Morningstar has issued preliminary ratings on a small pool of $59.7 million in prime- and subprime-rated motorcycle loans through ThunderRoad Motorcycle Trust 2016-1.

The long-time slump in oil prices is negatively affecting a narrow band of CLOs and asset-backed securities invested in energy industry assets. But the lower fuel costs are bringing improved consumer payment performance on mortgages and car loans, according to Moody’s.

Federal appeals court judges hearing a case challenging the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau appeared highly receptive to arguments that the agency's single-director structure violates the Constitution.

This is the third GSE risk-sharing bond issuance that Fannie Mae has issued this year, and also the fourth that exposes investors to actual losses – rather than estimated losses – of the underlying single-family mortgages.

Carlyle Global Market Strategies Euro CLO 2016-1 was launched with target par of €400 million (US$457.1 million). Credit Suisse Asset Management is also looking to issue €400 million in notes through Cadogan Square CLO VII B.V.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit will hear oral arguments Tuesday about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's structure, in a case that has national implications. Even though a ruling isn't expected until the end of the year, legal experts say there are four major legal issues involved.

The CommonBond Student Loan Trust 2016-A is a $153.2 million, three-tranche notes offering comprised almost entirely of loan refinancings through CommonBond or its partner institution, The Bank of Lake Mills in Watertown , Wis.

Discover Card Master Trust (DCMT) 1 is issuing a pool of $500 Million DiscoverSeries Class A notes (2016-2) and a $250 million Class A notes (2016-3), according to a filing Friday with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Goldman Sachs Group will pay $5.1 billion to settle a U.S. probe into its handling of mortgage-backed securities involving allegations that loans weren’t properly vetted before being sold to investors as high-quality bonds.

Napier Park Global Capital it preparing to price its first CLO in nearly 18 months through its Regatta platform in a $411 million transaction arranged through Morgan Stanley.

The Revitalization Corp. of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority submitted proposed securitization charge-setting mechanisms to the Puerto Rico Energy Commission.

New lender disclosure requirements aren’t just disrupting the market for private-label mortgage bonds; they could also impact the market for bonds that transfer credit risk of mortgages insured by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to the private sector.