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.

LCM is almost completely overhauling its $465.5 million LCM XIII portfolio in ways beyond just extending its reinvestment period so as to preserve an exemption from forthcoming U.S. risk-retention rules.

SoFi Lending Corp. is testing the market for private student loans to slightly riskier borrowers.

Issuance volume of asset-backed securities for the year through December 16, 2016.

Underwriting league tables for asset-backed securities for the year through December 16, 2016.

A regulatory 2017 scorecard for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac calls on the firms to transfer a significant portion of credit risk to third-party private investors on at least 90% of unpaid principal balance of newly acquired single-family mortgages.

Bayview Asset Management is prepping another securitization of mortgages it acquired from CitiFinancial that were once delinquent but are now making timely payments.

Renovate America has priced its fourth securitization this year of Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) bonds, in a $292 million deal that capped a near doubling of its investor base since the year began.