Offices, hotels and shopping malls backing commercial mortgage bonds are now as highly leveraged as they were heading into the financial crisis, according to Moody’s Investors Service.

The Treasury Department launched an inquiry into the marketplace lending industry on Thursday, seeking information on its business models, customers and ways firms should be regulated.

B2R Finance, a firm that lends to rental property investors, has appointed Darren Thompson as chief financial officer and executive vice president of strategy.

Enterprise is prepping $650.1 million of bond backed by auto fleet leases, according to Fitch Ratings.

Santander Consumer USA Holdings named Blythe Masters nonexecutive chairman, replacing the executive who quit the post less than two weeks ago

Morgan Stanley and Bank of America Merrill Lynch are marketing another highly leveraged commercial mortgage securitization, according to Kroll Bond Rating Agency.

World Omni Financial Corp. is in the market with $687.59 million of notes backed by auto leases, according to Fitch Ratings.

The Credit Insurance Risk Transfer (CIRT) 2015-1 shifts the risk of default on a billion pool of residential mortgages to an unnamed panel of reinsurers.

The chance a loan backing U.K. CMBS will default is bumped up once the loan-to-value (LTV) ratio exceeds 60%.

Entergy New Orleans has secured a triple-A rating for its $98.73 million offerings of bonds backed by “storm recovery” fees.

Bonds issued to finance student loans will not become taxable if their issuer takes action to cease being a qualified scholarship funding corporation, the Internal Revenue Service said.