Consumer ABS

Stefan Ingves, chairman of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, called Friday for global regulators to complete their work on already agreed upon international banking reforms.

Volkswagen Leasing announced a publicly placed German auto loan securitization that will offer investors two tranches.

The Securities and Exchange Commission will vote next week on whether to adopt rules revising the disclosure, reporting, and offering process for asset-backed securities.

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday took another step in its effort to scale down a controversial bond buying program by an additional $10 billion.

The transaction, Kigoi 2013 B.V. ,is the second securitization of unsecured consumer loans originated by subsidiaries of Credit Agricole Consumer Finance Netherland B.V.

Market participants should weigh on Basel’s latest consultative document in order to strengthen safety and soundness in growing global securitization markets.

Investors speaking at a panel at ABS Vegas offered a variety of views on investment opportunities this year.

Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), part of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, made three appointments to its structured products team in New York.

Standard & Poor's expects a modest increase in the issuance of European securitizations sold to investors this year from 2013.

Household indebtedness as a share of disposable income — the debt-to-income ratio — has continued to fall in Europe since 2009-2010, according to a report Wednesday by Moody’s Investors Service.