ABS

Guggenheim Securities has hired former Deustche Bank ester ABS pro, Matt Bissonette, as a managing director in the Fixed Income Division, according to a company press release.

Six years after losing its triple-A ratings during the financial crisis, rendering its bond insurance worthless, Assured Guaranty Corp. has returned to one of the corners of the securitization market where it was once most active: diversified payment rights in emerging markets

Newtek Business Services, a regular securitizer of small business loans, has added two senior executives, Susan Streich and Harold Gartner, to expand the compliance and factoring services that it provides to clients.

Assured Guaranty is wrapping a just-priced deal from Turkey’s Garanti Bank, according to a release from the insurer.

A two-year extension to the deadline for banks to conform CLO holdings to the Volcker Rule doesn't apply to all, the Federal Reserve says.

Despite regulatory hurdles, participants see nothing in the way of issuance reaching $60 billion to $70 billion this year.

Finke says the industry needs to address the lack of understanding about its performance and role in the economy.

The Euro Secured Notes Issuer, a securitization vehicle set up by 5 French banks to fund loans to smaller companies, made its debut issuance this month, selling €2.6 billion of bonds.

Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp. upsized its latest catastrophe bond – twice— to $1.5 billion before pricing it Thursday.

The young business of large-scale single-family rental companies is profiting from the housing bust in more ways than one.

The vacancy rate for properties backing Blackstone’s Invitation Homes single-family rental securitization declined to 6.5% in February, from 8% in January.

Barclays analysts believe the regulators will find it hard to ignore a call last week by the European Central Bank (ECB) and Bank of England (BoE) to ease the rules governing securitization activity in Europe.

A bipartisan group of senators announced a deal Thursday to reauthorize and extend the country's terrorism risk insurance program, which is expected to be taken up by the Banking Committee in coming weeks.

Structured finance lawyer Lawton Camp has joined Kaye Scholer as a finance partner in its New York office.

View manager rankings for the year through April 18 for the different ABS sectors, including real estate, credit cards, student loans, autos, and collateralized debt obligations.

The Western Riverside Council of Governments securitizes Property Assessed Clean Energy Bonds.