Issuance volume of asset-backed securities for the year through June 24, 2016.

Underwriting league tables for asset-backed securities for the year through June 24, 2016.

The U.S. government's decision to take all profits from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac was the right thing to do even in light of the companies' subsequent return to profitability, a former Treasury Department official said in documents released this week.

Renovate America, a provider of home energy efficiency improvements financing, is planning a new securitization platform providing additional data into its capital markets transactions.

Bank United in Miami Lakes, Fla., has appointed two former Capital One Financial executives to lead its new equipment and franchise finance subsidiary.

The Canadian subsidiary of CNH Industrial is sponsoring a securitization totaling more than CAN$526 million, backed by agricultural equipment loan receivables.

DFG Investment Advisors has raised a $100 million fund that it will use to satisfy impending regulations enacted as part of the Dodd-Frank Act requiring CLO managers to have “skin in the game” of their deals.

SG Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2016-C5 is the first publicly registered asset-backed commercial mortgage offering through the trust since forming its U.S. CMBS business 18 months ago, and closing its first commercial real estate loan in April 2015.

Spruce Finance, a provider of consumer financing for residential solar and home efficiency improvements in the U.S., has hired Darren Thompson as chief financial officer.

Online lender Social Finance, or SoFi, found a ready market for its inaugural rated offering of bonds backed by unsecured consumer loans.

The Shops at Crystals, a Las Vegas luxury shopping mecca of gilded names like Louis Vuitton and Prada, is securitizing a portion of its new commercial mortgage loan in a $300 million trust notes issuance.