Europe

The second European collateralized loan obligation of the year is the first ever by U.S. money manager BlackRock.

Volkswagen Finance has completed what it is billing as the largest Spanish auto loan securitization since the financial crisis

A £524.4 million (US$755.6 million) series of prime, owner-occupied mortgage loans originated by UK’s Skipton Building Society will be packaged into the fourth securitization pieced together by the UK financial institution.

MotoVoto Finance, one of the U.K.’s largest players in used car financing, is preparing to market its sixth securitization of an undetermined volume of its fixed-rate consumer auto leases.

Issuance of U.S. collateralized loan obligtions is off to a slow start, with just two deals pricing in January; a single European deal priced.

Paragon Mortgage may be scaling back its loan securitizations in 2016, with plans to utilize the increased deposit base at parent Paragon Bank to fund more originations of its core “buy-to-let” mortgage business to family landlords.

A new Spanish auto loan securitization is coming down the pike.

Societe Generale SA is pulling back from the U.S. mortgage-bond business just two years after building out the unit, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.

Virgin Money Plc plans to offer the first UK RMBS of 2016 from its Gosforth master trust.

Ford Credit Europe is getting an early start on its funding with a €610.3 million securitization of German auto loans.