Societe Generale Securities Services (SGSS) established a new governing body for institutional investors who need services that are increasingly more multi-product and multi-country.

Protestors with Occupy Wall Street continue to target properties tied to CMBS transactions, a Trepp report said.

Only three months after Mexican GSE Fovissste issued its first cross-border RMBS, the lender's deals are facing ratings trouble.

The folks at law firm Dechert put out their annual golden turkey awards for dubious achievements in the commercial real estate market, a few of which are perfectly applicable to other areas of structured finance.

Korean Air Lines (KAL) securitized $300 million of its passenger ticket sales predominately on its North America routes.

Application volume fell by 1.2% on a seasonally adjusted basis for the week ended Nov. 18, as purchase apps were up to their highest level since August, but refinancings were down to their lowest point since July, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Only one county in the country–Fairfield, Conn.–will have a higher conforming loan limit in 2012. The ceiling in the other 3,200-plus counties will remain unchanged.

While bigger competitors have been cutting back in leveraged finance amid a decline in trading volume and slack underwriting, KeyBanc Capital Markets, the debt capital markets group of Cleveland-based KeyBank, continues to build out.

Suncorp Metway is in the market with a A$750million ($725 million) Australian RMBS.

The Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA) has paid $12.3 million to settle tax-law violations and protect the tax-exempt status of its student loan bonds.

The delinquency rate for loans in U.S. CMBS dropped seven basis points in October to 9.29%, according to Moody's Investors Service's latest Delinquency Tracker (DQT).