchronized ratings moves.

Moody’s Investors Service said Monday that it had given a provisional rating of ‘Aaa (sf)’ to roughly $750 million in a Nissan auto securitization.

The market’s reaction so far to Spain’s downgrade by Standard & Poor’s on October 10 has been “inadequate.”

The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio approved an application by FirstEnergy to securitize approximately $555 million in previously approved deferred energy costs costs.

GuardianInvestment Banking and Real Estate today said that Hernan Magarinos joins the New York office as managing director.

The Federal Reserve's plan to buy an unlimited amount of mortgage securities until jobs rebound has helped contribute to higher trading volumes at JP Morgan Chase but the promise to keep rates low through at least mid-2015 has hurt the investment bank's margins, Chairman and Chief Executive Jamie Dimon said during a Oct.12, conference call.

Financity Corporation completed the first trade receivables securitization in the Colombian market,for Coltejer S.A., the financing company said today in a press release.

Macquarie Capital named Sandy Edmonstone an executive director and deputy head of global oil and gas.