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General Growth Properties (GGP) on Tuesday filed a reorganization plan with a bankruptcy court, which will split the company into two publicly-traded entities that will emerge from bankruptcy by the end of October.

Passing regulatory reform legislation, a grueling effort that has taken more than a year of debate, is just a warm-up for an even tougher fight over the future of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

According to a recent report from KfW, €28 billion ($35.27 billion) was publicly placed in Europe’s securitization market over 1H10, three times the amount placed in all of 2009.

Fitch Solutions' CDS liquidity scores will now offer CDS liquidity measures at the contract level in addition to the existing entity level scores launched last year.

A May 14 decision by the Delaware Court of Chancery may have significant implications for senior noteholders in structured credit transactions, specifically CDOs, according to a recent special report from Moody’s Investor Service.

Starting next Monday, Developers Diversified Realty (DDR) will turn to Mark Bratt for investment strategy decisions and ways to bolster client relationships when the former executive director at Morgan Stanley Real Estate takes over as the firm’s new executive VP and CIO.

Nixon Peabody named Charles Dietzgen as partner in the firm’s corporate trust and global finance practices.

Barclays Capital named Brian Wiele as managing director and head of American securitizations syndicate, according to an internal memo that StructuredFinanceNews.com has obtained.

National home loan delinquency rates increased 2.3% in May to 9.2%, according to a report released today by Lender Processing Services.

GE Capital appointed Ryan Zanin as its new chief risk officer, the firm announced Wednesday. Zanin takes the place of Jim Colica, who is retiring after serving GE Capital for 27 years.