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Center Parcs Group, a company that operates short-break vacation sites across England, plans to sell £830 million (US$1.06 billion) in bonds backed by its operational cash flow.

Volkswagen Finance S.A., E.F.C. is selling €750 million in bonds in its fourth public securitization of auto loans extended to borrowers purchasing VW Group vehicle models in Spain. Only 2.2% of the pool is impacted by the lingering fallout from the 2015 emissions scandal, according to Moody's.

S&P and DBRS have diverged on rating the senior notes in a $175.26 million securitization of private student-loan refinancings from Earnest Operations. Also, Comenity Bank has a new private-label card transaction through its World Financial master trust.

A Dutch mortgage lender is planning a second “green” securitization of €400.7 million in home loans for properties meeting certain energy efficiency and low-carbon footprint guidelines.

A leading non-life insurance premium financing (IPF) provider in the UK is preparing an asset-backed transaction backed by a pool of £1 billion in payment-plan receivables.

BMW Bank Gmbh will sell Euro bonds through the Bavarian Sky S.A., Compartment German Auto Loans 6 trust, which includes a €744 million, seven-year Class A note tranche that S&P is rating AAA.

Alitalia’s financial woes have yet to impact the 10 or so bond offerings backed in part by aircraft the carrier has leased, but Kroll Bond Rating Agency is closely monitoring the situation.

The London office of Commerzbank AG Debt Fund Management is pricing its third overall CLO in a with a senior loan portfolio targeted at €346.2 million.

Fitch Ratings says the default rate for leveraged loans held by CLOs it rates remains "benign" at 0.4%, although slight concerns remain about bankruptcies looming defaults from speculative-grade debt held by key retail, media and energy sector firms.

Managers of European collateralized loan obligations are under-reporting their exposure to loans that lack certain investor protections, according to Moody’s Investors Service.