Citigroup repurchased 6,800 residential loans in 2011, an 80% jump from 2010 with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac accounting for the lion's share of those buybacks, according to figures released Tuesday.

Among the ramifications of paying for the tax cut extension by hiking agency guarantee fees in April could be upward pressure on consumer rates and an improvement in MBS prepayments.

GE Capital is in the market with GE Capital Credit Card Master Note Trust Series 2012-1 worth roughly $606 million.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged the investment advisory arm of UBS with failing to properly price securities in three mutual funds that it managed.

Structured finance software solutions provider Principia Partners has said that Serone Capital Management has chosen its Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Platform for consolidated portfolio management, risk surveillance and operational control across its European credit investment business.

Senior tranches of vanilla ABS and RMBS deals in Europe should continue to benefit from the flight-to-quality mentality that has recently held sway in the continent, analysts from the Royal Bank of Scotland said Tuesday in an asset-backed strategy report that provides an outlook for 2012.

Some banks might be skittish about selling nonperforming loans in bulk, but the market clearly likes it when banks shed problems en masse.

VW Credit (VCI) is in the market with Volkswagen Auto Loan Enhanced Trust 2012-1 (VALET 2012-1) worth $1 billion.

An increase in late-stage arrears for prime Dutch RMBS is causing a build-up in potential foreclosure stock. However, a stall in the foreclosure process for these transactions will continue to pressure their collateral performance, according to a Fitch Ratings report.

Thetica Systems plans to launch an enhanced version of its ABS Trader Tools at next week's American Securitization Forum's ASF 2012 conference in Las Vegas.

Assured Guaranty Europe (AGE) has issued a financial guarantee for a U.K. Private Finance Initiative bond issue, the first European monoline wrap since the financial crisis erupted.

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York may be looking to resume sales from it Maiden Lane II portfolio, according to several market reports.