Issuance of U.S. collateralized loan obligations is likely to get off to a slow start in 2017.

Freddie Mac has moved from transferring the credit risk on newly originated loans to older loans that have been modified in order to avoid default.

Ginnie Mae has revised the wording of the acknowledgment agreements necessary to finance mortgage servicing rights. It sought to resolve a concern warehouse lenders had in the event issuers become troubled.

Prima Capital Advisors has securitized a unusual portfolio of $301.3 million of commercial real estate holdings, according to Moody’s Investors Service.

Moody’s Investors Service has confirmed or downgraded the structured finance ratings on 16 “combo” note CLO tranches this month.

Citizens Financial Group in Providence, R.I., said Tuesday that it expects to start offering digital small-business loans in mid-2017.

Smaller companies that perform residential mortgage servicing are rapidly growing their loan portfolios — and not just in the default servicing space, according to Fitch Ratings.

Last week the European arm of Pinebridge Investments refinanced the Euro-Galaxy III CLO, a collateralized loan obligation originally issued in 2013, to reprice the entire transaction, according to Standard & Poor's.

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Smaller institutions have increased the size of their auto books in the last year, with the 25 most-active lenders reporting a nearly 7% increase. More borrower demand and a pullback by some bigger lenders are contributing to the rise.

It is not a clear-cut statement to say Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac need more capital, and it detracts from the real debate over long-term housing finance reform.