Finance

Overall issuance growth will moderate in 2014, Fitch Ratings' managing director for asset backed securities says in the firm's outlook.

The servicer has a reputation for aggressively writing down principal, often multiple times.

The servicer has a reputation for aggressively writing down principal, often multiple times.

The company has proven it's possible to obtain a credit rating for bonds backed by leases on rooftop panels -- but at a cost.

The company has proven it's possible to obtain a credit rating for bonds backed by leases on rooftop panels -- but at a cost.

The limited number of buyers able to write big tickets allows them players to dictate terms.

The limited number of buyers able to write big tickets allows them players to dictate terms.

How investors are still finding ways to play an asset class with a limited life span.

Data provider Lewtan has launched a service that provides information about loans used as collateral for European residential mortgage-backed securities and securitizations of loans to small and medium-sized enterprises.

At €10 billion, European CMBS maturities will slow down in 2014 compared to the €16 billion maturing in 2013; but loans will compete for refinancing opportunities with the backlog of existing specially serviced loans, according to Standard & Poor's.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finalized a rule Tuesday that allows it to supervise the largest nonbank student loan servicers in the country.

Paragon Mortgages, the specialist U.K. buy-to-let (BTL) lender, said it plans to do two securitizations per year, with the next deal planned for spring 2014.

The U.S. ABCP market remains on its path of decline, with total outstandings falling 18% so far this year, according to Fitch Ratings.

Goldman Sachs International Bank and Societe General priced Italy’s first post-crisis CMBS backed by a loan secured on Italian retail properties, according to market reports.

Here's a puzzle of modern finance: during a period when borrowing costs are at rock-bottom levels and tens of millions of borrowers have refinanced their mortgages, it remains impossible for many gainfully employed Americans to refinance their student loan debt.

Barclays expects issuance of collateralized loan obligations in 2014 to be similar to this year’s total, in the range of $75 billion to $80 billion.

Diamond Resorts International has closed on a $225 million offering of bonds backed by vacation timeshare loans.

The deal called Auto ABS German Loans Master is the fifth German auto loan securitization transaction originated by Banque PSA, a subsidiary of Peugeot.

Americans continued to cut back on credit card debt and reduce late payments in the third quarter, according to a new report from TransUnion.