Consumer ABS

The deal, A-Best 9, is backed by auto loan contracts underwritten to private borrowers for both new and used cars.

Ford Motor Co.'s European lending arm, FCE Bank, plans to issue €543.5 million ($745 million) of securities backed by German auto loan receivables.

A new funding alternative for energy efficiency lending could help the U.S. meet the $200 billion shortfall in financing to make homes more energy efficient.

Fitch Ratings has taken positive rating action on 150 tranches of 113 structured finance transactions that are capped relative to the sovereign ratings of Ireland, Portugal and Spain.

Barclays analysts believe the regulators will find it hard to ignore a call last week by the European Central Bank (ECB) and Bank of England (BoE) to ease the rules governing securitization activity in Europe.

Volkswagen Bank plans to issue a securitization backed by € 952 million ($1.3 billion) of German auto loans from its Driver series.

Structured finance lawyer Lawton Camp has joined Kaye Scholer as a finance partner in its New York office.

Toyota Motor Corp., a leader in the production of hybrid gas-electric vehicles, has completed the first “green” auto loan securitization.

Lloyds Bank will offer two British pound sterling-denominated senior tranches in the upcoming, investor-placed, credit card ABS issued from its Penarth program.