Blackstone Group's Invitation Homes, after spending more than $9 billion in a U.S. property-buying spree, is starting to sell some houses as it shifts focus from rapid expansion to fine-tuning its holdings.

China Property & Casualty Reinsurance Co. has issued a cat bond covering earthquake risk for $50 million. It's the first time a Chinese insurer has tapped this market.

Mercedes-Benz Financial Services USA, a unit of Daimler AG, is marketing $959 million of notes; Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp's offering totals $1.04 billion.

Ally Bank is marketing its first prime auto loan securitization of the year, according to Moody’s Investors Service.

Multi-issuer Spanish covered bonds are benefiting from an ongoing shift in the composition of assets in cover pools, according to Fitch Ratings.

Steven Noreika has been named chief financial officer at Fifth Street Finance Corp. (FSC) and Fifth Street Senior Floating Rate Corp. (FSFR), replacing Richard Petrocelli.

Moody’s is taking its surveillance of federally guaranteed student-loan backed securities up a notch.

Issuance volume of asset-backed securities for the year through July 10, 2015.

Asset backed securities that priced in the two weeks ended July 10, 2015.

Commercial mortgage-backed securities returned next to nothing in the first half of the year after handing investors a whopping 11.4% in 2014 that beat everything from junk bonds to Treasuries.

CLO managers are receiving a small concession from regulators that will allow them to refinance most of their issues in two years without triggering risk-retention rules.

Freddie Mac has obtained two more reinsurance policies transferring risk of default on mortgages that it insures.