Sonic Industries is returning to the securitization market with seven-year bonds backed by current and future franchise fees, restaurant royalties and other intellectual property.

A strong finish to March allowed the U.S. leveraged loan market to have its best quarter in nearly four years, according to Markit.

Fraikin Groupe is refinancing a truck lease securitization, according to Standard & Poor’s.

With the pricing of five new deals since mid-March, the European collateralized loan obligation market has broken out from a slow start in 2016 to put itself on pace to match, or exceed, 2015 new-issue volume levels.

Ginnie Mae is mulling whether to guarantee a new type of securitized-loan pool.

Issuance volume of asset-backed securities for the year through April 1, 2015.

Underwriting league tables for asset-backed securities for the year through April 1, 2016.

DriveTime Automotive Group is marketing its second subprime auto loan securitization of the year, according to rating agency reports.

Hyundai Motor is marketing its first offering of the year of bonds backed by dealer inventory financing, according to rating agency reports

The Los Angeles-based manager, a unit of Canyon Capital Advisors, is issuing its first CLO in nearly a year through Canyon CLO 2016-1. The transaction is a follow-up to the $400 million Canyon Capital CLO 2015-1 issuance in April 2015.

AmeriCredit Financial Services, a unit of GM Financial, is marketing its second subprime auto loan securitization of the year, according to Moody’s Investors Service.

Winston & Strawn said this week that veteran financial services attorney Keith Andruschak has joined the firm’s corporate practice as a partner in New York.