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Draghi looks to ABS market as way to lift Europe’s small businesses —and economy.

As the U.S. hurricane season approaches, catastrophe bond sponsors are taking advantage of a surge in investor enthusiasm to renew existing deals at much lower rates and expand or initiate programs.

Deutsche Bank is marketing a $500 million collateralized obligation for Western Asset Management that includes a delayed-draw tranche of notes.

Standard & Poor’s said in a report today that despite the weakening credit fundamentals for Dutch RMBS, collateral pools to date remain broadly stable.

The South Texas Higher Education Authority has lined up a $104.3 million Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP) –backed student loan securitization deal.

Deutsche Bank and Cantor Fitzgerald plan to issue a $1.4 billion CMBS conduit deal called COMM 2013-CCRE8.

Subprime auto lender, JD Byrider plans to return to the securitization market with its $121.4 million CarNow Auto Receivables Trust 2013-1 The lender brought its inaugural issue to market last year.

Freddie Mac plans to issue its ninth multifamiliy CMBS of 2013, a $1.3billion transaction that is backed by fixed-rate multifamily mortgages with a 7-year term.

Ally Bank plans to issue a $986 million auto lease ABS called Ally Auto Receivables Trust (AART) 2013-SN1.

Il Sole 24 ORE S.p.A., publishers of Italy’s leading business daily issued a €55 million ($71 million) trade receivables-backed securitization, the group said in a press release yesterday.