Henderson Global Investors has hired John Feeney as head of real estate debt in its secured credit team.

Ally Bank is going to issue a $1 billion auto transaction under its Ally Auto Receivables Trust 2012-2. For the Securities and Exchange Commission filing related to the deal, please click here.

KGS-Alpha Capital Markets added an investment grade corporate bond sales and trading team to its fixed income platform.

Home Loan Servicing Solutions (HLSS) – an entity whose sole mission in life is to buy servicing rights from Ocwen Financial Corp. – finally went public this week, raising roughly $186 million in cash.

More details are highlighted on bond insurer MBIA's reported losses in the fourth quarter of 2011 from yesterday's article from ASR sister publication The Bond Buyer.

Turning foreclosed properties into rentals on a mass scale will reduce "some of the fears that an avalanche of distressed properties" will rattle the housing market, according to a new report from Wells Fargo Securities (WFS).

Credit card charge-offs are expected to remain low in 2012 for as long as bankcard trusts maintain their current credit characteristics, Standard & Poor's said in an emailed note this morning.

February closed with more of the same impressive spread tightening that CMBS experienced over the past month, according to a Trepp report.

Volkswagen AG has priced its €930 million ($1.23 billion) German auto loan securitization called VCL 15.

JGWPT Holdings named Lior Yahalomi its new chief financial officer and executive vice president.

Arbor Realty Trust appointed William Green to its board of directors as an independent member effective immediately.

After popping up eight basis points last week after holding at a record low 3.87% for three weeks, 30-year fixed mortgage rates declined five basis points to 3.90% for the week ending March 1, according to Freddie Mac's survey.