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In case you haven’t been keeping track, Moody’s Investors Service downgraded about half of the guaranteed student loan bonds that it had put under review this year.

Deutsche Bank AG and Credit Suisse Group AG agreed to pay a combined $12.5 billion to resolve U.S. investigations into sales of the toxic debt that fueled the financial crisis, putting behind them a major dispute that undermined confidence in the banks and raised questions about their turnarounds.

Issuance volume of asset-backed securities for the year through December 23, 2016.

Underwriting league tables for asset-backed securities for the year through December 23, 2016.

President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday tapped the billionaire investor Carl Icahn to be a special adviser on regulatory reform.

Issuance of U.S. collateralized loan obligations is likely to get off to a slow start in 2017.

Freddie Mac has moved from transferring the credit risk on newly originated loans to older loans that have been modified in order to avoid default.

Ginnie Mae has revised the wording of the acknowledgment agreements necessary to finance mortgage servicing rights. It sought to resolve a concern warehouse lenders had in the event issuers become troubled.

Prima Capital Advisors has securitized a unusual portfolio of $301.3 million of commercial real estate holdings, according to Moody’s Investors Service.

Moody’s Investors Service has confirmed or downgraded the structured finance ratings on 16 “combo” note CLO tranches this month.