What if catastrophe bonds could be used to prevent losses, instead of paying for them?

Deutsche Bank and Cantor Fitzgerald are marketing $1.3 billion of commercial mortgage backed securities backed by three investment-grade credit opinion loans, representing 15.1% of the transaction pool.

Diamond Head Aviation 2015 Limited is prepping $260.8 million of bonds backed by leases on older aircraft.

The securitization industry might have lost a potential issuer, at least for a while.

USAA is prepping its first prime auto loan securitization of the year, according to presale reports from Moody’s Investors Service and Standard & Poor’s.

Wells Fargo plans to sell $740 million of commercial mortgage bonds with heavy exposure to multifamily properties.

J.G. Wentworth began marketing $155 million of securities backed primarily by structured settlement payments.

A federal appeals court ruling against a debt collection agency could spell trouble for marketplace lenders.

Zions Bancorp. in Salt Lake City reported a second-quarter loss after selling the remainder of its portfolio of collateralized debt obligations.

Diamond Resorts Corporation is planning its first timeshare loan securitization of the year totaling $170 million, according to presale reports from Standard & Poor’s and Kroll Bond Rating Agency.

Citigroup is back with another offering of bonds backed by a portfolio of hotels jointly owned by Starwood Capital Group Global I (95%) and Schulte Hospitality Group (5%).

The Securities & Exchange Commission published a no-action letter saying some CLOs issued before December 2014 can be refinanced and remain exempt from risk retention rules.