Insurance companies surveyed by CREFC and Trepp continued to boost their allocations to commercial real estate in 2016, albeit at a slower rate than in 201.

The German subsidiary of Spanish lender Santander Consumer Finance is planning its first auto loan securitization of the year.

MFA Financial launched a debut offering of bonds backed by rehabbed loans Monday; several other firms have begun aggregating residential mortgages in preparation for possible securitization.

The $319 million transaction is the fifth so far this year as an increase in international trade boosts demand and the cost of manufacturing new containers rises.

Investors are lining up to buy bonds backed by the franchise fees of fast food chains, providing attractive financing for their private equity backers.

Credit metrics in a $147.5 million deal deteriorated mildly compared with the lender's previous securitization, but the real issue, according to S&P Global, is a new repossession fee that eats into recoveries.

Late payments on securitized commercial mortgages fell in May, bucking the trend of the past year. But all of the improvement came from office buildings.

Domino’s Pizza, the restaurant and delivery chain owned by Bain Capital, is marketing $2.075 billion of notes backed by the fees and payments from its network 14,000 franchised stores.

GrandSouth Bancorp's issues with floor-plan loans to car dealers serve as a reminder of another pitfall in auto lending besides consumer loans.

A real estate investment fund controlled by Blackstone Group is tapping the commercial mortgage bond market to refinance a portfolio of 18 life science, laboratory and medical buildings.

Center Parcs Group, a company that operates short-break vacation sites across England, plans to sell £830 million (US$1.06 billion) in bonds backed by its operational cash flow.

The investment bank, which co-lead the lender's previous two transactions, contributed a portion of the collateral for the $232 million student loan securitization.