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Moody’s Investors Service has established a new team within its structured finance group. The brand new unit will conduct quantitative analysis and empirical research across asset classes and geographic regions.

The Senate voted 60 to 39 this afternoon to approve sweeping changes to the financial regulatory system designed to address the causes of the 2008 financial crisis.

The U.S. Treasury Department has already started a rigorous implementation planning process to prepare for when the financial reform legislation is finalized.

Regulatory reform survived its last significant hurdle Thursday with the Senate moving to block further changes and hold a final vote on the bill.

With U.S. financial reform nearly through, eyes are turning to the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, which is hammering out a set of regulatory standards intended to lay the foundation for a global overhaul.

Mesirow Financial has hired industry veteran Stephen Jacobson to build and lead its credit tenant lease (CTL) team, the company said.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) closed on a sale of 40% equity interest in a limited liability company (LLC) created to hold assets with an unpaid principal balance of around $1.85 billion from 22 failed bank receiverships. Barclays Capital advised the FDIC on the transaction.

With the votes lined up, the Senate Tuesday was poised to set in motion the final countdown to a vote on financial regulatory reform.

Kroll Bond Ratings made public the members of its senior management team, which include experts from a range of financial disciplines.

Senate Democratic leaders have rounded up three Republican votes and are close to securing passage of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform bill.