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American Airlines, Inc. will be issuing $592.5 million in equipment trust certificates that will be secured by 18 new aircraft being delivered in the first half of 2017, according to a regulatory filing Wednesday.

The performance of aircraft, railcar and auto fleet lease securitizations will continue to benefit from steady, if modest economic growth

Ascentium Capital is securitizing a $100 million loan facility partially backed by a pool of equipment loans and leases it finances.

Iconix Brand Group is selling another brand in its portfolio order to further reduce its indebtedness

A larger-than-expected “bail-in” of Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena has placed the focus on other major Italian banks that have similar plans to seek government guarantees on their non-performing loan securitizations.

Citizens Financial Group in Providence, R.I., said Tuesday that it expects to start offering digital small-business loans in mid-2017.

Renovate America has priced its fourth securitization this year of Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) bonds, in a $292 million deal that capped a near doubling of its investor base since the year began.

Aviation Capital Group Corp., an owner and international lessor of commercial passenger jets, is returning to the asset-backed market with a collection of leases on some of it older fleet of aircraft assigned to largely emerging-market carriers.

SuttonPark Capital is preparing its third structured settlement securitization, according to DBRS.

JPMorgan Chase, HSBC Holdings and Credit Agricole were fined a total of 485.5 million euros ($521 million) for rigging the Euribor benchmark as European Union antitrust regulators wrapped up a five-year investigation into the scandal.

Ford Motor Credit is offering its fifth dealer floorplan securitization of the year, marketing $862.75 million in bonds that back lines of credit provided by the captive finance company to its network of dealers.

GE Capital Aviation Services is marketing $709 million of notes backed by aircraft leases, according to Kroll Bond Rating Agency.

Renewable Funding, emboldened by the success of its first three trips to the securitization market, is preparing to finance an even larger portion of its lending for energy efficiency upgrades.

Warning signs are growing in structured finance for 2017.

With looming risk-retention rules less than two months away, collateralized loan obligation managers may push refi levels to new heights before the year is out.

Morningstar Credit Ratings continued its push to become a one-stop ratings agency this fall, adding collateralized loan obligations to its menu of structured finance ratings. The firm issued its first public ratings for two deals in September and November.

Investors in commercial mortgage bonds are becoming comfortable with property assessed clean energy financing.

The $2-per-pack increase boosts the cost for California smokers by 35%, which Moody's said will decrease cigarette consumption across the country because California comprises 10% of total U.S. cigarette consumption.

Banking industry lobbyists and representatives are practically salivating over the election results, convinced that Republican control of the White House and Congress will finally give them the opportunity to roll back key parts of the Dodd-Frank Act.

Select Portfolio Servicing, a unit of Credit Suisse, is markting $600 million of notes backed by the repayment rights to money it has advanced to mortgage bondholders.